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Page 38 • April 24, 2022 • www.constructionequipmentguide.com • Truck & Trailer Section • Construction Equipment Guide Felling Trailers Announces Beneficiary of 2022 ‘Trailer for a Cause’ Auction

Felling Trailers will be hosting its 10th annual Trailer for a Cause online auction of an FT-3 Utility trailer to benefit a nonprofit organization.

Felling Trailers’ goal is to bring awareness to various nonprofits that are making a difference by donating 100 percent of the winning bid from the auction to a different nonprofit each year. The previous Trailer for a Cause auctions have raised more than $30,000 for nonprofit organizations such as SOMN — Special Olympics Minnesota; Children’s Cancer Research Fund; Lymphoma Research Foundation; and Minnesota Fire Fighters Foundation, to name a few.

Felling Trailers Inc. has selected Eagle’s Healing Nest as the 2022 Trailer for a Cause auction beneficiary. Eagle’s Healing Nest provides a place of peace and healing for veterans struggling with issues ranging from PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, anxiety, depression, years of homelessness to addiction.

“Our country’s veterans’ decision to sacrifice their time with family and friends, careers, and safety to train and respond when our country calls demonstrates courage and bravery that deserves respect from its beneficiaries,” said Brenda Jennissen, president/CEO of Felling Trailers.

“Having about 20 veterans on our team and being founded by a United States Air Force veteran makes it even more personal, and we’re honored to give back to Eagle’s Healing Nest to care for our country’s heroes and meet their needs.”

A late summer 2022 auction is being planned for Trailer for a Cause. Leading up to the auction, Felling Trailers will work with Eagle’s Healing Nest to generate awareness about the invisible wounds of war that our veterans carry. According to the National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report | September 2021, 6,261 Veterans died by suicide in 2019. Eagle’s Healing Nest provides veterans, military members, and their families with a place to heal with honor.

“We want them to heal from whatever brought them to the Nest, overcome all obstacles, find their purpose, and make plans for their purpose/future,” said Melony Butler, founder of Eagle’s Healing Nest.

Eagle’s Healing Nest is located in Sauk Centre, Minn., on 124 acres with 24 buildings, originally Minnesota Home School for Girls from 1911-1967 and then a coeducational model as the Minnesota Home School until 1999. Veterans and volunteers operate the healing center. No government funding is received.

“The programs have been created by the veterans and what they felt they needed,” said Butler. “The veterans here come from all across the country, from a failed system, active duty, hospitals, jail, commitments, we don’t tell them how long they can be here. They stay as long as they need to heal.”

Services include a mental health clinic specializing in accelerated resolution therapy, outpatient substance abuse programs, art and rock studios, welding shop, Stable Foundation Ministry (equine program), Project Delta (service dog program), Welcome Home Vet for those ready to transition, “soar” the Nest, and much more.

Since Eagle’s Healing Nest opened its doors in 2012, thousands of veterans and their families have been helped, between those who have resided there and the Nest’s outreach programs. Over the 9-1/2 years the nest has been in existence, the veterans and volunteers have renovated 21 of the 24 buildings onsite. When the last three buildings are completed, the Nest will have doubled its available capacity from the current 90 to 100 veterans.

About Eagle’s Healing Nest

Eagle’s Healing Nest — Healing Veterans, Soldiers and Families from invisible wounds of war from the inside out.

A promise to one and a need of many was what created the vision of “Eagle’s Healing Nest.” The “Eagle” represents the past, present and future military strength, independence, pride, and honor. The “Nest” is full of meaning such as home, family, brotherhood, safety and security. The “Hands” cradling the nest represents the many that will wrap their support and give services to the veterans and military members to help reintegrate them back to their families and into their communities.

It is the vision and hope to never have those who served in our military to live in darkness but to bring them into the light to soar and fly free. To help restore the honor, dignity, pride, and purpose each deserves.

For more information visit eagleshealingnest.org. and felling.com. 

New Terra Haul Unit Makes All-Electric Mining More Feasible

ELECTRIC from page 35 Realities of Adopting All-Electric

With the effect of global warming becoming a reality worldwide, the drive to achieve Zero Emissions for all industries is a primary focus for investors. Most if not all OEM’s for on and off-highway are working towards greener solutions with more urgency than ever before. Federal and state-level governments also are incentivizing green technology to help with the high cost of development. Credits for carbon tax and grants for purchase can significantly impact an operation’s decision to invest now for the future. Terra EV is currently working with a select group of partners to expand and vet the product line.

“The TS-80e is slated to go for operational trials to validate our power usage calculations. We are confident the equipment will do the job as planned, and we pride ourselves on our simulation tools that are validated against real world scenarios. We have multiple units in the field that we have proven our simulation results against, and we always take the opportunity to get accurate numbers in a real-life application under full load,” said Rennie. “Pricewise, the TS-80e is already very competitive with conventional haul trucks with similar capacities. This gap narrows even further as we develop larger units.

“We are working on the development of new TS models that can haul up to 200-ton payloads, and that is very exciting for the group. The more weight we haul with a tractor trailer configuration, the more competitive we are against today's large conventional haul units,” said Lovell.

Optimizing With Autonomous Systems

The all-electric Terra EV unit also can operate autonomously. Autonomous haul technology adds a whole new world of efficiency to all-electric haul processes. New autonomous systems now available on the market can be easily installed on the Terra EV unit and have been successfully running on Western Star conventional diesel units for more than two years.

In addition to offsetting the staffing required at the loading and unloading locations, the autonomous systems have other benefits such as being able to continuously monitor the electrical power systems and react to changing needs of the electrical systems and haul route. With this continual feedback and adjustment loop, the battery energy is maximized and allows the truck to go farther with less energy loss. Operators add a tremendous amount of variation to the operations. Using more power during the haul and sitting and waiting at the unload station is inefficient using diesel or electric methods. Autonomous systems know exactly where all the other units are and will pace the haul trip accordingly. The systems also can repeat the haul route precisely, allowing for exact placement at the charging station on each pass. Automated systems also eliminate an operator's chances to pull away too soon or wait too long at the charging station. The culmination of these technological developments simultaneously makes all-electric hauling a reality today, and the new TS-80e.

For more information visit sidedump.com, terra-ev.com and medatech.ca. 