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October 11 2020 Vol. IX • No. 21
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Largest Privately-Owned Sports Complex in Mesa...9
Heavy Equipment Operators:
First Responders See pages 30-31 for Hurricane Laura recovery coverage.
Komatsu Mining ‘Gets Smart’ at New HQ...11
SMHG Seeks Dealers for Material Handling Lines...42
Table of Contents ................4 Aggregate & Recycling Section..........................19-25 Attachments & Parts Section ......................................32-37
The Department of Forestry turned to other resources, including local logging subcontractors, some who train yearly in order to be part of the wildfire fighting crews.
Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................39-41
By Lori Tobias
Snow & Ice Section ....43-44 Auction Section ..........47-53 Business Calendar ............48 Advertisers Index ..............54
CEG CORRESPONDENT
As firefighters worked nearly 20 major wildfires across the west coast, including California and Oregon, crews counted on the help of heavy equipment operators to get the infernos under control. Some of the wildfires had already been burning as the Labor Day weekend drew to a close, but when a historic windstorm blew across the
Shear attachments like this LaBounty MSD7 from Bottom Line Equpiment are playing a huge role in the cleanup after Hurricane Laura.
already bone dry Pacific Northwest that evening, fires ignited across the state of Oregon. Communities in the Cascade Mountain Range, northern Oregon and eastern Washington were the hardest hit by the storm that brought winds with gusts up to 90 mph in some areas. In California, although fire season is an enduring challenge, the scale and destruction of fires in recent years feel worse than anything in recent memory. Record-breaking wildfires are
occurring more often. Eight of the 10 largest fires in California history have burned in the past decade. On Sept. 9, the massive August Complex became the largest fire in the state’s history. Hundreds of wildfires, of varying size, scorch the state each year. The total area consumed has increased sharply this decade. With fire season still ongoing, 2020 has already shattered the all-time record with 3.2 million acres burned so far. see WILDFIRES page 26