Mon December 12, 2011
Blanchard, S.C. County Celebrate Decade of Partnership
Orangeburg County, located in the Midlands of South Carolina, is a fairly rural county with a population of 92,501. The 1,104 sq. mi. of road in the county is maintained by 45 employees of the Orangeburg County Public Works Department....
Fri September 16, 2011
Blanchard to Relocate Rental Services Facility to Greenville
Blanchard Machinery Company has announced plans to relocate its rental services facility from its current location at 224 Neely Ferry Road in Simpsonville to its existing facility at 6755 Frontage Road (just off White Horse Road) in Greenville....
Fri May 13, 2011
Thompson CAT, Blanchard Named Hydrema Dealers
Hydrema has announced that the Thompson CAT Rental Store has been appointed the authorized dealer for Hydrema in the state of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. In addition, Blanchard Machinery has been appointed the dealer for South Carolina....
Mon October 04, 2010
CatUsed Goes NASCAR Racing
The No. 31 Caterpillar car driven by Jeff Burton will sport a special CatUsed paint scheme during the upcoming race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The new paint job supports the first ever Cat used equipment sale held in conjunction with a NASCAR race....
Tue May 11, 2010
Blanchard Machinery, Spectra-I.S. Demo Day Showcases GPS Potential
Blanchard Machinery Company and Spectra Integrated Systems recently held a Demo Day showcasing the GPS capabilities of Spectra’s equipment on Caterpillar motorgraders, ARO dozers, 312 and 320 excavators and a 303C CR mini-excavator....
Fri December 11, 2009
Blanchard Holds Appreciation Event in Lexington, S.C.
Blanchard Machinery Company held an appreciation day at its Pioneer South Carolina location in Lexington, S.C., on Nov. 20. This was just one week after holding the same event at its compact equipment and rental store location in Columbia, with the weather cooperating a bit more for this one....
Fri November 27, 2009
Blanchard Machinery Hosts Fan Appreciation Day in S.C.
Blanchard Machinery held a Fan Appreciation Day Nov. 12 at its Buckner Road compact and rental store in Columbia, S.C. Despite a rainy and windy day, the event drew many local contractors, who enjoyed test-driving a host of Caterpillar equipment, taking advantage of parts and merchandise discounts and vying for a steady stream of valuable door prizes....
Eric Olson - Tue November 03, 2009
Innovative Drainage Key to New Parking Area for Gamecock Games
Tailgate parties at University of South Carolina (USC) Gamecocks football games should be more enjoyable this fall with the construction of a sparkling new parking area adjacent to the stadium. The just-opened parking area, on the southwest side of Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, also serves visitors to the South Carolina State Fair, which will ran this year from Oct....
Fri September 04, 2009
Blanchard Donates Cat Motorgrader to Florence-Darlington Technical College
Blanchard Machinery Company recently donated a Caterpillar 12M motorgrader along with several machine components to Florence-Darlington Technical College to be used in a hands-on teaching environment as part of the Caterpillar Dealer Academy ThinkBig Program....
Eric Olson - Tue May 19, 2009
Easing Traffic Headaches on I-26
An expensive, but much-welcomed solution is currently being built to alleviate one of South Carolina’s most traffic-congested corridors. Crews are busily working along a 3-mi. (4.8 km) stretch of Interstate 26 in North Charleston, from the intersection with Ashley Phosphate Road south to the I-526 interchange....
