Road Machinery & Supplies - Mon July 15, 2024
Road Machinery & Supplies Co. Acquires Ruffridge Johnson Equipment Company
Road Machinery & Supplies Co. (RMS) finalized the acquisition of Ruffridge Johnson Equipment Company in May 2024. Ruffridge Johnson is a heavy equipment dealer located in Centerville, Minn., that offers aggregate, paving and environmental products and service....
CEG - Tue September 12, 2023
VIDEO: Ruffridge Johnson Hosts First Ever Ecoverse Demo Day
Ruffridge Johnson of Centerville, Minn., held its first ever Ecoverse product lineup demo day at the SMSC Organics Recycling Facility in Shakopee, Minn., on July 20. Beautiful weather led to great attendance as the event showcased various Ecoverse machines....
EvoQuip - Wed January 12, 2022
Cobra 230R Blasts Through Rubble for Larsen Dirtworks
Larsen Dirtworks LLC of Foreston, Minn., knows its stuff when it comes to crushing rock. EvoQuip customers for a few years now, it is an expert in the industry and prides itself in helping customers run smooth and lucrative operations....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed May 12, 2021
Goodmanson Beats Minneapolis Winter, Delivers Parking Area
The goal: to free up street parking in a nearby neighborhood. The challenge: build a 6,000 sq. ft. retaining wall; replace two acres of asphalt parking; create a new, more efficient concrete pedestrian entrance and a motorcycle pad in Minneapolis — before winter sets in....
CEG/MAPA - Wed May 12, 2021
MAPA Hosts Inaugural Paving, Compaction Training Event
The Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association (MAPA) held its inaugural Paving and Compaction Training Event April 20 to 22 at the Medina Entertainment Center in Medina, Minn. More than 65 trainees attended, including companies who do MNDOT work, small-scale driveway pavers and county maintenance crews....
CEG - Wed May 27, 2020
Revolver Solves Blaine, Minn., Street Sweeping Dilemma
According to the state of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency "street sweepings are materials such as sand, salt, leaves and debris removed from city streets, parking lots and sidewalks to prevent these materials from being washed into storm sewers and surface waters, and is done to improve the appearance of public roadways."Regarding reusing street sweepings, the same report states that "test results have shown street sweepings from normal sweeping operations are safe and acceptable for reuse in many areas." The state mandated that unless street sweepings had the organics and trash removed from the aggregates, the street sweepings could not be reused and had to be disposed of in an approved landfill....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed October 30, 2019
Ulland Relies on Ruffridge Johnson, Bomag to Meet IC Spec.
Thermal segregation — temperature differences in hot mix asphalt (HMA) — and aggregate segregation — the non-uniform distribution of coarse and fine aggregates within the asphalt mixture — can cause premature failure of asphalt roads....
EvoQuip - Wed May 29, 2019
Larsen Crushes Concrete With EvoQuip Cobra 230R
The word "ton" too often gets tossed around as a kind of hyperbole — as in, "We ate a ton of ice cream" or "She makes a ton of money."In the construction industry, the word is used in its literal sense of 2,000 pounds, but even so, can sound too small for the amount of material under consideration....
CEG - Wed April 17, 2019
Workshop Highlights Include Automation, Maintenance
Ruffridge-Johnson Equipment Company hosted its latest Commercial Class Paving Workshop March 14 at its new headquarters in Centerville, Minn. Attendees listened to talks on preventive paver maintenance by Tom Travers of Carlson Paving Products; automation in commercial class paving by John Hood of Epic Assurance; quality paving and compaction procedures by Tim Hoover of Bomag Americas; and HMA mixes by Tom Woods of WBS....
CEG - Wed March 06, 2019
EvoQuip Selects Ruffridge-Johnson as Minnesota Dealer
EvoQuip recently announced the addition of Ruffridge-Johnson Equipment Company Inc. to its growing network of authorized distributors in the United States. The dealership will serve the state of Minnesota, providing sales and support for the full EvoQuip portfolio of compact crushing and screening equipment....
