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Mack Manufacturing - Tue February 24, 2015

5-Tine Orange Peel Grapple Is a Scrap-Handling Workhorse

With a lifting capacity of 1.75 cu. yd. (1.3 cu m), Mack Manufacturing’s OPSIHCR-175-5 orange peel grapple is ideally sized for daily use in a wide range of scrap metal and recycling applications....

Eric Olson - Mon February 02, 2015

Thompson Contractors Purchases Workhorse Wheel Loader

Down at Thompson Contractors Inc.’s two rock quarries in southwest North Carolina, drilling, blasting and moving hard, abrasive rock requires extra-tough machines to get the job done properly. This dirty, dusty work is not for equipment with reliability issues....

Tue November 20, 2012

Komatsu’s WA900-3 Wheel Loader Is a Mining Workhorse

Komatsu America’s WA900-3 wheel loader draws on the Komatsu legacy of quality engineering to offer high production and operator comfort. The 17 cu. yd. (13 cu m) loader, powered by Komatsu’s 12 cylinder 856 hp (638 kW) engine, is an excellent match for loading 100-ton (91 t) trucks....

Lori Lovely - Mon May 21, 2012

Foley Helps Revive N.J. Recycler’s Workhorse

When a driveshaft broke on the used 972G wheel loader All American Recycling Corporation (AAR) acquired from Foley Inc. in 2004, Eric Cliff, customer support representative, suggested a Caterpillar Certified Powertrain rebuild, based on the “value of a certified against the cost of a new machine.” General Manager Bill Gannon agreed....

Eric Olson - Sun September 09, 2012

LeeBoy-Rosco Machine a Workhorse for Va. Paving Firms

When one of the mid- Atlantic region’s top paving and emulsion contractors needed a cutting edge new machine to apply its product to the area’s streets and highways, it trusted one brand and one dealer enough to deliver it to them sight unseen....

Tue May 27, 2008

Certified Powertrain Plus Rebuild Saves Quarry Workhorse

Bill Griffett and his son, Bill Jr., put their Cat 966F and 966G wheel loaders through tough paces everyday in their quarry near Oxford, N.J. The company sells select fill, decorative nursery stone, top soil and mason sand to building and landscape contractors throughout the Mid-Atlantic region....

Tue March 11, 2008

Workhorse Adds MetroStar Trucks to Its Walk-in Lineup

Over the past year, the walk-in truck manufactured by Workhorse Custom Chassis has seen a number of changes, starting with its new, heavy-duty W62 chassis and including the new look of the front hood and grill....

Thu July 08, 2004

Cat 420D Proves Workhorse on Orlando Infrastructure Jobs

When it comes to infrastructure construction in Central Florida –– schools, streets, and waterworks –– Gibbs & Register Inc. (G&R) of Winter Garden is often the contractor of choice....

Mon September 08, 2003

Cat 980G Proves to Be a Real Workhorse for Edison Quarry

Joe Bucciarelli knows stone. He is the third generation of family ownership to operate Edison Quarry, a Doylestown, PA, producer of crushed and broken stone. Bucciarelli’s grandfather opened Edison Quarry in 1929....

Wed January 03, 2001

Terex Trucks Travel Worldwide to Serve as Coal Mine Workhorses

Rigid dump trucks built in Scotland have for the past seven years played a role in keeping pace with international demand for some of the world’s lowest sulphur coal, from the Pasir coal mine in Kalimantan, Indonesia, where annual output in 2001 is set to reach 10 million tons (9 million t)....