Equipment World

CONGRATULATIONS to the 2013 Contractor of the Year winner and finalists IN W R E N Scott Kelly Enterprise Trenchless Technologies, Inc. Lisbon Falls, ME Richard Gordon Baystate Engineering Holliston, MA Michael, Ellis and Albert Brown Brown Brothers Construction Loa, UT Gene Lowder Charles D. Lowder, Inc. Winston-Salem, NC Chris Fink Dale's Paving Bossier City, LA Danny Williams Dan's Marine Service Grafton, WV Thomas Jr., Greg and Daniel Giangiulio Glendale Excavating Voorhees, NJ Ken and Melissa Lester Lester Contracting Port Lavaca, TX Gale Nitteberg Nitteberg Construction Estelline, SD Stuart Caudill R.L. Caudill Construction Owingsville, KY Jesse and Paul Steger Steger Construction Dyersville, IA Michael Thibault T-Bone Construction Colorado Springs, CO Sponsored by:

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• Equipment: Marketplace: New products include the Doosan DX 140L-CR-3 excavator, Ditch Witch's JT20 directional drill, Sany's SRC885 rough-train crane and more.
• Machine Matters: When is bigger better? While there are advantages to bigger backhoes, the gap between them and smaller diggers is closing.
• Construction University: Marketing: How to give clients great reasons to choose you over your competitors.
• Product Focus: Service trucks
• On Record: How I almost got thrown off a boat
• Maintenance: DEF fluid management
• Quick Data: Single-drum compactors
• Contractor of the Year finalist: Ken and Melissa Lester, Lester Contracting Port Lavaca, Texas
• Final Word: How you ask for increased fuel taxes makes all the difference
• Safety Watch: Dump Truck Dangers: Clear a path for backing vehicles.