Equipment World Digital Magazine
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July 2014 | EquipmentWorld.com 12 reporter | continued turers to fi gure out how to get these systems to run effi ciently and not be problematic." Don Woodruff, president, Woodruff & Sons, an under- ground utility and highway contractor, is more succinct: "It's a pain in the butt. We'd rather we didn't have to deal with the DEF and the additional fi lter mainte- nance." The Bradenton, Florida company has more than 150 pieces in its fl eet. "It's a big learning curve," adds Fuist. "Your people have to be trained on how the equipment regenerates and sometimes they are not pressing the right buttons and the next thing you know you have to contact the dealer to go out and do a forced regen. There's a lot of unknowns right now." "You have to get your opera- tors trained on which button to hit," agrees Mike Jarrell, presi- dent of Dolime Minerals, Bartow, Florida , which does business as American Construction & Engi- neering. With a 50-piece fl eet, his company concentrates on phosphate mine work, as well as site development and heavy civil jobs. "The same is true with your service truck operator, they have to know which fl uid goes in where." Any confusion about where to put DEF and where to put diesel can be costly. "We just had it happen on a Ford F-550, which cost us about $9,000 for a 2-minute mistake," Fuist says. With around 200 pieces of heavy equipment in its fl eet, Ripa and Associates also faces a problem common to most contractors: making sure crews on multiple jobsites know the different pro- cedures for both Tier 4 Final and non-Tier 4 Final equipment. – Marcia Gruver Doyle A ndrew Van Pelt of Ohio Valley Concrete, Leetonia, Ohio, has been named the winner of Equipment World's 2013 Contractor's Dream Package. Van Pelt accepted the prize package at an event hosted by Allstate Ford of Youngstown, Ohio on May 21. Ohio Valley Concrete special- izes in concrete forming and construction for agriculture, and frequently travels two to three hours away for larger projects. The products that were in- cluded in the Equipment World Contractor's Dream Package include a Ford F-series Super Duty Cab customized with hidden-hinge tool cabinets that can lock from his key fob re- mote. Van Pelt also took home a Ditch Witch walk-behind tren- cher, Honda generator, Lincoln Electric welder, Landoll hydrau- lic tilt-trailer, rubber tracks from Rubbertrax and ground protec- tion mats from AlturnaMATS. If you'd like a shot at winning the 2014 Contractor's Dream Package enter from now until September 30th online at Con- tractorsDreamPackage.com. To see more about the prizes included in this year's Contrac- tor's Dream Package, visit our website at www.equipment- world.com/contractors-dream- package. – Tom Jackson Ohio concrete specialist wins the Equipment World Contractor's Dream Package including brand new Ford F-550 Super Duty Winner Andrew Van Pelt (left) takes delivery of his Ford Super Duty truck from Roy Vaughn, sales manager, Allstate Ford.