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EquipmentWorld.com | January 2018 43 Power Curbers Power Curbers' 5700-C curb-and-gutter machine fea- tures three-crawler steering that enables tight turns, within a 2-foot radius. "Being able to turn those radiuses with the machine keeps you from having to manually form it up," says Stephen Bullock with Power Curbers. "An operator could go out and pour island after island with the machine versus spending hours on one island and having to set up forms." The 5700-C Smart Amp control system combines the simplicity of analog with the added benefits of a digital controller, Bullock says. "It's a simple way of setting the sensitivity on the sensors for the machine, to dial in the machine to get the steering and eleva- tion controls just right." Power Curbers also offers 150, 5700-C Max and 7700 curbing machines. Curb Fox Most of Curb Fox's customers don't want the high-tech GPS, stringless option because of the higher cost, the company says. Curb Fox's best-selling model, the 5000-T, bears the slogan, "simple versatility." The com- pany claims it's the smallest all-track machine on the market. Curb Fox's smaller units all use tires, but about six years ago, at customers' requests, Curb-Tec came out with this all-track unit, a design more commonly found on large pavers. The company has taken into account the increasing demand for stringless/GPS capability. The Curb Fox 5000-T offers an option to plug in a Leica stringless system. Curb Fox also offers the 2000, 3000 and 5000 models. dent Frank Multerer. The controls and sensoring devices are designed to be much simpler in the smaller machines, he says. "If you have a problem," Mul- terer says, "you want a problem to be easy and cost-effective to deal with, so we've stayed with simple potentiometers and control systems." These smaller machines can ma- neuver in tight quarters, so they're best for work in malls, parking lots and subdivisions, he says. The extrusion machines can provide more shapes and sizes of curb than the larger slipform pav- ers, says Larry Dewey, Curb-Tec president and engineer. They range in price from $9,000 to $25,000. Extrusion machines minimize hand work, which cuts labor costs, and they provide easy layout with a consistent finished product. "One key that makes our ma- chines unique and easy to use," says Hank Rochette, sales manager of Miller Curber, which also makes extrusion curbers, "is that we offer so many different options for so many different jobs." Here's a round-up of what's on the market: