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® July 19 2025 Vol. XXXI • No. 15
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Inside
Payne & Dolan Performs Mass Grading at MRMC Curtis Waltz, Aerialscapes photo
Swanston Equipment Hosts Customer Event in Fergus Falls, Minn. ...12
Fabick Cat Holds Successful Open House in Wausau, Wis. ...24
It’s great when you can help shape your community’s future. Bret Swenson, senior project manager of Wisconsin-based construction company Payne and Dolan, is doing that as he works with three other general contractors and a multitude of subcontractors on an 80-acre renovation of a 220-acre medical and scientific campus. By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
Altorfer, Plote Celebrate 100 Years of Caterpillar With Rebuild...36
see MRMC page 62
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29-33 Table of Contents . . . . . .. .. ..... .. .. .. .. ... .. ..47-61 . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling. .Section Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-73 Auction Section&. Parts . . . . . .Section . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .29-33 . .77-81 Attachments Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Ramping Up Proper Rig Transport Safe Loading, Unloading Practices That Must Be Followed By Lucy Perry
Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . .47-61 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-73
Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-81 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Adobe Stock photo
Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
No project can really start until the machinery arrives and is fired up. That’s why load securement is step number one in transporting heavy construction machinery. Assets can be damaged or destroyed, employees can be injured or worse during either loading or unloading, so hauling contractors cannot risk taking safety precautions lightly. There are endless sources for solid information on proper load mobilization, starting with the USDOT. That’s why there’s no excuse for cutting corners during such a critical phase of the construction project. CEG CORRESPONDENT
Determining transport vehicle hauling capacity is a critical step in the safe machine transport process. Tire pressure must be logged and brake lights are required to function perfectly.
see TRANSPORT page 68