Equipment Report

Fintec Debuts Track Mounted Impact Crusher

Fintec Crushing and Screening has announced that it will introduce the 1440 track mounted mobile impact crusher at ConExpo-Con/Agg in March 2008 in Las Vegas.

The new model is designed for use in quarrying, demolition and recycling applications.

Powered by a fuel-efficient Cat C-13 diesel engine, the Fintec 1440 is carried on a maneuverable tracked undercarriage and incorporates a Sandvik PR301D impactor with a fluid clutch drive. Fed via a two-deck pre-screen, the crusher is a four hammer open style rotor with a pair of hydraulically-adjustable impact curtains that deliver high outputs of material including granite, slate, limestone, brick and asphalt. A relatively low weight and compact dimensions—the unit has an operating weight of 109,790 pounds and is 50 feet, 1 inch in length in transport configuration—means the Fintec 1440 is transportable in a single load, allowing it to be readily moved and redeployed for maximum utilization, according to the manufacturer.

Optional extras include a dolly unit, belt scales and radio remote controls.

More information is available at www.fintec.com.

Volvo Announces Financial Services Workshop

Volvo Financial Services North America has announced that it will hold its annual Financial Services Workshop in Las Vegas on Feb. 6-8, 2008.

The workshop provides financial service representatives of Mack Trucks, Volvo Trucks and Volvo Construction Equipment dealerships the opportunity to learn about new products, services and other business developments. Attendees also spend time networking with industry counterparts, Volvo Financial Services North America employees and representatives from Mack, Volvo Trucks North America and Volvo Construction Equipment. More than 200 attendees from the U.S. and Canada are expected to attend.

More information is available at www.us.vfsco.com.

H&E Equipment Services Named Link-Belt Dealer

LBX Co. has announced the appointment of H&E Equipment Services as the authorized dealer of Link-Belt excavators, forestry, demolition and material handling equipment in Western Tennessee, Memphis Trade Area and the entire state of Mississippi.

H&E will provide full customer and product support in this region. The appointment is effective immediately.

In addition to the new territory in Tennessee and Mississippi, H&E Equipment Services was recently awarded Link-Belt distribution in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Established in 1961, H&E Equipment Services is a leading supplier of equipment for construction, earth moving, compaction, paving and material handling customers.

More information is available online at www.HE-equipment.com.

Columbus Equipment Co. Joins Morbark Team

Columbus Equipment Co., specializing in heavy equipment distribution, service and rental, is now the authorized dealer of Morbark industrial equipment in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.

Established in 1952 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Equipment now operates in 10 locations in Ohio and is an authorized dealer for nearly a dozen manufacturers.

Morbark Inc., Winn, Mich., offers a wide range of wood processing equipment, including tub and horizontal grinders as well as Chiparvestors, flails, whole tree chippers, attachments and a slow-speed shredder. Morbark also manufactures a full line of brush chippers and stump grinders that are sold in Ohio and Kentucky by Sunrise Equipment Co. of Canton, Ohio. The Morbark dealer network spans North America as well as five other continents, and support facilities are strategically located throughout the United States.

More information is available at either www.morbark.com  or www.columbusequipment.com.

Promotion at Allied Construction Products

Allied Construction Products LLC, Cleveland, has announced the promotion of Eddie Turner to the position of director of sales.

Turner recently served as the Allied district manager covering the Southeast territory, including the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama.

In his new role as director of sales, Turner will establish both company and individual sales goals, maintain and strengthen the distributor network and manage Allied’s district managers and sales representatives.

Turner brings more than 25 years of construction equipment experience to the position. His previous experience outside Allied Construction Products includes general management and outside sales of construction and industrial equipment at the distributor level along with top management, OEM sales and distributor development of light and heavy construction equipment at the manufacturing level.

Allied Construction Products LLC offers a line of backhoe/excavator, skid steer and mini-excavator mounted attachments, stationary breaking and material handling systems and trenchless underground piercing tools through more than 200 U.S. and Canadian distributors.

More information is available online at the company’s Web site www.alliedCP.com.

Appointments at Stone Construction Equipment

Stone Construction Equipment Inc., Honeoye, N.Y., has announced the addition of Mike Clark from the Minneapolis area as district manager.

Clark has more than 20 years of experience in the equipment sales and rental industry, most recently with United Rentals and Sunbelt Rentals. His responsibilities include serving the needs of equipment dealers and rental houses in the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and the Province of Manitoba in Canada.

The company has also announced the appointment of two additional manufacturers’ rep organizations to the Stone sales team—MVP from Northern California and NACH Marketing from Southern California.

Both organizations will be representing the full line of Stone products, in addition to their other product lines, to select dealers and distributors in California and Nevada.

Stone Construction Equipment Inc. designs, manufactures and markets construction equipment. More information is available at www.stone-equip.com.

Clement Adds to Distributor Network

Clement Industries has named Fleet Equipment Center, Bolingbrook, Ill., as a distributor for its dump trailers. "We’re delighted to add Ted Styrczula, and his entire staff and distributorship to our nationwide team of Clement distributors," says Greg Hicks, Clement’s president and CEO.

Fleet Equipment will offer the full line of Clement end, side and bottom dump construction trailers, as well as Clement’s roll-off and scrap trailers.

Fleet Equipment offers a 12-bay, fully equipped shop at that location and another in Joliet, Ill. Fleet Equipment also operates mobile service trucks to help customers keep trailers on the road. The company offers general repair and service for all makes and models of semi-trailers as well as a number of other services, including custom modification, maintenance programs, complete semi-trailer rebuilding, overhead door conversions, stretching and shortening trailer height, lengthening or shortening length, graphics installation and insurance work.

Clement, headquartered in Minden, La., manufactures steel and aluminum material hauling equipment. Its product line includes end, side, and bottom dump trailers, pup trailers, dump bodies, roll-off hoists and trailers, and transfer trailers.

More information is available at www.clementind.com or www.fleetequipment.com.

Bandit Introduces Tree Chipper

Bandit has introduced its newest product, the Model 3590 whole tree chipper. The chipper can transform logging slash, land clearing waste, whole trees and brush into a saleable chip product faster and more efficiently than ever before.

The secret to the Model 3590’s power lies in its newly designed discharge system and one-of-a-kind feed system: the most powerful feed system ever developed on a whole tree chipper.

The feed system features a 38-inch x 40-inch opening that can accept material up to 30 inches in diameter. The four powerful feed wheels—two vertical wheels on each side and two top feed wheels set on a diagonal—work to effectively crush and compress limbs, guiding it to the oversized drum. Once at the drum, eight 12-inch long knives reduce the material into uniform, saleable chips, which are then ejected from the chipper through the high-velocity chip discharge system.

The Model 3590 is available with a host of features and options, including optional high-capacity backhoe-style loader with a roomy operator’s cab giving the operator excellent visibility. The Model 3590 is available with engine options starting from 600-horsepower.

More information is available online at www.banditchippers.com.