Bonne Terre Council hears complaints about water bill, opens bids Oct 21, 2009
After the public comment part of the meeting, the council opened bids for a backhoe and for a paver ... There were three bids received for a backhoe. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
- Westmorland honors longtime youth mentor with new park 0 Oct 18, 2009
For one year, Ritchie used a backhoe on weekends to clear the property of tons of waste, including 3,000 tires. With the help of local volunteers and donors like Benson Farms, Wiggs and Brawley Union High School students, Ritchie worked to level the ground and plant grass. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
County sets surplus equipment auction Oct 16, 2009
This tractor, a dump truck and a backhoe are among items the county is selling at an auction beginning at 9 a.m. Oct. 24 ... In addition to the office supplies, there are some vehicles for sale, including a tractor, dump truck and backhoe. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
US troops help Philippines as storm toll tops 600 Oct 11, 2009
Rescuers use backhoe to search for possible survivors as the search and retrieval operations entered its third day Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 in La Trinidad town, Benguet province, north of Manila, Philippines, after a mountainslide swept away dozens of houses at the height of typhoon Parma ... Rescuers use backhoe to search for possible survivors as the search and retrieval operations entered its third day Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 in La Trinidad town, north of Manila, Philippines after a... (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Backhoeswipedin Trenton Oct 9, 2009
Backhoe swiped in Trenton - NJ.com ... Backhoe swiped in Trenton ... TRENTON -- A brazen thief made off with a backhoe from a city construction company while its employees were down the block working Wednesday afternoon. (NJ.com -- Times)
For the birds Oct 8, 2009
Diver said neighbor John Chavarria offered to dig the eight holes needed for the aviary posts for $450, but that came at the additional cost of a few teeth broken off one of his backhoe s shovels. Diver said she ll be able to house as many as five birds in the aviary, depending on species. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Students Play in the Mud Oct 8, 2009
"I really like playing with the big trucks. And that backhoe was pretty cool. I'm just happy I didn't kill anybody on it. I wasn't sure how to use it," said Katie Henderson of Bennington, who got to operate a backhoe. Students from the state's 16 tech centers got to operate heavy machinery at Career Construction Day. (WCAX.com, VT)
Bonne Terre raises sewer rates 5 percent Oct 7, 2009
The city plans to purchase a paver and a backhoe so city workers can pave the streets themselves. The city is still waiting on bids for both items. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Mold detectives search basements Oct 6, 2009
He is gazing at a city crew with a backhoe tearing up the street, trying to fix a busted sewer line and storm drain that flooded 10 days ago and turned homes at the bottom of the hill into houseboats that don t float. A few minutes later Beuerlein emerges from the home's stinking basement. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Ill. treasure hunt halted as possible prank Oct 5, 2009
With help of a donated backhoe, Patty Henken recently tore up a vacant lot in Springfield, Ill. where a typewritten note signed by "Chauncey Wolcott" _ found in an old chair she bought at auction last November _ suggested she would find a chest containing more than $250 in U.S. gold coins. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Indonesian villagers use bare hands to dig corpses Oct 4, 2009
Where the villages once stood, there was only mud and broken palm trees _ the mountainsides appeared gouged bare as if by a gigantic backhoe. The villages "were sucked 30 meters (100 feet) deep into the earth," said Rustam Pakaya, the head of Indonesia's Health Ministry crisis center. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Two women found alive in quake's rubble (35) Oct 4, 2009
We heard some voices of people under the rubble, but as you can see the damage is making it very difficult to extricate them, Prakosa said, as a backhoe cleared the debris noisily ... Medical teams, search dogs, backhoes and emergency supplies, some of it given by other countries, were flown into Sumatra on Friday after Indonesia issued an appeal for international help. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Verizon router glitch slams parts of U.S. Oct 3, 2009
Such failures are more often caused by "backhoe" incidents in which a work crew digs in the wrong place and cuts a cable used by several carriers, he said. Misconfigured routers or network settings, or software bugs that are distributed to multiple routers, can also cause routing problems that don't get resolved immediately, he said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Melrose Police and Fire Log Oct 1, 2009
8:28 p.m. Franklin Street at Ferdinand Street: Complaint of a backhoe that has been operating all day. Operator was repairing a sewer line; finished up in 20 minutes. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Note found in antique rocking chair spurs treasure hunt for gold coins Oct 1, 2009
A search of the site currently a vacant lot with a donated backhoe last Sunday came up empty, though Henken pledges to be back at it this weekend. Whatever the outcome, it s the fact that there s a story there that s exciting, Henken, 48, said Wednesday from her hometown, where she works part-time as a window clerk at the post office. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Road maintenance cost Sep 30, 2009
As my wife and I headed for Tucson early the next morning, we saw the County had already sent a backhoe out to the Caralampi wash and was clearing the road along Caralampi. When we got home that afternoon, Caralampi was cleaned up, but Paseo Reforma still had many places full of rocks and one place with a tree stump washed into the middle of the road. (Nogales International, AZ)
City authorizes grant applications for downtown revitalizaiton, library Sep 24, 2009
Equipment purchases include a 1999 Tymco 600 Street Sweeper, $70,458; 2008 John Deere 310J Backhoe, $63,500; 1996 Motor Grader, $66,500; 1987 Ford Dump Truck, $25,000; 1981 John Deere tractor, $8,000; 2006 1 ton dump truck, $38,539; 1972 Gallion Drum Roller, $l, 500; 1983 John Deere Backhoe, $35,000 (sold); 2003 John Deere Backhoe, $64,000 (traded); 1980 Gallion Road Grader, $25,000 (traded). During the discussion on bills, Councilman Herington question why the city was paying for locating water... (Kalona News, IA)
Despite obstacles, condo project pushes forward Sep 22, 2009
The developer said operation of a backhoe inside the buffer zone was unintentional, and didn't disturb anything of archaeological significance identified in the preservation plan. An equipment-scarred boulder and broken pieces of a large kiawe tree were left a few feet from one petroglyph of a man, which was undamaged. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Praises PG&E Sep 22, 2009
The next day they came out with three trucks, including a backhoe and a full crew of men. Going well beyond the call of duty, they reconstructed my yard with the utmost of blue collar cheer and good will. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Gas leak causes lodge and school evacuation Sep 22, 2009
Published: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:03 PM PDT UPDATE Big Bear Lake, Sept. 21, 1 p.m.: A construction worker on a backhoe hit a gas line in the Red Ant Hill area, disrupting service to 15 customers and causing an evacuation of the area and a hard road closure, according to Southwest Gas Company spokesperson Cynthia Messina ... UPDATE Big Bear Lake, Sept. 21, noon: A backhoe operator clipped a 4-inch service lines leading into the gas main lines at Red Ant Hill in Big Bear Lake causing a gas... (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
County may manage site of burial bog Sep 21, 2009
1982: A backhoe operator discovers a skull while digging peat during road construction. 1984-86: Archaeologists drain the pond and excavate 168 bodies and artifacts. (Florida Today)
Jeremiah Charles Overbaugh (4) Sep 21, 2009
In the early 1960 s while at Coxsackie, he bought the first used backhoe and began his second family business, Overbaugh Construction. His son continues to run both the farm and the excavating business. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
17-year-old boy, mother cited in crash Sep 14, 2009
They recovered the truck, other items from two recent burglaries and a stol 00001582 en Case backhoe valued at $29,000, Curtice said. Boy gets wild ride in stolen truck. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Feinberg: No dumping allowed Sep 11, 2009
The previous owner of my property had been engaged in the backhoe and disposal business. As a result, there were old refrigerators and large car parts dotting the property at the time I bought it. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
McMillan returns money Sep 10, 2009
The board also gave approval to advertise for bids for a backhoe for District 2. Supervisors approved receipt of a court order to purchase a reporter recorder for trial transcribing in the circuit courtroom. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)
Land of Ten Thousand Turbines? Sep 10, 2009
Once the wireless cloud is in the air, any moves, additions or changes can be done without dispatching the backhoe ... Backhoes can't run over it. (Energy Pulse, CO)
The Sahuarita High School marching band helps kick off one of the biggest projects in the town’s history. Photo by Philip Franchine | The Sahuarita Sun Sep 9, 2009
Just to the west of the entrance to Town Hall, three employees of Northern Utilities were using a backhoe and dirty shovels to dig a trench as part of the first phase of the road- widening work. Workers are constructing storm drains and utility trenches before any new pavement is built. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Bones mystery solved Sep 8, 2009
The construction behind DeSaussure College may look like a standard facility improvement project right now, complete with chain-link fence and backhoe. However, on Aug. 10, workers discovered human remains, turning the site into a source of mystery and the starting point for an archeological study. (Gamecock Online, SC)
Seadrift votes to build sports fields Sep 7, 2009
Agreed to buy a new Case 580SM3 backhoe from Nueces Power Equipment in Victoria for $60,255. Adopted an environmental ordinance that includes a ban on any discharge in the harbor or leaving trash on city land. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Northwest fiber optic cuts can disrupt but fix is fast Sep 6, 2009
But just one careless or misplaced lunge with a backhoe shovel can cut off entire towns from phone service or their connection to the Web, as happened recently in a corner of Oregon and Washington state. A contractor accidentally cut a Qwest fiber optic line last month in Ridgefield, Wash. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Finances may force bridge closures, less road maintenance Sep 5, 2009
"The last time it was cleaned out was three years ago, and that's only because I rented a backhoe and dug it out myself," Simmons said. And it annoys Simmons and Vann that someone like County Chairman Frank Bruno would suggest the only solution to the problem would be for taxpayers like them to pay more. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Weekend schedule and results Sep 5, 2009
10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Backhoe Rodeo. BLUEBONNET STAGE. (Anchorage Daily News)
Cohasset Day is childs play Sep 5, 2009
A dump truck and backhoe will also be parked for all to see and touch. Parents take note there is one significant change to the schedule of events. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Car crashes off freeway overpass in Tacoma Sep 2, 2009
A backhoe from a nearby construction site flipped the car back on its wheels so it could be towed away. Have something to say about this story. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Firefighters respond to gas leak Sep 2, 2009
A backhoe working at a construction site accidentally damaged the line while digging at the area ... Mike Erfert, spokesman for the Yuma Fire Department, said shortly after 12:30 p.m. a backhoe working at a construction site accidentally damaged the line while digging at the area. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Aubertine secures $1.2M for Oswego Aug 28, 2009
Smith said the department has requested seven new pieces of equipment to be purchased with the funds, including two new plow/sander combinations; a new Vactor, which is used for sewer cleaning; a front-end loader; a street sweeper; a backhoe with a trailer; and a backhoe with a hydraulic ram and a trailer. Through the senator s efforts, it appears we re going to be able to purchase that equipment, Smith said. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Visits Hyattesville Home Aug 24, 2009
Residents of the Hyattesville neighborhood cheered wildly as a backhoe tore apart a home on West Lanham Drive. ABC 7 Talkback. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Many builders leery of stimulus work Aug 22, 2009
Tom Demeropolis DBJ Stimulus Construction: A worker operates a backhoe on Main Street in downtown Dayton this week. The construction is stimulus funded. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
POLICE REPORTS Aug. 5-12 Aug 22, 2009
11 a.m. 9000 block Teel Parkway, delayed report of backhoe forks missing since July 13. 11:46 a.m. 3000 block Preston Road, merchandise stolen from Ulta III.. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Runaway truck in Seattle smashes into vehicles, strip mall Aug 21, 2009
Cook had worked for the company, Les Wear Backhoe of Snohomish, three years ago, but quit. Today was his first day back on the job. (Longview Daily News, WA)
officials said Aug 19, 2009
The Highway Department, meanwhile, has sent a crew of summer workers to help hand out water, plus equipment operators have been running a backhoe to unload truckloads of Poland Spring and move pallets around. So far, the highway workers have logged 226 regular hours, plus 144 hours of overtime, including over the weekend. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Contracting out street maintenance could provide big savings for cash-strapped Lodi Aug 16, 2009
G. Wiman wrote on Aug 11, 2009 7:42 AM:" From the City Website: Street Maintenance worker 3 (superviser) pays from $20.20 to 24.55 per hour. State Department of industrial relations prevailing wage rate for: backhoe operator $32.38 per hour plus $21.22 for benefits. For laborer $28.89 per hour plus $14.26 per hour for benefits. This is what the City is legally required to pay contractors. The reason more items are contracted out by both the CIty and state is because they do not have the staff to... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Oak Grove accepts sewer ordinance Aug 14, 2009
As for digging to reach the septic tanks, Messer estimated most septic tanks will not require a backhoe. I dont want my yard rutted up anymore than anyone else, and I dont want to rut anyone elses yard up, he said. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Sioux City entices Woodbury County on I-29 interchange relocation Aug 12, 2009
Four steel girders on the bridge sustained severe damage last week when a backhoe being hauled on a truck failed to clear the underside of the bridge over I-29. IDOT bridge specialists from Ames, Iowa, came on Friday to gather data at the bridge to use in assessing the damage. (Sioux City Journal)
Sudden damage shortens historic trees life (239) Aug 7, 2009
We had a backhoe and a dump truck but felt we shouldn t take any heavy equipment around the base of the tree because we were afraid we would damage or kill it. So instead we cut the limb up using a chain saw and hauled the sections to the dump truck. (Wellsboro Gazette, PA)
Senior center takes crushing blow Aug 6, 2009
The former Lompoc Valley Community Center came down with a crash Wednesday, reduced to rubble by a backhoe that methodically clawed its way through the structure. One worker operated the backhoe while another used a hose to help reduce the dust and air pollution created by tearing an old building to the ground. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Thieves Pull ATM Out With Backhoe Aug 6, 2009
-- Some thieves with a stolen backhoe tried to steal an ATM early Wednesday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office ... JSO said the tractor with a backhoe pulled the ATM out of the ground, then fled the scene ... Police do not yet know where the backhoe came from, but will make the determination according to the serial number on the construction vehicle. (News4Jax.com, FL)
Digging caused gas leak in Watertown Aug 4, 2009
A natural gas line that was broken by a backhoe shut down part of Pleasant Street Friday. Around noon on July 29, fighterfighters responded to the intersection of Pleasant and Howard streets where a liquefied natural gas pipe was broken during construction. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Archaeologist objects to Deadwood construction schedule Aug 3, 2009
"Once it's plowed down with a backhoe, those artifacts are gone. We can't get that information.". Rom also wonders, since the original contract was approved during a public meeting of the city commission, why downsizing the project also wasn't discussed or approved during a public meeting. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Region tries to bounce back from floods Jul 31, 2009
Leo Buell of Valatie walks past the swollen Kinderhook Creek on Thursday in Valatie. "The clubhouse restaurant is under a foot of water.''More than 2 1/2 inches fell in Albany, and flooding caused havoc in northern Saratoga County where South Shore Road in Edinburg near the Batchellerville bridge was closed.South of Albany, the National Weather Service received several reports of rain falling at the rate of 1 to 2 inches an hour. In Kinderhook, which got the highest amount of rain with more than... (Albany Times Union)
Madison County police blotter Jul 29, 2009
Theft: On July 18, a man said he brought a borrowed 1975 Case backhoe valued at $20,000 to his home about 3:30 p.m., then left, and when he returned roughly an hour later, he realized it had been stolen. Arrest: On July 17, deputy David Kidd arrived at the Madison County Jail about 9 p.m. with an inmate to incarcerate. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Occupations of Our Colonial Ancesto... Jul 28, 2009
Perhaps, 300 years from now, people will wonder what an astronaut, computer programmer, backhoe operator, anesthetist or oncologist were. A companion article discusses. (Suite101.com)
City of Sealy faces tight budget Jul 28, 2009
Following Coffman s proposed budget, city council members told him to factor in costs for repairing a backhoe city administrators learned last week is unsafe, as well as the purchase of two new trucks, estimated to cost 42,000 to 48,999, for the water and parks department. The city also wants to factor in possible engineering costs for capital projects it is looking at issuing bonds to fund, including construction of an Interstate Highway 10 frontage road, sewer and water improvements, and... (Sealy News, TX)
Bruce aldermen face zoning challenge Jul 24, 2009
n Public works director Charles D. Mahan will gather price quotes on a backhoe. n The village tax rate will remain 20. (Calhoun City Monitor Herald, MS)
City asks union for cuts Jul 23, 2009
Alan_Shore_CPandS wrote on Jul 22, 2009 10:03 AM:" I commented on the union pay increases because the amounts. union heavy equipment operators are compensated more than 19 dollars her hour while they only operate these machines for minutes per day in most cases, why not pay them for machine time and pay them a base county wage during all other times. I would like to see the union gone.. their place was 30 years ago when they were needed Today.. look at what the unions cost us. I picked out that... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Baxter pays fines to MPCA Jul 23, 2009
Tom Thompson, owner of Tom's Backhoe, said the project was done and the permit with the MPCA closed out when the MPCA came back with a notice of citation and a fine ... " Thompson said the silt fence was put where it was supposed to be per the direction of Widseth Smith Nolting, the city's engineering consultant. Because of that, Thompson said the silt fence was the city's liability. As for the dewatering issue, Thompson said his dewatering business has been discharging into wetlands for 50... (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Cemetery whistle-blower: I'm no hero Jul 22, 2009
Loose bones kept turning up as he practiced digging holes with a backhoe in a supposedly unused section of Burr Oak Cemetery, a historic black graveyard near Chicago. Esper refused to keep his mouth shut about the grisly things he saw, leading to the arrest of four cemetery workers accused of digging up and dumping hundreds of bodies and reselling their plots. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Broken sewage line sends waste through UGA campus Jul 21, 2009
Athens-Clarke Public Utilities workers bring in a backhoe to uncover the source of a sewage leak into Tanyard Creek that runs under the campus of the University of Georgia on Monday. David Manning/Staff. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Boy dies in rollover at Resurrection River Jul 21, 2009
A local backhoe operator was able to get the car out of the river. The boy's body was found inside. (Anchorage Daily News)
Maine town fights phase-out of curbside mailbox Jul 19, 2009
OTISFIELD, Maine The folks of Otisfield are so fond of their lone public mailbox that they blocked it with a snowplow and a backhoe to prevent the Postal Service from taking it away in the gloom of night. Town officials also threatened to chain themselves to the blue box if necessary. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Maine town fights to keep its blue mailbox Jul 18, 2009
The folks of Otisfield are so fond of their lone public mailbox that they blocked it with a snowplow and a backhoe to prevent the Postal Service from taking it away in the gloom of night ... Maine town fights phase-out of curbside mailbox Articles (07-17) 11:47 PDT OTISFIELD, Maine (AP) -- The folks of Otisfield are so fond of their lone public mailbox that they blocked it with a snowplow and a backhoe to prevent the Postal Service from taking it away in the. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
• Events calendar Jul 17, 2009
Highlights: 9 a.m., 4-H interview judging; 9:30 a.m., 4-H style review; 11 a.m., 4-H public speaking, job interview and demonstrations; 4 p.m., community potluck; and 6 p.m., backhoe rodeo. Free admission to the fair. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Full story..... Jul 17, 2009
Now the old Alpine Elementary School gymnasium is a pile of rubble, demolished in the last week by a brick-knocking, wood-chewing, metal-ripping backhoe loader. The old building was once a hangar at the Marfa Army Airfield during World War II. After the war ended and buildings at the training facility were declared surplus, this structure was moved to Alpine. (Alpine Avalanche, TX)
Gem hunters' giant amethyst spotlighted at S.C. museum Jul 15, 2009
A backhoe was working in a trench as the dozen rock hunters scoured the site for crystals. "My recollection," Karwoski said, "is there was a hole 6 to 7 feet deep. Suddenly the scoop (on the backhoe) went into the dirt and we heard a loud clunk. At that point, we told him not to do anything further. He moved the bucket out, and David went down into the trench." ... Smith said the backhoe had uncovered a vein of amethyst. (Athens Banner-Herald)
• Lincoln County fair Jul 14, 2009
" backhoe rodeoTuesday, July 218 a.m. ??" 4-H/FFA horse show. 2-8 p.m.. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
