Economy Grows in China...So Does Garbage Oct 13, 2009
More than 100 dump trucks piled high with garbage line the narrow road leading to Zhanglidong, waiting to empty their loads in a landfill as big as 20 football fields. In less than five years, the Zhengzhou Comprehensive Waste Treatment Landfill has overwhelmed this otherwise pristine village of about 1,000 people. (ABC News -- Business)
Vandalism, utility issues delay Belle Avenue move Oct 11, 2009
Dump trucks sat parked in the lot one recent day on , amid a neighborhood of modest and tidy one-story homes. Across town, the site where the company has said it will move was home to neither trucks nor any CWSI activity. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Thumbs up to dedication Oct 10, 2009
The event on Sunday at Pease drew families from across the Seacoast to see, touch and clamber aboard dump trucks, construction equipment, an ice cream truck and, of course, bright red fire trucks from a number of local communities. Peggy Small-Porter, the center's executive director, said the goal was to raise $10,000. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Riechers Truck Body Marks 75th Anniversary Oct 10, 2009
"We also install lift gates and hoists for dump trucks," Gilbert Mohesky said. The business also has begun constructing trailers, including dual-ramp single-axle utility trailers, 16-foot heavy duty utility trailers, pintle equipment haulers, 18-foot heavy duty landscape trailers, medium equipment haulers and tandem axle dump utility trailers. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Letter: Stop tailgating! Oct 6, 2009
There are so many vehicles on the road buses, eight-wheelers, dump trucks, vans, speeding pickups, and thousands of cars. Obviously, we drivers have to be conscious of what is happening around us at all times, but we also need to make an effort to halt other drivers dangerous obsessions, primary among them: tailgating. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
SD Town Finally Rid Of 44 Tons Of Rotten Bison Oct 5, 2009
It then became clear that the source of the smell was the meat: 88,420 pounds, according to the scale at the Sioux Falls landfill, where the mess was hauled in five dump trucks and three extra-large trash bins ... The county spent about 5,000 on dump trucks and men to drive them, the city submitted a bill of $3,918 to Parente for trucking costs, landfill fees, attorney fees, overtime and pest control, and the fire department's cost came in at $2,233 for wages, air tanks, two fire trucks and... (CBS News)
Giffords tours mine, sites getting stimulus cash Oct 3, 2009
On a driving tour of the mine, officials showed off a new, 25 million electric shovel, 2 million dump trucks and efforts to save water and cut down on dust problems. Article Rating. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Truckloads of dirt must stop Oct 2, 2009
Dump trucks spilling over with fill will no longer be roaring through quiet Tahattawn Road and Harwood Avenue neighborhoods at all hours of the night ... Residents brought the complaint about dump trucks rolling through their neighborhoods between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. to the board s attention at the beginning of September. (Littleton Independent, MA)
County dump truck crashes in Coquille Sep 30, 2009
The road department has seven dump trucks and normally uses five of them, so the crash hasn t affected paving projects. It s not slowing us down any, said Rowe. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
More than 350 Ky. surplus vehicles being auctioned Sep 30, 2009
Trucks, motor graders, rollers, loaders, backhoes, mowers, dump trucks, bush hogs and other equipment will be among the items for sale. The auction is one of several the state is holding. (FOX19.com, OH)
Opportunity for contamination cleanup Sep 26, 2009
Contaminated soil from the Clark Fork River Superfund site at Milltown, east of Missoula, was scooped out of the rail cars near Opportunity and loaded into dump trucks. From there, the piles were driven to a barren dirt field and leveled by bulldozers. (Montana Standard, MT)
Ford unveils hulking new Super Duty pickup Sep 25, 2009
since the Super Duty gets a wide variety of commercial uses, Ford added a "Live Drive Power Take Off" feature which allows the transmission to power showplows, tow truck lifts, cement mixers, dump trucks or other auxiliary functions ... This allows the transmission to power auxiliary equipment such as snowplows, aerial lifts, tow truck lifts, cement mixers or dump trucks. (AZCentral -- Business)
Third annual tractor pull starts Friday Sep 24, 2009
The event will start at 7 p.m. at the Listie Firemen s Grove (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Seashore plans ahead with hurricanes in mind Sep 22, 2009
I was thinking to myself, My God if this was being taken out by dump trucks, how many trucks would that have been. And it was just unimaginable, he remembered. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Trio arrested in string of burglary, vandalism Sep 21, 2009
In those incidents a cash drawer was stolen from the bar, Mokane City Hall was ransacked and 33,000 of damage was done to an Ameren UE dump truck, two other dump trucks and a tanker truck owned by Infra Source. Investigators connected the New Bloomfield crime to the Mokane burglaries after finding a cash drawer from the bar at the scene of the crime in New Bloomfield. (Fulton Sun, MO)
Ritchie Bros. to sell large number of late model equipment items for Rodman Companies and others in Fort Worth unreserved public auction Sep 20, 2009
Late model equipment from Rodman includes: crawler tractors, wheel loaders, motor graders, hydraulic excavators, articulated dump trucks, compactors, directional drills, crushers, truck tractors and low-boy, end-dump and vacuum trailers ... Auction highlights ------------------ Day 1 - September 23, 2009 -------------------------- - 240+ pickups - 110 crawler tractors - 85+ wheel loaders - 55+ rollers - 50+ compactors - 25+ crawler loaders Day 2 - September 24, 2009 -------------------------- -... (PR Newswire)
DeKalb: Go into the woods, out of the madness Sep 19, 2009
Dump trucks and bulldozers noisily arrived each morning ... I just hope that doesn t mean the dump trucks and bulldozers will soon return. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
City repairs 9 main breaks Tuesday Sep 18, 2009
With overtime for all workers, the repairs cost between 7,500 and 10,000, Dunaway said, not including the cost to run the backhoes and dump trucks. Water main catastrophes like this are impossible to predict, Dunaway said, and is not a preventable incident. (Taylor Daily Press, TX)
Northern Hills National Guard unit told to prepare for a possible deployment Sep 16, 2009
The 842nd is equipped with heavy machinery such as bulldozers, scrapers, cranes, loaders, graders, excavators and dump trucks. The unit deployed to Iraq in March 2003 to provide engineer support and returned in November 2004. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Move afoot to require bear-resistant trash bins Sep 6, 2009
If the regulatory commission grants the company's request, the new requirement would be phased in over time, Riley said, and likely be tied to development of a new type of bear-resistant garbage can that the company's dump trucks could pick up and empty mechanically, a money saving innovation. Right now, someone must unlock the lids of the bear-proof cans before they can be dumped in the truck. (Anchorage Daily News)
Explosion Sets NATO Fuel Trucks Afire at Pakistani Border Aug 31, 2009
The explosion Sunday night set at least three oil tankers, two container trucks and two dump trucks on fire, police officer Abdul Rauf said. Chaman is one of two main crossing points for supplies for American and NATO troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. (Fox News)
Blast Hits NATO Convoy, Kills 16 Pakistan Cadets Aug 31, 2009
Rauf said that he heard the explosion and saw at least three oil tankers, two container trucks and two dump trucks on fire. Another suicide bombing Thursday killed at least 19 guards further north at the Torkham border crossing, the other main route into Afghanistan and gateway to the famed Khyber Pass. (Time.com)
Yosemite's Ahwahnee closed after rockfall Aug 28, 2009
In October park officials permanently closed one-third of Curry Village under Glacier Point after the equivalent of 570 dump trucks of rock hit 17 cabins and forced the evacuation of more than 150 youngsters on a field trip. No one was seriously injured. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Kindergarten Activities on the Lett... Aug 27, 2009
Emphasize that dump trucks and diggers (properly called excavators) are two pieces of construction equipment that start with the letter D. Fill the sensory table with gravel and let kids experiment with filling up and emptying the bed of a toy dump truck. As a class, read picture books about construction equipment like Byron Barton's Machines at Work [Harper Collins: 1987. (Suite101.com)
Titan's Oversized Tires Fall Flat in Canada Under 400-Ton Dump Truck Loads Aug 25, 2009
Titan has halted production of 13-foot (4-meter) tires used on dump trucks to install pressure-monitoring devices, Chief Executive Officer said in a telephone interview ... The Hague-based Shell and producers such as Irving, Texas- based use heavy-duty dump trucks to carry 400 tons of oil-soaked sand, rocks and mud from mines to processing plants ... At Muskeg River, which is part of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project that operates, a fleet of 39 dump trucks move 400,000 tons of earth a day, Kuzmic... (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Scores of building projects dot school district landscape Aug 22, 2009
The rumble of dump trucks and heavy machinery won't stop any time soon at the campus that Buddy Taylor Middle and Wadsworth Elementary share. While renovations at Wadsworth are set to be complete before school starts Monday, a complete makeover of the middle school won't be done for another year, said Mike Judd, the district's director of facilities. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Oil Sands May Get Cleaner as Shell, Exxon Bubble Tar in Froth Treatment Aug 22, 2009
At the -operated Athabasca Oil Sands Project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, electric-powered shovels scoop black earth into 25-foot-tall Caterpillar Inc. dump trucks for transport to a plant that sifts sand, mud and rocks from oil. The current practice is to repeatedly heat the soil to 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in 60-meter-wide tanks until the crude and sand are separated. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Garbage catches fire in truck (15) Aug 20, 2009
Fire Prevention Specialist Jon Davis said fires in dump trucks are not an uncommon occurrence, [but] it is usually very hard to determine a cause just because of the sheer volume of debris that could be considered possible sources. Anything from a discarded cigarette or the mixing of two discarded chemicals that may cause an exothermic reaction to compressed debris that has begun to decompose and has enough heat within that when disturbed allows enough oxygen in for combustion to begin. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Namolokama sweeps Hanalei long distance race Aug 18, 2009
They were followed by Pu uwai Masters crossing in 1:19:39 through the course that started at the Hanalei Pier out to the Tunnels Beach area to the Dump Trucks turnaround and back to Hanalei. That second overall finish earned Pu uwai Masters top billing in the Master 40+ Men division. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
10 Things to Know from Preseason Week 2 Aug 18, 2009
They would be out front like dump trucks and allowing a seam to open up for Carlton Thomas and his SPEED. TD. I really think that we will have a somewhat different look on offense. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Continuing donations move Rialto fix forward Aug 18, 2009
"They helped with the clean up, loading 20 dump trucks of debris by hand. They later carried in all the bridging before the old beams could be removed." Tax deductible contributions for the restoration project may be sent to: Rialto Community Theatre, Box 874, Deer Lodge, MT 59722. Online. (Montana Standard, MT)
Wellness Celebration takes holistic approach to healthy living Aug 18, 2009
"In addition to the more than 50 vendors expected at the event, live entertainment including dancing, gymnastics, martial arts and music will be on display in Center Court. And the kids will have their own entertainment through a bounce castle and "Touch a Truck," a new event where kids can get an up-close look at all sorts of trucks -- from fire trucks to dump trucks -- and talk with the experts who operate them.Johnson said the Wellness Celebration 5K Run will begin at 7:30 a.m., followed at... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Council won't raise fees for swale work Aug 15, 2009
That includes about $300,000 payroll for six people, a grade-all and a couple of dump trucks. Businesses pay based on equivalent residential units. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Cannabis County: Authorities seize 27,469 marijuana plants from Camas Co. in recent weeks Aug 14, 2009
An Army Chinook helicopter from Montana flew nets full of pot and trash from the remote grow sites to a less rugged stretch of national forest land Thursday as officers, many of whom are undercover, loaded it all into dump trucks bound for burial at an undisclosed location. Law enforcement officials said this is the most pot seized from Idaho so far this year, and certainly the most obtained from Camas County. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Rte. 1 project gets extension for site prep Aug 13, 2009
Over the last two years the construction site has experienced a flurry of activity with excavators chipping away at exposed ledge and dump trucks hauling material off the premises. MacDonald said the project has been slowed somewhat because Logan Airport the primary disposal site is prohibited from having piles on its land that rise more than four feet. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
Obama: Immigration Can Wait Aug 12, 2009
The WSJ that the two dump trucks that exploded contained 6,600 pounds of high-grade explosives. There was also a string of bombings in Baghdad, but the LAT points out that the "violence in and around the northern city of Mosul is the biggest concern" because it's a stronghold of al-Qaida in Iraq as well as of Baathist insurgents who have an interest in firing up tensions to spark a civil war. (Slate)
Why Auto Bumpers Aren't Great In Crashes Aug 8, 2009
There's also the dizzying variety of vehicles that share the road, from dump trucks and an occasional farm tractor to a low-slung Corvette or Lotus Elise. If all vehicle bumpers were all the same height, and all impacts took place with the entire bumper distributing and absorbing the force of the collision, then this would be a relatively easy problem for automotive engineers to solve. (CBS News)
Contributed photo Aug 8, 2009
He said it took two dump trucks to pick up all the trash, noting it was probably dropped sometime during the night hours. Several weeks ago, an Aransas County resident who lives on Wishert Road, discovered several items of trash and debris had been dropped along Airport Road near Wishert. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
More of this story Aug 6, 2009
"I drive loaders, snowplows, mowers, dump trucks, rollers and anything else we need to use to maintain and keep the roads safe," said Debbie. "It is a good job and I really like what I do.". (Cut Bank Pioneer Press - Golden Triangle, MT)
Doe Run officials, activists' claims clash in Leadwood Aug 5, 2009
Carter said dump trucks could not get to the section of the tailings Bowcock and Briley described, because the trucks would sink into the soft tailings. He said the trucks Doe Run uses have wider tires and are designed to better spread the weight so they don t sink as easily. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
A slice of life from an Army wife Aug 5, 2009
At the end of that day, I had scenes of my husband detailing how dump trucks work, diagramming how to build towers with LEGOs, and clips of him wishing our child a good morning, good afternoon, and good night. The sense of urgency my husband displayed around obtaining enough footage of himself with and for the baby was as heartwarming as it was heartbreaking. (Christian Science Monitor)
Poisoned mining town about to expire Aug 1, 2009
Most of the traffic through Picher comes from the dump trucks hauling tons of lead waste. The Environmental Protection Agency recently warned those who stay behind that the water will eventually be shut off. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Alcoa Destroying Rain Forest in Court Battle Sparked by Brazil Prosecutors Aug 1, 2009
Dump trucks are lined up, waiting for work to begin. Lima points to the pit, saying that beginning in late August, excavators will fill trucks with 90-ton hauls of bauxite once mining starts. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Series of vandalisms and, burglaries hit county Aug 1, 2009
An Ameren UE dump truck, two other dump trucks and a tanker truck owned by Infra Source were severely damaged, with estimates at 40,000. While there, deputies located a cash drawer of unknown origin. (Fulton Sun, MO)
4 dead after dump truck collides with SUV in Minn. Jul 29, 2009
Officials confiscated two dump trucks, trailers, a roller, a paver and two vehicles. 0000316E. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
City worker charged with theft Jul 25, 2009
According to an affidavit from APD detective Kyle Platt filed in Auburn City Court, police learned during an investigation that Thomas Gabak, 39, of 106 North Lewis St., Auburn, a Department of Public Works staffer who works at the landfill, had loaded numerous Auburn Sand And Stone dump trucks with the asphalt and gave it to Timothy Blackman, a private contractor, for free, without authorization. Blackman, a self-employed contractor, was building a garage for a customer and needed some asphalt... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Tornados rock area Friday Jul 23, 2009
Altavista firefighters were also out clearing brush, and town public works employees were filling up dump trucks Saturday. Numerous power company employees were repairing lines and replacing poles. (Altivista Journal, VA)
Clean up or clear out? Jul 23, 2009
Clean it up wrote on Jul 22, 2009 1:15 PM:" I'd start with the businesses that have mounds of busted cars all around them.Sorry mechanics, but if you take a care to be fixed and it sits there for 3 months, it's an eye sore at the least. If you don't have an impound lot to park it on, get it out of there.And to the person that owns that house in the picture....wow dude, I was thinking you needed a couple dump trucks to clean that up, but I think a match would be easier and more effective. ".... (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
For Scottsdale's 'General,' dirty job was best one Jul 23, 2009
In the heat, in the cold and in between, he scouted tree trimmings, trash and brush that didn't end up in garbage cans and pitched the rubbish into dump trucks. Normally, people who start on the brush crew leave. (AZCentral -- News)
Ala. city plows beneath Indian site for Sam's Club Jul 21, 2009
Big yellow dump trucks rumble up and down the hill, located behind a retail development just off Interstate 20, about 60 miles east of Birmingham. City project manager Fred Denney said officials plan to remove the top of the hill eventually to create an elevated, eight-acre site that will overlook the Choccolocco Valley and the city of Oxford. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Junk King empire preparing to expand Jul 19, 2009
Today the two 29-year-olds preside over a tiny empire of six dump trucks that sustain about 15 jobs, while they pursue ambitious plans to franchise their formula for turning trash into cash. "We want to build a national brand," said Andreacchi during a recent interview in their San Carlos offices. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Supervisors OK buying dump trucks Jul 16, 2009
JUNEAU Following a power point presentation, a lengthy discussion and debate, the Dodge County Board of Supervisor's Tuesday night approved the purchase of three dump trucks for the highway department at a special meeting. They were the same three dump trucks the committee sought to purchase last month, but did not garner enough votes for the financial transaction. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Software M&A Specialist Corum Group Leads Sale of Wenco Shares to Hitachi Jul 14, 2009
HCM also markets wheel loaders, off-road dump trucks, and other products made by HCM Group companies or in partnership with major manufacturers. About Corum Group. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Home of slain TV anchor demolished Jul 14, 2009
Dump trucks pulled up to begin loading debris from the home and take it away. On Oct. 20, Pressly's mother found her badly beaten inside the home. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Businesses work around construction Jul 11, 2009
That means excavators, backhoes and dump trucks. The heavy equipment is accompanied by towering mounds of dirt and gravel, gaping holes, persistent noise, occasional bouts of inconvenience and --- residents hope --- a realistic promise for a better looking community. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Bay area town considers license plate cameras Jul 11, 2009
Officials confiscated two dump trucks, trailers, a roller, a paver and two vehicles. TIBURON, Calif. (Fresno Bee -- State)
City of Huxley offers housing incentive Jul 3, 2009
That time has ended, as can be noted by for sale signs that have weathered the winter, and new subdivisions without the sounds of concrete mixers, dump trucks and nail guns. The downturn in the real estate market may make the process of selling and getting into a new home more challenging; but for those in a position build a new home in Huxley, there are some financial incentives to take advantage of that would not be available in a housing boom. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
New Taum Sauk reservoir attracts attention worldwide Jul 1, 2009
Massive dump trucks haul crushed rock across the basin, where it is loaded onto conveyor belts and used to make special concrete. Trailer trucks rumble up Proffit Mountain and into the 55-acre basin, bringing supplies for the construction of the new reservoir that will allow the pumped storage facility to once again make electricity. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Things are looking up for yards Jun 30, 2009
"A lot of landscaping contractors want to do this, but they're used to working with Bobcats and dump trucks - they don't know what to do on the roof," Schulz said. There are several types of green roofs. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
'No risk' to Rhodes residents, workers Jun 30, 2009
"The polluted soil is being loaded in the open air into dump trucks and then transported with the back of the load exposed," Ms Rhiannon said in a statement. "The locals told me they are very concerned that contaminated dust could cover the area if a wind blows up.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Spring Valley
City Council Jun 27, 2009
Approved the sale of three old city dump trucks and two old pickups that are no longer in service. Street Superintendent John Schultz asked that the proceeds be put back into the equipment depreciation account. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Menino calls for state plan on random drug, alcohol testing of municipal workers Jun 26, 2009
We already have drug testing for conductors of garbage trucks, dump trucks, and school buses. Why not a public safety official. (Boston Globe)
Cooperation paves the way in Newburg Jun 26, 2009
With dump trucks and heavy equipment in short supply in the borough, townships in the Western Cumberland Council of Governments pitched in with equipment and personnel this week ... A backhoe and excavators had been rented and the two townships dump trucks were hauling out dirt and stone. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Family looks for jobs, new home after Monday crash (29) Jun 26, 2009
Just a year ago, two dump trucks collided at what area residents call an increasingly dangerous intersection at Route 11 and Conestoga Drive, coming to rest just scant feet from Deihls front door. Deihl knows he and his family wife Hazel, three stepchildren and a 2-year-old daughter are lucky. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Troubling family life Jun 26, 2009
Officials confiscated two dump trucks, trailers, a roller, a paver and two vehicles. Is it just me or is there something disturbing about Children visit their fathers in jail [story June 21. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
