AN IRISH BLESSING Mining gold with 460Es in old Newfoundland

Céad míle fáilte means 100,000 welcomes in the Irish-Gaelic language. And sureín we received at least that many a warm greeting when we called on the Bailey brothers and their extended family of operators, foremen, and managers. Join us way up north in Newfoundland, “the other Ireland,” as contractor Guy J. Bailey, Ltd., Deere equipment, and the bíys toil to mine a pot of gold — and then some. hile growing up in Newfoundland, A golden opportunity WCanada, Guy Joseph Bailey was It was touch-and-go for Scott Bailey at adept at finding ways to earn money. first, until word of his problem-solving While still in grade school, he launched skills reached a large gold-mining con- a life of entrepreneurial pursuits with a cern in Greenland. They had a tanker full bicycle-restoration business. He went on of ore docked off the Baie Verte Penin- to run a much-needed bus service from sula with contents that had settled into Grand Falls to the small mining town of a stubborn unmovable mass during pas- Baie Verte (pronounced bay vurt). Which sage. Bailey lowered a light 8-metric-ton led to his taxi and school bus service. John Deere excavator into the ship’s hold And his service station and auto-parts and loosened the packed ore so a crane businesses. And Guy J. Bailey, Ltd., a could lift the precious cargo. Problem contractor providing equipment, oper- solved, reputation made. ators, and trucking services to the Baie Verte mining industry. Word of his skills must have made an impression on Anaconda Mining, Inc. All this and a growing in Toronto, because when they needed family. Good thing, too… trucks, excavators, dozers, graders, men, Thankfully, Bailey had a secret weapon and logistics for the gold ore digging — a brood that included three boys: Ivan, and hauling operations at their new Baie Scott, and Kent. Beyond his business Verte Pine Cove Mine, Bailey was called smarts, the senior Bailey relied on his in to pitch and win the business. boys to learn the many tools of many trades to help run the family businesses. Big. Bigger. Biggest In return, they were rewarded with the “When you compare the Deere lighter- gifts of a strong work ethic and keen bodied ADT with your typical stake- problem-solving skills. bodied mining truck, well, there’s just no comparison — right, b’ys?,” our new bud By the time the elder Bailey signed his and Bailey Field Super Peter Goudie tells company over to his sons, the asbestos and asks us. “We’ve dropped our cost- mine had been abandoned — a victim of per-ton because we’re hauling more ore, a ban on the sale of products made from and not so much truck — that’s one of asbestos fibers. The Bailey boys made the benefits the 460’s payload-to-weight the best of hard times by buying some ratio delivers.” old trucks from the defunct mine, fixing them up, and turning Guy J. Bailey into According to Scott Bailey, the an over-the-road trucking outfit. Kent journey from traditional trucks, and Ivan headed out to seek their own to Deere articulated dump trucks, fortunes in Alberta’s oil-and-gas boom to one of the largest ADTs on the while Scott stayed put. continent has been a gradual and fruitful one. “We started out a couple years back with Deere 300Ds, and saw the drop in fuel expenses and

4 The Construction Review All that glitters. When it comes to loading gold ore, the 470G LC makes the perfect match for the Bailey’s fleet of big 460E ADTs.

Less work for Kirk. Head mechanic Kirk Martin says the 46-ton 460E takes less time for 500- hour service than their Brothers. Scott Bailey 40-ton 400D ADTs. helms the all-Deere mining division of Guy J. Bailey — Ivan Bailey runs the construction side of the company.

5 rise in cost-per-ton savings immedi- with the 460E hauling six tons more, ately. We then upgraded our fleet to it does so at a fuel savings of 10 to 15 350Ds, then 400Ds. And as soon as percent over the 40-ton. Deere offered the 460E, we purchased five of them and they have been out- “Also, Anaconda Mines is a very envi- standing. Five 460Es can haul as much ronmentally conscious company, so we as eight of our 400s could — together, like the fact that these trucks have very they move some 225 tons of ore per clean-running Interim Tier 4 engines cycle — that’s big productivity.” that are able to regenerate without any loss in power or performance.” Bailey attributes some of the Pine Cove Mine project’s ongoing success Scheduled maintenance in to his partnering with Nortrax. “Our half the time Deere dealer is very important to the “Where ya at, skipper?” asks Head operations here. Their representative, Mechanic Kirk Martin. “This is it, b’y,” Chris Elliott, is quite good at listening we reply, trying lamely to speak the to our needs and responding with the local lingo (see sidebar below). “We just best equipment to boost our produc- wanted to know what you think of the tivity while reducing our cost-per-ton. 460Es.” ”I like ’em fine, skip, because they’re very easy to work In other words, our dealer does for us what we’re dedicated to on. Our last trucks, the Deere 400Ds, took five to six hours for do for our customer, Anaconda Mining.” us to perform 500-hour maintenance — not bad, but these 460Es take three, three-and-a-half hours, tops.” Bigger loads + faster cycles – 3 additional trucks, operators, and maintenance = Let’s see…that’s a savings of three-hours’ time at current lower cost per ton shop rates… add in the profits of three additional hours the According to Deere, and confirmed by the crew at Bailey, the truck is literally hauling in the gold instead of sitting in the 460E’s massive productivity gains and cost savings go well shop, multiply times the number of trucks in the fleet… and beyond how much material can be hauled in a single cycle. that adds up to… well, no wonder they bought five of ’em. “It’s one smart truck,” says Goudie. “It’s light in weight so you’re using fuel to move your payload, not your truck. It has an The fine art of listening eight-forward, four-reverse gear, six-wheel-drive transmission We’ll leave the last word for Mr. Goudie. “This is a customer- — including a high-speed reverse gear that lets you back up at designed truck. Deere had a Customer Advocate Group made 17 km/h (11 mph). up of mining and construction company owners, mechanics, managers, and operators who had input into every feature of “And with its auto diff-lock, it moves quicker and with better this ADT: the payload-weighing system, programmable dump- traction than any truck we’ve ever experienced.” Apparently, body settings, the eight-forward/four-reverse transmission built when you’re working on twisty mining roads in an area with an specifically for this machine — the list of unique and beneficial average annual snowfall of almost 400 cm (157 in.), you value a standard features goes on and on. By listening closely to those truck with such stick-to-itiveness. who do, I believe Deere has built the ultimate ADT on the market today.” >> Goudie then puts numbers to the comparative lightness of the Deere 46-ton ADT high-alloy-steel dump-body truck versus a Guy J. Bailey, Ltd. is competing 40-ton articulated-frame truck. “The 460E weighs serviced by Nortrax, CHECK ouT THE vIDEo AT: Grand Falls-Windsor, JohnDeere.com/newfoundland three tons less. And even when both trucks are filled to capacity, Newfoundland, Canada.

How to speak Newfoundlander Newfoundland has been called “the other Ireland.” That’s because Emerald Isle immigrants from Counties Cork, Tipperary, Waterford, and others came here en masse to work for the island’s Grand Banks Cod Fishery beginning around 1679. Some 335 years later, Newfoundlanders still speak a dialect with a cheery lilt, complete with slang straight from the shores of the Irish Sea. Here are but a few Newfoundlandisms:

What ya at? TRAnSLATIon: What are you doing? What’s after happening now? TRAnSLATIon: What just happened? Stay where you’re at ’til I come where ya’re to. TRAnSLATIon: Wait there for me. Aye, b’y. TRAnSLATIon: I agree, dude. Though short for “boy,” b’y is used to address all friends of any age. Newfoundlander pronunciation of Newfoundland: New-found-land.

6 The Construction Review like a Deere

Michael Intelli performs some bridge repair with a 270D LC Excavator outside of Freehold, new Jersey.

We ride shotgun with the Monmouth You set your garbage and recycling on the curb, and some- County Public Works director in one takes it away. A road in your neighborhood is washed out by a storm, and a week later you notice someone has Springsteen’s backyard and made it good as new. A natural disaster wipes out a nearby find there’s more to tourist destination, and someone rebuilds the impacted working for the area. And that someone who makes all this happen likely county than works directly or indirectly for county government. working on Case in point? Monmouth County, New Jersey, where we the highway spend a few days watching public servants, and John Deere iron, perform actions both extraordinary and mundane.

7 The celebrated Jersey Shore A bridge, not too far Many of us first heard of the towns, counties, boroughs, beaches, Heading back north on Ocean Avenue towards Asbury Park, we boardwalks, and people of the Jersey Shore in the songs of Bon see a 624K Loader working on a bridge approach along Avon-by- Jovi, The Drifters, The Young Rascals, The Four Seasons, and the-Sea Beach. From there we head west away from the Atlantic & the . So it seems fitting we shoreline, where a small damaged bridge has a county road start our tour at Monmouth County’s Department of Public closed. There, a Deere 270D LC Excavator is performing repairs Works complex in Freehold — about 1.5 miles from Spring- to a bridge wing wall that was washed out by Superstorm Sandy. steen’s childhood home. “The County’s bridge division is able to do this work in-house There, Department of Public Works and Engineering’s John W. because of our diversified equipment fleet,” Tobia explains. Tobia explains his department’s responsibility for disaster relief, “Without the equipment, we would have had to contract out shared services, and public works assistance for the county’s the repairs at greater expense to our residents. The excavator is 53 municipalities. And, the importance of dedicated personnel efficient, versatile, and durable, and it has helped speed up our and an equipment fleet in delivering maximum productivity and response time in emergencies.” Of course, the machines needed uptime, and how those considerations translate into superior for catastrophes also serve Monmouth County taxpayers in services and value to the county’s taxpayers. more routine matters.

Asbury Park, Tenth Avenue freeze-out, and the Trouble ’round the bend E-Street shuffle Sometimes, the county that has responded to the Christmas For fans of Monmouth County’s favorite son, the musical land- Blizzard of 2010, Hurricane Irene in 2011, Sandy in 2012, and marks introduce themselves every few miles around here. A few well into 2013 simply needs to perform routine drainage minutes after you drive past the Asbury Park music venues where improvements alongside a troublesome stretch of road. he played, you pass the intersection of E Street and 10th Avenue in Belmar, the inspiration for his E Street Band’s name and the “As a result of Sandy, Monmouth County’s Board of Freehold- song “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.” ers approved an emergency order for additional backhoes. We selected backhoes with certain operational requirements such There, in front of the Belmar Library is an eight-foot-tall replica as overall versatility and performance, and sufficient lifting, of Bruce’s Fender® guitar that hurricane-force winds apparently traction, breakout force, and attachment adaptability. Not only decided not to mess with. The same cannot be said for Belmar did these backhoes operate well during the hurricane cleanup, Beach, a stone-skip down 10th Avenue, where a John Deere but they are also efficient in working on the day-to-day tasks 160D LC Excavator is lining Ocean Avenue with bin block to we need to perform.” assist in reopening the road in time for tourist season.

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8 The Construction Review More than a landfill — a reclamation center Next, Tobia sends us to the Monmouth County Reclamation Center, and it shows similar characteristics of the county’s toBia on spec’ing other public works divisions — in other words, it’s uniquely designed with respect for the environment and it delivers for success efficiency and value to the county taxpayers. “Here, the garbage is baled, not burned. After almost seven-years’ experience in maintenance and fleet services with the Garden State Parkway, and six years “We truck the bales to the landfill, where a pair of loaders overseeing the Monmouth County Department of Public (824Ks) with clamping forks stack them like building blocks. Works and Engineering — responsible for the maintenance After they are stacked, an excavator (a 225D LC) with a and operation of 1,000-lane miles of county roads, 980 bridges, county-designed knuckle-push-plate attachment that 290 traffic-control devices, a landfill, a ferry terminal, and 35 tamps the bales closely together eliminates the air space building complexes, and for providing shared services to the between them. That way, we are not wasting valuable land- county’s 53 municipalities — Director John W. Tobia knows fill space and we extend the useful life of the landfill.” how to equip a machine to deliver maximum efficiency, uptime, and cost benefits. Here are the options he chooses This is quite an operation to watch as the 824K Loaders and why: stack the bales, the 225D LC Excavator trues them, and a  pair of 850K Crawler Dozers cover the bales with a combi- “With the flooding we deal with, spec’ing the loaders with nation of soil and ground-glass particles. extended breathers for the drivetrain allows us to work in water and places we could never go with a stock wheel loader.” Whew!  Whether working on the highway, cleaning up after a “Our dozers are ordered with extended-life undercarriages with storm, or just handling garbage, county workers are hard specially coated bushings (John Deere SC-2™-coated bush- workers who put their all into serving their customers, the ings—Ed.) that deliver unbelievable resistance to wear. These taxpayers, and residents. Heck, if one of your customers allow us to work beaches and our landfill without bushing had the nickname “The Boss,” wouldn’t you? >> turns or rebuilding undercarriages.”  Monmouth County Department of Public Works and Engineering is “Monmouth County requires the extended warranty for most serviced by JESCO Inc., South Plainfield, New Jersey. of our fleet. They drop the cost of ownership substantially because they significantly lower our operating costs and raise CHECK ouT THE vIDEo AT: uptime through increased machine availability.” JohnDeere.com/jerseyshore

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1 Back-and-forth ’hoe. Steve side-dump-bucket-equipped 624K Toporek and a Deere 410K Loader at Avon-by-the-Sea Beach. Backhoe trench for drainage improvements along a section 4 out on bale. Sal Zocco, in the 4 of washed-out road. saddle of an 824K Loader, unloads garbage bales to stack. 2 Stretch 290G LC. Thomas Dreyer goes long with a specialized boom 5 Tamper and dozer. Dave loading compost in a Deere 300D Magnenat uses a 225D LC with ADT at the Monmouth County a tamper attachment to remove Reclamation Center. air space between bales while Joe oliva uses an 850K Crawler 3 Jersey Shore. Steve Molielli Dozer to cover the bales with a and Matthew noll repair a Sandy- combination of soil and ground- damaged bridge approach with a glass particles.

9 SPECIAL K

Back in black. And yellow. Rock McHenry, Mark Wahbach, and Dan Williams pose with the soon-to-be-hardworking milestone Deere.

NPL BY THE NUMBERS:  Job #1: Safety  #1 gas-distribution contractor in the country  23-state network  80-percent Deere fleet His showbiz career is over.  1,160 pieces of equipment The celebrity 310SK now has to work for a living  4,000-plus employees just like the rest of us. systemwide BTW, this isn’t the actual  9,000,000 work hours nPL 250K 310SK — it’s his annually rugged stunt double.

Rock show. nPL’s Rock McHenry addresses the troops on safety, success, and the 250K Deere backhoe.

10 The Construction Review In 1971, John Deere Dubuque Works hosted some 2,200 dealers and customers for the unveiling of its inaugural line of state-of- the-art backhoe loaders: the JD310, JD410, JD500-C, and JD510. Flash forward 42 years and more than 50 Deere backhoe models later, and NPL Construction is at the factory picking up the 250,000th Deere backhoe off the line. This 310SK is ready to go to work for the largest gas-distribution contractor in the U.S. — after it goes on a glitzy national tour.

24k Gold key event. a group from NPL gets a tour of the dubuque Works backhoe line from John deere NPL is presented with the 250,000th John Deere employee Rod krausman. a customer receiving a Gold key tour while picking up equipment at the backhoe, bringing its current total to 651 plant is quite common, but the backhoe line has been anticipating this particular event for the past 42 years. Phoenix, Arizona’s NPL Construction is “And meeting that large order seemed working to make America’s infrastructure effortless for Deere, although I’m sure safer and more reliable. The company they jumped through plenty of hoops accomplishes this by hiring a peerless behind the scenes,” NPL VP of Opera- NPL and Deere: partners in workforce and training each individual to tions Mark Wahbach would tell us later. take personal responsibility for the safe “We were grateful for them fulfilling ditch digging work practices of all. It also helps to have our needs, and I was impressed with “Right now we have hundreds of backhoes one of the largest, newest, and best-main- Dubuque Works during our visit to Iowa. in our fleet — we’re one of the largest tained equipment fleets in its industry. It was great meeting workers so proud purchasers of John Deere backhoe loaders of the products they build. We are proud in the nation,” Chicagoland Fleet Super- “Backhoes are the backbone of our fleet, as well to be chosen by John Deere to visor Dan Williams tells us. “The operators and over our 13-year relationship Deere purchase this milestone backhoe.” who use them every day feel they are a has provided NPL with over 1,000 of good, solid backhoe, and we like to keep them,” says Chief Customer Officer Rock Road-tripping with NPL them happy. Besides, it’s been our experi- ence that when it’s time for us to update McHenry. “We choose them not only We catch up with Wahbach, McHenry, our fleet, the Deere has the best resale because they make rugged and reliable and a few hundred NPL employees at value in the industry. equipment, but also because Deere listens a safety kickoff meeting in Naperville, to our needs and responds with machine Illinois — one of 15 such events staged “The guys have no trouble maintaining features that make it easier for us to throughout the country. The annual these machines, and that means they’re keep on schedule. They also do whatever meetings in the company’s many mar- more likely to do their daily tasks — they need to do to get equipment to us kets are a tradition for the 45-year-old greasing, checking gauges, and so forth. wherever we’re working in the country.” company. And in 2013, they have plenty If we ever have an issue beyond sched- of tidings to tell their customers and uled maintenance, our local dealer is Seventy-five employees. Good news about growth, always there for us.” backhoes in and even better news about the company’s 60 days with rock-solid safety record, the main focus of the kickoff meetings. UPDATE: Did this showbiz zero problems backhoe ever get a real job? While accepting Shortly before the rally begins, a low- You bet. After months in the spotlight the 250,000th back- boy pulls up to the Marriott and unloads touring around the nation, the 310SK is hoe at a ceremony the special K — a 310SK with graphics now a workaday Joe like the rest of us. held at John Deere and decals announcing its status as the Not one to fade into the weary role of Dubuque Works, NPL 250,000th example of this industry-stan- a has-been, the state-of-the-art ’hoe is Chief Operating Officer dard backhoe line. When talk turns to the back digging ditches for NPL somewhere Jim Kane said, “Several company’s relationship with suppliers, outside of Chicago. According to sources incidents in the natural- attendees are invited outside to see the within NPL, success hasn’t spoiled it yet. >> gas industry prompted new decorated iron. government rules on pipeline NPL Construction Company is serviced by replacement, which resulted Westside Tractor, Naperville, Illinois. “We rely heavily on our outside suppliers,” in a virtual doubling of NPL’s says McHenry. “That’s why we’re taking workload and our need for the Deere with us on our annual kickoff CheCk out the video at: equipment. We had to have tour,” adds Wahbach. “We need to give JohnDeere.com/250kbackhoe 75 backhoes on the site in our customers and operators assurance 60 days.” we’ll have the tools to get our projects completed safely and on schedule.” 11 We call on J. R. Vinagro to check One of the largest independently owned facility’s rock-crushing operation that has out their new transfer station and demolition and material-recycling com- benefited from the recent addition of a material-handling, recycling, and panies in New England is in Johnston, John Deere 844K-II Loader. Rhode Island — just a 2-in. drainage demolition operations stone’s throw from T. F. Green Airport. “About six months ago, we demoed a few Of course, everything is conveniently different wheel loaders and decided to located in “Little Rhody,” a state small go with the Deere based on performance in size and big in amazing Italian restau- and fuel savings.” rants. But cannoli can wait as we steer into J. R. Vinagro and behold the con- Fuel savings? Do tell… trolled bedlam of a very busy and widely Arriving at the site, we see the 844K-II diversified material-recycling facility. whipping through the cycles and loading up Vinagro’s rock crusher with all kinds Everywhere you turn at J .R. Vinagro, of concrete waste as Correia gives us the you’ll see trucks from throughout New skinny on the machine’s low-fuel diet. England either dropping off construction- “With the new Deere 844K we’re saving site waste or picking up newly processed about 2.8 gal. per hour compared with sand, stone, gravel, riprap, stone dust, or the fuel use of our other four-wheel-drive recycled boulders. Meeting Operations loader. Beyond the savings, the machine and Sales Manager Alex Correia outside has plenty of power, great stability, and Vinagro’s offices, we head toward the smooth, precise performance.”*

*Fuel economy may be influenced by a number of factors, including, without limitation: operator experience and driving habits, tire-inflation levels, loading application, and other work conditions. A July 2012 John Deere product comparison between the 844K-II IT4 Loader and a comparable competing product showed the Deere fuel economy bested the competitor by 23.3 percent at a 650-rpm idle, by 5.7-percent roading at the same speed, and by 8.2 percent travelling at the same speed with loaded buckets.

12 The Construction Review Diesel sipper. not only EMiSSiON is the 844K-II stellar at loading rock and heavy recycled con- SPOTLiGHT crete into the crusher, it’s drinking less than John Deere updates its equipment to meet the loader it replaced. EPA Interim Tier 4 (IT4)/EU Stage IIIB and A lot less. Final Tier 4 (FT4)/EU Stage IV standards. Engine technology in all models is simple, fluid efficient, field proven, and fully integrated and supported.

Our latest IT4 equipment models are highlighted below: SCRAPER TRACToRS 9R/9RT

WHEEL LoADERS 204K 244J 304K 324J 344K 444K 524K 544K 624K 644K 644K Hybrid 724K 744K 824K 844K-II

BACKHoE LoADERS 310K 310K EP 310SK 310SK TMC 410K 410K TMC 710K

TRACToR LoADERS 210K 210K EP

CRAWLER LoADERS 605K 655K 755K

CRAWLER DoZERS 450J 550K 650K 700K 750K 850K

SKID STEER LoADERS 313 315 328E 332E

CoMPACT TRACK LoADERS Right around this “WE DEMOED A FEW DIFFERENT WHEEL LOADERS 329E 333E time, Correia’s ExCAvAToRS plainspoken AND DECIDED TO GO WITH THE DEERE, BASED ON 27D 130G 135G 160G LC 180G LC 210G/210G LC co-worker Tony PERFORMANCE AND FUEL SAVINGS.” 245G LC 250G LC 290G LC Langford arrives 350G LC 380G LC 470G LC on the scene and — Alex Correia, Operations and Sales Manager — 670G LC 870G LC begins to dispense ARTICULATED DUMP TRUCKS (ADTS) the awesome. “Two gal. an hour over of a new facility licensed to process a 250D-II 300D-II 370E a 10-hour day, so, 20 gal. a day is saved hefty 2,400 tons of C&D waste a day. 410E 460E at four bucks a gallon. That’s $80 a day, The current C&D facility has an 86-percent times five, sometimes six days a week recycling rate and offers reclaimed Here’s a list of our FT4 equipment to date: — so you’re saving close to 500 bucks a material — natural aggregate, gravel, week, a couple grand a month. And that’s sand, and loam — for use in the U.S. MoToR GRADERS 670G/GP 672G/GP 770G/GP on just one wheel loader. Over the course Building Council’s “green” Leadership 772G/GP 870G/GP 872G/GP of a year, the numbers get pretty large.” in Energy & Environmental Design SKID STEER LoADERS (LEED) projects. 318E 320E 326E A fully licensed transfer The company also operates 150 trucks CoMPACT TRACK LoADERS facility, too 319E 323E J. R. Vinagro has always been popular and maintains a large inventory of heavy C&D equipment. And speaking of recy- ExCAvAToRS with those in the Construction & Demoli- 17D 35G 50G tion (C&D) business and is preparing to cling, we spied an interesting workhorse 60G 75G 85G become more so with the construction on our way to the new facility in the form of some old iron made newish.

13 Fresh old iron. Joe vinagro doesn’t take any of his iron for granted, let alone his newly restored first piece of Deere. This is the nicest ’98 200 LC we’ve seen since… well, ’98.

EQUIPPED FOR UPTIME Loading up on productivity- boosting features

We spoke with J. R. Vinagro Operations and Sales Manager Alex Correia about spec’ing equipment to stretch his com- pany’s dollar to the max. He told us how the company’s 844K-II is outfitted with: “Joe Vinagro takes great care of all the equipment, but he’s probably senti- John Deere TK-Series Bucket Teeth: mental about this one,” explains Correia. After disappointment with the 200 “That was his first Deere machine — a hours they got from their 844K’s stock 1998 200 LC Excavator that’s given us teeth, Vinagro’s dealer fit the bucket about 12,000 hours of service. We’ve just with TK-Series Teeth. “After the switch, we’ve put 600 hours on the TKs and gone through it and have done some probably have another 200 to 400 hours work on the hydraulic pump and some to go before they’ll need to be changed. paintwork, and it’s still out there working That’s saving us a lot of money in addi- every day.” tion to the machine’s fuel savings.”

They are family Low-profile tires: “We went with the Hearing the owner is back — briefly, 850, K? Like most who own these powerful dealer’s recommendation of low-profile crawlers, vinagro prizes its 850K for its agile tires on the 844K, and they’re working between shopping trips for material- hydrostatic drivetrain, excellent visibility, recycling equipment for the state-of-the- and innovative, easy-to-clean v-cool design out great. They have a wide stance and really spread out the bumps for a art new transfer station — we start back with fuel-friendly reversing fan. smoother ride — when you’re an opera- to the company’s offices to grab a picture tor driving over concrete waste all day, of Joe Vinagro. He gamely poses with his “We get excellent service from Schmidt. you gotta love that. Also the lower pro- sisters Cheri Riccio and Lisa Leonard, just If I call them, somebody’s there that day file makes it easier to drive into a pile.” two of the family members working for or the very next morning. No problem the 30-plus-year-old corporation. getting any parts we need. The equip- ment and the dealer are always there That done, we head out but not before for us when we need them. >> hearing again from our new friend Tony Langford. Despite Langford earlier J. R. Vinagro is serviced by Schmidt Equip- engaging the Schmidt Equipment reps in ment, North Oxford, Massachusetts. the time-honored New England tradition of “chop-busting,” he was quite gener- CHECK ouT THE vIDEo AT: ous in his praise of his dealer’s service JohnDeere.com/jrvinagro to J. R. Vinagro.

Meet the family. Joseph R. vinagro is “Joey” to his sisters, Cheri Riccio and Lisa Leonard, who also provide essential services in the family busi- ness of about 200 employees.

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