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www.modernmachinery.com • November 2007, Issue 3

Featured in this issu

DEBCO CONSTRUCTIONHow this Idaho heavy constructio

general contractor has succeededespite long oddSee article inside

Featured in this issu

STACY AND WITBECK, INCHow this Bay-area frm has made

name or itsel in the Northwesdoing transit wor

See article inside

Shannon Simpsonnd Lonnie Simpson,

Owner/President

ark Ganey,Corporate

EquipmentManager

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Brian Sheridan

Dea Equipment Use:

Thee’s been a lot o national news coveage ecentl about thehousing slowdown and a possible ipple eect thoughout theeconom. While thee ma be aeas o the count whee that’shappening, we haven’t seen a lot o evidence o it hee. At ModenMachine, ou machine sales o 2007 wee ve stong and we’eoptimistic about 2008 as well.

One eason business emains bisk is because man equipmentownes have seen the poduction benets o owning new equipmentcompaed to olde machines. New machines tend to be aste, moepoweul, moe uel-ecient and moe eliable than those theeplace.

The new Komatsu PC270LC-8 hdaulic excavato (eatued inthis issue o ou Update) is a good example o how Komatsu’snewest models outpeom not onl the pevious geneation, but

competitive machines as well. In a Komatsu eld test with two topcompetitos, the PC270LC-8 showed signicant advantages in bothtenching and tuck loading.

At Moden, poviding poductive and longlasting equipment is just one wa we can help ou succeed. Anothe wa is b povidingoutstanding pats and sevice suppot that keep all ou machinesup and unning. One sevice we oe is a peventive maintenanceinspection (PMI), whee one o ou tained technicians willthooughl inspect ou machines. He’ll check all woking patsand components to make sue thee ae no issues copping up thatma lead to potentiall costl epais, o wose et, shut ou downduing a bus job.

To schedule such an inspection, o to lean what else we can doto help ou get the most out o ou existing equipment feet, eelee to contact ou Moden poduct suppot epesentative o ousevice depatment. We’ll be happ to assist ou in an wa we can.

Sinceel,MODErN MACHINEry

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CORPORATE (MISSOULA, MT)Brian Sheridan, PesidentBill Crandall, V.P. — Finance & Poduct SuppotChris Johnson, V.P. — Used EquipmentLamont Cantrell, V.P. –– Sales & MaketingJan Rach, Cedit ManageDan Clizbe, Copoate Equipment ManageChristian Davidson, Inomation Tech. ManageMarty Brendal, Poduct Suppot Sales Manage

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DEBCO CONSTRUCTIONread how Lonnie Simpson gew his compan om a small statup in1991 to become one o the leading heav-constuction geneal-contactingms in the Nothwest.

STACY AND WITBECK, INC.Lean how this ba-aea m has made a name o itsel doing tansitwok in the Nothwest.

GUEST OPINIONChistian A. Klein, VP o Govenment Aais o Associated EquipmentDistibutos, shaes his thoughts on the count’s inastuctue needs inthe wake o the Minneapolis bidge collapse.

INDUSTRY EVENTCONEXPO-CON/AGG is coming soon and it will be the lagesteve, with moe than 2 million squae eet o exhibit space. Hee’sa peview o what the tiennial show will have to oe.

EQUIPMENT FOCUSSee how esults o ecent eld tests conm that the Komatsu PC270LC-7excavato tul is the “best in class.”

UTILITY EQUIPMENTLean moe about Komatsu’s PC78, a lage-size compact excavato thatoes man advantages.

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CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT

Tto opeato to suveo to oeman to

supeintendent. “I was woking a ton o hous, but since I was salaied, I didn’t eel as thoughI was being compensated ail,” Simpsonecalled. “I igued i I was going to wok thishad, I might as well do it o msel.”

So, in 1991, Simpson stated DebcoConstuction with two iends (he boughtthem out about a ea late). “In the beginning,we had about hal a dozen people anddid mostl small utilit jobs in the egion.Gaduall, we expanded ou list o sevicesand ou teito.”

Toda, Debco, based in Ooino with anoice in Twin Falls, emplos about 250 peopleduing the bus season (about 75 ae ull-time,ea-aound emploees), and is one o theleading heav-constuction, geneal-contactingims in the Paciic Nothwest. The compandoes multimillion-dolla highwa jobs (massexcavation and paving), lage-scale site wokand undegound utilities (including teatmentplants and pumping stations) thoughout eastenWashington, all o Idaho and all o Montana.

Good relationships,loyal employees

The act that the compan’s tpical job is nowin the $5 million to $15 million ange, and that a

job in the $40 million to $50 million ange is notout o the ealm o possibilit, is athe emakableo a gu who stated out with nothing.

“I sank m lie savings o $20,000 into the business when I stated,” said Simpson. “I was bound and detemined to succeed and to doso b doing things ‘the ight wa.’ That is, do

qualit wok at a ai pice, and build goodelationships along the wa.”

This Debco operator usesa Komatsu tight-tail-swingPC138USLC to lay sewerline at the Canyon Springs

job in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Thee ae lots o sel-made men in the

constuction indust — people who’ve isenom modest cicumstances to signiicant business and pesonal success. Few, howeve,have done so as damaticall as LonnieSimpson, Owne and Pesident o Idaho-basedDebco Constuction.

Lonnie stated lie in what he calls “aone-window, ta-papeed shack” nea Ooino,Idaho. In gade school, he began living with aneab am amil and leaned eal on thevalue o had wok. Ate high school, he waswoking as a shaecoppe on the am to ean

mone o college, but the cops wee teibleand he needed to ind some othe wa to makeends meet. A lage, oad-constuction jobwas undewa neab. The didn’t have an

job openings at the time, so Lonnie just hungaound. As a wa to get noticed, he wokedo ee, doing whateve needed to be done.Eventuall, his pesistence paid o and he washied onto the cew.

Ove the next seven eas, he wokedhis wa up om laboe to tuck dive

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It’s a philosoph that’s led to a lot o loaltom customes, vendos and emploees.

Debco has man talented and expeiencedpeople thoughout its wok oce. Kepesonnel include Vice Pesident/Equipment

Manage russell Hendeson; Accountant/Oice Manage Jenn Tock; Poject ManagesLance Leape, Sanda Couse and ChuckMatinez; Supevisos Case Andeson, rickTavis and Steve Sisle; and Lonnie’s wie,Shannon Simpson.

“I don’t ask an o m emploees to doanthing I won’t do,” said Simpson. “Thatincludes getting down in a ditch and wadingthough sewage i that’s what it takes. All o m people, including Shannon, who we call‘Spike,’ have been in the tenches with me and

woked thei wa up. The eall teat thecompan like it’s thei own and the and ouothe ull-time people ae a majo eason othe success we’ve had.”

Based at least in pat on his own expeience o eeling undepaid and unappeciated, Simpsoncompensates his emploees ve well. “Wepa substantial wages and bonuses and haveone o the best beneit/etiement packages inthe indust. A couple o m gus have toldme the actuall think I oe too much — but Icount on them. The compan’s too big o me to

do it all b msel anmoe and I want them tobe teated like I wanted to be teated.”

Successful jobsDebco has done man lage jobs in

the egion in ecent eas, including theeconstuction o ou miles o Highwa 77nea Albion, Idaho.

“It’s a histoic aea, we had 700,000 ads o excavation, and it was the ist Supepave jobin Idaho — so thee wee complicating actos,”said Simpson. “But we ovecame them and itwas a ve successul job o us. I would sa thatman o ou pojects tend to have an unusualelement to them. I think iguing out the bestwa to do a diicult job is one o ou stengths.”

Simpson sas he emphasizes thee thingson each and eve job — saet, qualit andeconomics. “We believe saet and qualit gohand-in-hand. Cews that wok sael ae moe

eicient and do things ight the ist time.”

Simpson modestl sas he believes hiscompan’s wok is “above aveage.” But a ecentpaving poject (Debco stated doing its ownpaving two eas ago because it was havingtouble getting paving companies to oe them apice quote) indicates qualit is above that.

“We paved eight miles o oad in Montanalast all that edeal highwa oicials theecalled one o the top ive pojects the’ve evehad o smoothness,” said Simpson. “Thosetpe o comments mean a lot to us. Fo one

Debco purchased thisKomatsu PC600 two yearsago to help move morethan 700,000 cubic yards omaterial at the company’sAlbion Hill/Highway 77project near Albion, Idaho.“It’s probably the bestequipment investment I

ever made,” said DebcoPresident Lonnie Simpson.

Continued . . .

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thing, the usuall mean an incentive bonus— and the mean we ael have to go back toedo anthing. But it’s also eall nice to heacomments like that and know ou customesappeciate ou wok.”

As o economics, Simpson sas like allcompanies, Debco has to make mone. “We’ve

been successul though the eas in biddingand maintaining ou magins, but I don’t takeanthing o ganted. I stud the maket andstud m competition. I t to check them outto see what the’e doing, especiall on a job

that I bid and the beat me on it. I want to seehow the wee able to make it wok, and Ichalk that up to expeience.”

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In ecent eas, Debco has tuned to ModenMachine o equipment to do those tough

jobs. The compan’s Komatsu leet includesthee excavatos (PC600, PC200 and PC138), aWA380 wheel loade and a D61 doze, as wellas a pave and two olles om Moden.

“Komatsu makes geat equipment —poweul, poductive and uel eicient,” saidSimpson. “We’e especiall ond o the PC600(133,000 lbs. and 429 hp). It’s an animal. Wehave 45-ton tucks and the PC600 loads them inabout a minute and a hal. It’s supisingl astand has been 100 pecent eliable. We haven’thad a single issue in moe than two eas.”

Because o that, Simpson sas, “The PC600is pobabl the best equipment investment Ieve made. I bought it o $450,000. I’ve used ito 4,000 hous and put nothing into it exceptoutine wea pats and oil changes. I I sold ittoda, I could get $375,000 o it. So that’s 4,000hous woth o wok o $75,000, which iguesout to less than $20 an hou. That’s pettemakable o an machine, let alone one as

big and poductive as the Komatsu PC600.”

As pleased as he is with Komatsu, Simpsonsas the sevice he gets om Moden

Machine is equall impotant to him.“Fom m salesman Ga Petes ight upthough Pesident Bian Sheidan, Modenhas povided us with excellent suppot — andthe’ve alwas been ve ai. Simpl put,the’e the best deale I’ve eve woked with.”

“We appeciate the oppotunit Lonniegave us to meet his equipment and suppotneeds,” said Sheidan. “We appeciate him as

both a iend and a business patne, and lookowad to woking with him o man easto come.”

Future looks brightMuch o Debco Constuction’s gowth has

occued in the last ew eas, but Simpsonsas he doesn’t oesee the compan gettingmuch lage.

“I think the econom is good in theNothwest and we could pobabl do moewok i we wanted to, but I like whee we’e atight now,” said Simpson. “We’e big enough todo eall lage jobs, but we’e small enough that

I can still be hands-on out in the ield, which Ienjo. We also have excellent manages in placeight now, but i we got much lage, we’d needmoe — and good people ae had to ind.”

Besides, looking back on whee he’s been,Simpson sas lie ight now is pett good.“I alwas sa, ‘I didn’t choose this caee — itchose me.’ And I’m ve glad it did. Cetainl,I was hoping o something like this whenI stated Debco, but ou need some beaksalong with the had wok to actuall make ithappen. I eel ve otunate. It’s been a geat

ide and I don’t think an o us ae ead o itto end antime soon.” ■

Debco optimistic about economy and work load. . continued

(L-R) Project Superintendent Casey Anderson, Operator Sam Irby, VP/EquipmentManager Russell Henderson, Operator Doug Cook, Operator Ed Allen, retired OperatorRex Crookes, Foreman Jaime Edelmayer and President Lonnie Simpson pose in ront o

the Komatsu PC600. Crookes, 73 years old, retired rom Debco in 1999 but was given thehonor o being the irst to run the PC600, Debco’s largest excavator.

Jenny Trock, DebcoAccountant/OiceManager, is with trustedbest riend, Moondog.

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CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT

S“We consciousl avoid advesaial situations.

We wok with the poject owne om the ve beginning as the contacto, which includesplanning and design as well as constuction,to ensue that the job goes smoothl. Theeae alwas issues to deal with — the businesscommunit, neighbohoods, taic low, etc.We addess all concens head-on and wokwith the owne to solve an potential issues

beoe the become poblems. In othe wods,we do ou best, not just to get the job done, butto geneate goodwill in the communit.”

Impressive jobsStac and Witbeck’s list o tansit pojects

includes an awad-winning, ast-tack jobto build a light-ail sstem in Salt Lake Citin time o the Winte Olmpics in 2002.Essentiall, the poject called o two easo wok to be done in 18 months. Stac andWitbeck completed it in 11 months and wonpoject-o-the-ea awads om numeousindust goups.

The compan’s long list o tansit jobs inand aound Potland ae equall impessive.

Stac and Witbeck did the ist CM/GC(Constuction Manage/Geneal Contacto)light-ail poject in the U.S. in Potland, ThePotland Steetca (1999-2001); ollowed bthe I-MAX light-ail poject that included 4.5miles o steet and utilit econstuction aswell as light ail (2000-2003); and a 14-blocktack loop o Potland Steetca, the lagshippublic tanspotation poject to evitalize theWateont Distict.

Cuent Stac and Witbeck jobs in the PaciicNothwest include a Seattle poject connecting

Lake Union to downtown; a commute ailline in Washington Count, Oe., (Beaveton to

Stacy and Witbeck has been involved in virtually all the light-rail, commuter-rail andtransit projects in the Portland area, including this current I-205 light-rail project, whichwill connect Clackamas County with downtown Portland.

Stac and Witbeck, Inc. was stated in San

Fancisco in 1981, ocusing on undegound,heav and civil constuction wok. Ove theeas, the compan has become a public-tansitspecialist.

“We wok with tansit agencies acoss thewesten U.S. doing tunke design-build pojectsincluding light ail, commute ail, tollesand tansit malls,” said Copoate EquipmentManage Mak Gane. “In addition to the Baaea, we wok in Denve, Phoenix, Salt LakeCit and extensivel in the Paciic Nothwest —speciicall Potland and Seattle.”

Now headquateed in Alameda,Cali., Stac and Witbeck, Inc. became anemploee-owned im when the oundes soldthe business in 1998. ron Wells is Pesidentand CEO; John Bollie, Geoge Funanz andDaell Goodson ae Senio Vice Pesidents.

“Something we stive o on eve job is totul patne with ou client,” said Gane.

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Wilsonville); the Potland Mall poject whichconsists o substantial wok at Fith and SixthAvenues between Union Station and I-405; andthe I-205 light-ail poject, which will connectdowntown Potland with Clackamas Count.Both the Potland Mall and I-205 jobs ae joint

ventues.

“We have a numbe o high-qualitcompetitos,” said Gane. “Sometimes wewok alone and sometimes we team up witha patne o two. Man o the jobs we do aeve lage, multi-ea pojects — and theeae times it makes sense to shae the isk andewad.”

Support from ModernWhen Stac and Witbeck woks anwhee

in o aound Potland, the ist call Gane

and Stac and Witbeck Nothwest EquipmentManage rick Best make is to ModenMachine and Sales repesentative Ed Kanable.

“We’ve woked with Ed and Moden oa long time,” said Gane. “We discuss withthem what we’e going to be doing, andtogethe, we t to igue out the best toolso the task. We look to Ed and Moden topovide us with a sevice, not just a machine.Fo example, we have a Moden mechanicwho’s essentiall on sta o us while we’ewoking up hee. We eel as though Modenis pat o ou team. We appeciate theone-stop-shopping sevice the povide andwe view them as an integal pat o the successwe’ve had in the Paciic Nothwest.”

“The geat thing about Moden is, i I have apoblem o an issue, I can call anbod at thePotland banch, and I know it’s going to betaken cae o,” added Best. “Once I hang upthe phone, I can oget about it because I knowthe’e on it. It’s peace o mind.”

Both Kanable and Moden Pesident Bian

Sheidan sa the appeciate the oppotunitto wok so closel with Stac and Witbeck.

“The’e a pleasue to wok with becausethe’e so poessional,” said Kanable. “Foexample, the plan ahead. I the know the’egoing to be woking though the night andthe absolutel can’t aod to be down o an

pat o that time, the’ll call us in advance toalet us and ask us i we can put somebodon standb in case thee’s an emegenc. Bwoking with us like that, Stac and Witbeckgives us a chance to shine.”

“I think the eason the elationship is sogood is because ou philosophies ae simila,”said Sheidan. “Like Stac and Witbeck,Moden Machine likes to patne withcustomes because that’s the wa we can

be most eective o them. We deinitelappeciate the wa the’ve woked with us

though the eas.”

Stacy and Witbeck uses specialty attachments like this tie jig, shown here on a KomatsuPC300LC-6, to improve eiciency. ”We use it to pick up a pallet o concrete ties o a truckor a stack, open them up and set them to the proper spacing,“ said Corporate Equipment

Manager Mark Ganey.

Continued . . .

This is one o two Komatsu WA380-6 wheel loaders purchased or the I-205 light-rail job.“We like Komatsu because it’s excellent equipment,” said Corporate Equipment ManagerMark Ganey. “The operators love it and we have very little downtime. Also signiicant,when we dissolve the joint venture created or the I-205 job, we sell the equipment —and with Komatsu, we get top dollar because it holds its value so well.”

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Productive equipmentAs o the equipment itsel, Gane sas,

“Komatsu machines ae antastic. We’ve used alot o Komatsu equipment though the eas onou vaious jobs hee and elsewhee. The qualito the equipment is excellent. The opeatos loveit and we have ve little downtime.”

The cuent I-205 poject is a joint ventuecalled South Coido Constuctos, whichconsists o Stac and Witbeck (50 pecent)and two othe ims. At the beginning o the

job, South Coido Constuctos boughtthe equipment the wee going to need,which includes two Komatsu WA380-6wheel loades, two Komatsu D65WX dozes,a Komatsu PC138 and thee PC200LC-8excavatos. When the job ends, the equipmentwill be sold with poceeds split equall amongthe joint-ventue companies.

“We ent some othe equipment as needed, but this tpe o aangement woks well o

joint ventues,” said Gane. “We get newequipment so we get the latest poductionand peomance beneits, as well as excellentuptime. Then, when the job’s ove, the machinesae still elativel low-hou and have beenwell-maintained, so we still get a good pice othem. The high esale value is one o the thingswe appeciate about Komatsu equipment.”

Employees work for a common goalStac and Witbeck elies on talented

emploees thoughout its wok oce to completecomplex pojects on time and on budget.

“We’ve been a magnet o high-qualit people— manages, opeatos and laboes,” saidGane. “I think ou eputation o saet andqualit and the act that we wok had to ostegoodwill on all ou jobs is a lage acto in that.Also, because we ae emploee-owned, peopleeel as i the’e woking o a common goal.”

The high-qualit wok oce has eaned thecompan a eputation as a good patne andhas led to numeous oppotunities.

“Ou eputation has spead b

wod-o-mouth,” said Gane. “When westated banching out beond the Ba aea,Potland was a eal hot spot o light-ailsstems and we did a lot o wok thee. Now,when tansit depatments om othe citiescall and ask about ou sevices, we tell themto come to Potland to get a isthand look atwhat we do and how we do it. Oten, the tipthe make to Potland leads diectl to themhiing us o thei tansit wok.”

Transit growthWith the westen U.S. gowing apidl, and

with congestion on the majo oadwas an issuein most cities, Gane sees a bight utue otansit sstems, and o Stac and Witbeck.

“With the oil poblem and the pice o gas,combined with oveall steet congestion andpaking issues in downtown aeas, tansit isdeinitel gowing — and so ae we. At Stacand Witbeck, ou sevices ae in demand

because we have the skills, we have a stong bod o wok and we’e committed to oucustomes. As long as we maintain thatcommitment to communities and to poject

ownes, I think we’ll be as bus as we want to be o the oeseeable utue.” ■

Stacy and Witbeck grows along with light rail. . continued

This Stacy and Witbeck operator uses a Komatsu D65WX dozer (six-way blade) to push

dirt as part o the I-205 light-rail project in Portland.

(L-R) Stacy and WitbeckNorthwest Equipment

Manager Rick Best andCorporate Equipment Manager

Mark Ganey work closelywith Modern Machinery Sales

Rep Ed Kanable wheneverthe company has a job in the

Portland area. “We consider Edand Modern to be part o ourteam up here, and an integral

part o the success we’veexperienced in the Northwest,”

said Ganey.

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TThe tagic collapse o the I-35W bidge in

Minneapolis has ocused national attentionon ou nation’s massive highwa and bidgeconstuction unding shotall. Followingthe initial shock and chaos, it onl took themedia a ew hous to hone in on inastuctueinvestment as a majo stoline. The actthat 25 pecent o all bidges nationwideae “stuctuall deicient” o “unctionallobsolete” seemed to attact paticula attention.

Oicials in Washington wee quick inesponding to the taged:

•TheHouseandSenatequicklypassed,and the Pesident signed, H.r. 3311, whichauthoizes $250 million o econstuctiono the I-35W bidge and $5 million in tansitassistance o taic poblems occuingaound the disaste site.

•HouseTransportationandInfrastructureCommittee (T & I) Chaiman Jim Obesta,D-Minn., poposed legislation to establish atust und, modeled ate the Highwa TustFund, to povide a dedicated souce o evenueo the epai, ehabilitation, and eplacement

o those bidges deemed “stuctualldeicient” b the Fedeal HighwaAdministation. Obesta has advocatedinceasing the gas tax to help inance the plan.

•TheSenatepassedS.775toestablishacommission to stud the state o Ameicaninastuctue.

•BoththeHouseandSenateannouncedplans o ovesight heaings on stuctualldeicient bidges.

•Inawelcomedisplayofbipartisanship,

rep. Don young, r-Ak., ome chaiman o the House T & I Committee, ageed with rep.

INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEEDMinneapolis bridge collapse bringsheightened awareness o unding crisis

Obesta that the gas tax should be inceased

to pa o epais to cumbling bidges andinastuctue. Floida rep. John Mica, the T & ICommittee’s senio republican membe, saidhe believed tanspotation unding has beenovel ocused on new constuction and hasneglected maintenance.

Unotunatel, despite obvious needs,Pesident Bush has estated his opposition to agas tax use ee incease to povide additionalunding o oad and bidge investment.

Fo AED’s pat, we hope that the Minnesotataged won’t be in vain and that ou leadeswill ecognize this o what it is: uthe anddamatic poo o an inastuctue cisis thattheatens ou global competitiveness and,as we have seen, the saet o ou ellowcountmen. ■

Thirteen people died and about 100 were injured when the I-35W bridge over the MississippiRiver collapsed in Minneapolis. Industry oicials say the tragedy is dramatic proo o an“inrastructure crisis” in the U.S.

Christian A. Klein

This Guest Opinion,which first appeared in thenewsletter,Washington Insights,was prepared

by Christian Klein, VicePresident of Government Affairs for the AssociatedEquipment Distributors. Mr. Klein can be contacted [email protected].

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INDUSTRY EVENT

II ou’ve eve been to CONEXPO-CON/AGG

ou know the size and scope o the show ismassive. I ou haven’t been beoe and aegoing this time aound, ou’e in o a hugeteat that eatues moe tpes o equipment,educational oppotunities and technolog thanou can possibl imagine in one location.

The lagest show o its kind inthe constuction indust, the nextCONEXPO-CON/AGG will be held Mach11-15, 2008, at the Las Vegas ConventionCente, the lagest such acilit in the wold.you can get inomation on the event and

egiste o it online at www.conexpoconagg.com. you can also map out ou visit ahead o timeusing the show’s Vitual Tade Show, whichincludes an inteactive loo plan o exhibits, aswell as make a pesonalized list o companiesand poducts ou ma want to see.

“We ae poud to be known as a show un

b and o the constuction industies, andou pima goal is to ceate a positive showexpeience o all attendees and exhibitos,”said CONEXPO-CON/AGG Diecto MeganTanel. “The show continues to gow, but weeall don’t want the show just to be about

being the biggest in the indust. We wantattendees to see that the show is a place to indinomation, education and solutions to issuesthe ma ace in thei businesses. It’s a place to

bing the use, the owne, the distibuto andmanuactue togethe in one place whee thecan all wok togethe.”

Eve thee eas when CONEXPO ollsaound, the show is bigge than the last, and2008 will be no exception as the tiennialevent eatues moe exhibit space than eve

beoe. Fo the ist time eve, the show willtop 2 million squae eet, beaking 2005’secod-setting mak o 1.88 million. Moe than2,000 exhibits om leading manuactues,such as Komatsu, and sevice povideswill displa waes, with moe than 125,000indust poessionals expected to be on hand.

Komatsu will displa 24 poducts, includingseveal new Dash-8 excavato and Dash-6wheel loade models which eatue ecot3 Tie 3engines that oe moe poductivit with lessuel consumption and lowe emissions. Alsoin its 30,000 squae eet o displa aea will bedozes, moto gades, tucks, compact tackloades, backhoe loades and skid stee loades.

Products grouped togetherEvent oganizes ae gouping simila

poducts and companies togethe, making

it easie to navigate ou wa aound theshow. Fo instance, i ou’e inteested in

CONEXPO is the largest show o its kind in the construction industry. Held inside andoutside the Las Vegas Convention Center every three years, the 2008 show, to be heldMarch 11-15, will have more than 2 million square eet o exhibit space.

CONEXPO COMING SOONIndustry event will be the largest ever with more than 2 million square eet o exhibit space

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eathmoving equipment it can all be oundin the Noth Hall, pat o the Cental Hall,the riviea Pavilion and the Gold, Blue andriviea lots outside the convention cente.

I ou inteests lie in othe tpes o equipment, thee ae poduct concentationaeas o liting equipment, asphalt paving andpoduction, concete paving and poduction,aggegate pocessing and heav-dut tucksand mixes. Othe sub-specialties such asengines, hdaulics, lubicants, ties and

components have thei designated aeas aswell.

Inomation stands will be set up thoughoutthe show, and inteactive poduct locatos,seachable b compan and poduct, willbe on the show loo. These will also haveinomation egading seminas and meetings.Othe show sevices will include an expanded,ee, shuttle sstem to tanspot visitos omhotels to and om the convention cente, andan inta-show shuttle-bus sstem.

Several new items on the agendaAttendees ma be diected to seveal new

items on the expo’s massive list o things tosee and do, including the ee educationalpogam “Best Pactices o Small FleetManagement” to be held on Mach 15. Thepogam will povide pactical solutions oleet management needs o small businessownes specializing in commecial, industialand public constuction. Topics includebudgeting and staing, poductivit and wokscheduling, among othes.

Othe new eatues ae an IntenationalDive Mixe Championship, the ist eveintenational competition o concete mixetuck dives; an IPAF Saet Zone thateatues live demonstations and saeteducation; and “Constuction Challenge,” acompetition with students competing in theechallenges elated to the constuction indust.

“We’e ve excited about the new eatues,and we believe that attendees will ind theminomative and helpul,” said Tanel. “TheConstuction Challenge is one aea we’e

paticulal looking owad to as it showcasesoung people involved in the constuction

indust. We see this as a wa to geneateinteest among outh and highlight o them

the caees available in constuction.”An Innovation and Solutions Cente will

also be new. Expets in the ield will bepesenting sessions that highlight eseach anddevelopments in Fluid Powe Solutions, GeenSolutions, Motion Contol Solutions Now andin the Futue, and Innovative Applications inthe Entetainment Indust.

Educational opportunitiesabound

While CONEXPO continues to add new

items, one thing that hasn’t changed ompevious expositions is the chance to take Continued . . .

Komatsu always has one o the largest displays at CONEXPO. Twenty-our products willbe available or attendees to check out at the 2008 event.

CONEXPO is more than just an equipment showcase. Attendees can learn more aboutthe construction industry through educational programs in such areas as aggregates,asphalt, project management, equipment management, personal development and saety.

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in some educational oppotunities thatwill beneit ou and ou business. Theeae 10 semina tacks oganized b speciicindusties and issues: aggegates, asphalt,concete, constuction poject management,eathmoving, envionmental/eccling,equipment management, management,pesonal development and saet. Sessions ae90 minutes in length and include mateials oucan take with ou o utue eeence.

Seminas in the eathmoving categoinclude Intoduction to Adopting Positioning

Technolog o Constuction; Padit: MassExcavating Altenatives o Mass Poit;Intoduction to Design Data & EathmovingConstuction Pojects; Costs to Own & OpeateHeav Equipment; and The AmazinglVesatile Backhoe.

Equipment management educationaloppotunities include An Intoduction toBiodiesel Fuel, Equipment Management: Takingit to the Next Level; Getting the Most Out o you Equipment at Disposal; Ae Fuel CostsCutting Into you Poits?; The EquipmentTiangle View o Asset Management BestPactices o Fleet Management; and realizingCost retun (o Cost Savings) Though EectiveOil Analsis. Fo moe details on these andothe educational oppotunities, ou can visitthe CONEXPO-CON/AGG Web site.

“The educational oppotunities ae a geatwa o attendees to lean new and ceativewas to help incease thei poductivit, lowecosts and become bette at what the do,”said Tanel. “Because the show is so lage, it’snot alwas easible to attend eve semina.We’e woking this ea on was to bing theseminas to the attendee b putting them liveon cable though the hotels, ove the Intenetand b podcast.”

A great partnership

Indust cetiication couses and examsae oeed, including a Cetiied EquipmentManage Exam and Stud Couse o theAssociation o Equipment ManagementPoessionals, and Cane OpeatoCetiication Examinations o the NationalCommission o the Cetiication o CaneOpeatos.

CONEXPO is poduced and sponsoed bthe Association o Equipment Manuactues,the National Stone, Sand & Gavel Association,the National read Mix Concete Association,

and the Associated Geneal Contactos o Ameica.

“The success o CONEXPO-CON/AGGhas alwas been because o the patneshipo these oganizations,” Tanel noted. “Sevealo them hold thei annual meetings duingCONEXPO. The ae all committed tohelping eveone involved in the constuctionindust succeed. That’s wh each has astong commitment to making the show asinomative and insightul as possible.”

Tanel pointed out that the ultimate goal othose attending the 2008 CONEXPO is to takeawa something that the can use in thei

business to make it bette.

“The show is eall about was tohighlight the indust and what it can doto help businesses and individuals be moesuccessul,” she said. “We hope the indsolutions to eveda challenges, makecontacts and lean moe about the industin geneal. We want them to go home seeingthat the show had value to them and looking

owad to coming back in 2011 to indsomething else that will help them.” ■

Educational opportunities abound at CONEXPO. . . continued

Attendees at the last CONEXPO got up close to machinery and looked at the inner workingso equipment such as Komatsu’s ecot3, Tier 3 engines, now standard in numerous machines.

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REDISCOVER THE PC270LC-8Field tests demonstrate how Komatsu’s new excavatordelivers superior perormance

II ou’e an equipment use in the maket o

a 28- to 33-ton excavato, the newl designedand upgaded Komatsu PC270LC-8 needs tobe at the top o ou “check-it-out” list.

“We’ve believed o some time that wehad a ve competitive machine in this sizeclass,” said Komatsu Excavato Senio PoductManage Pete robson. “Compaed to the otheleading bands, we suspected that we weebette in tems o uel consumption, and thatevething else was ail simila. But in takinganothe look at the machine, we concludedthat b inceasing counteweight mass, the

PC270LC-8 would not just be competitive o alittle bit bette than the competition, but wouldbe much bette. So that’s what we did.”

As pat o a unning design change,Komatsu inceased counteweight mass onthe PC270LC-8 b 17 pecent compaed to thePC270LC-7.

“The change was emakable,” said KomatsuExcavato Poduct Manage Tenton Gloe.“With the additional counteweight, lit capacitinceased signiicantl. Just as impotant,

i not moe so, machine stabilit impoveddamaticall. It gives the new unit a much bette‘im ootedness.’ With that solid base, opeatosae moe comotable digging and loading at aaste speed, and in moe diicult mateial, sopoductivit is now much impoved.”

Field tests confirm PC270LC-8superiority

How much impoved? To ind out, Komatsuput the machine to a ield test against two topcompetitos. Hee’s what the ound.

In a tenching test, the Komatsu PC270LC-8aveaged 216 eet pe hou, compaed to 196

In a recent trenching ield test, the new Komatsu PC270LC-8 dug more trench per hourand was signiicantly more uel-eicient than two top competitive machines.

eet and 192 eet o the competitive units.

That’s 9 pecent bette than one machine and11 pecent bette than the othe. “Moe than 20eet pe hou adds up quickl ove the couse o a da, a week, a month o a ea o tenching,”pointed out Gloe.

“The dieence between machines waseven moe ponounced when we included theamount o uel equied to do the wok,” hecontinued. “In tems o uel eicienc (whichmeasues how man eet o tench ae being dugpe gallon o gas), the Komatsu PC270LC-8 was9 pecent bette than one o the competitos, and

a whopping 17 pecent bette than the othe.”

Continued . . .

Peter Robson,Senior Product Manager

Trenching Test

Model Production Fuel Efciency

Komatsu PC270LC-8 216 t./h. 26.8 t./gallon

Competitor 196 t./h. 22.2 t./gallon

Competitor 192 t./h. 24.5 t./gallon

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Tests conirm outstanding uel eiciency or PC270LC-8. . . continued

The esult was simila in a tuck-loadingtest. An analsis o ccle times showed thePC270LC-8 took slightl moe than 14.5seconds to load, swing, dump and etun. Onecompetito’s ccle time was about a hal secondslowe, while the othe was moe than a ullsecond slowe. And not onl did the Komatsuunit load tucks aste, it was also moeuel-eicient, moving 7 pecent to 10 pecentmoe cubic ads o mateial pe gallon o uel.

Fuel efficient

Accoding to Komatsu, the PC270LC-8’simpessive uel consumption and eiciencigues (oughl 10 pecent bette than thepevious model and about 11 pecent bette than

the competition) ae achieved b total contol o the engine, hdaulic and electonic sstems.

“Each component and machine sstem wasdesigned, engineeed and manuactued tocomplement the othe components and sstemsto achieve maximum peomance,” saidrobson. “The wa the wok togethe is one o the pima actos in the uel eicienc we’ve

been able to achieve with the PC270LC-8.”

Othe actos include the oveall eicienco Komatsu’s Tie 3 engine, combined with

options and epoting tools that allow anopeato to signiicantl lessen the amount o uel being used to achieve the same amounto wok. These include an econom (E) wokmode; an “eco-gauge” that displas to theopeato whethe he’s opeating eicientl owasteull; and an “idling caution” displathat alets the opeato when he’s been idlingo ive minutes o moe (extended idling isconsideed to be an unnecessa and wasteuluse o uel).

Design featuresIn addition to oveall peomance and

uel eicienc, the new PC270LC-8 hasnumeous othe eatues designed to impovepoductivit, including:

•Workequipmentstructureswithlargecastings;

•Boomandarmplatesthickerthanthecompetition;

•Easy-to-accessserviceandmaintenancepoints;

•Aquieter,morecomfortablecabthat’sthe

lagest among top competitos and loadedwith use-iendl technolog;

•KOMTRAX,Komatsu’sFREEwirelessmonitoing sstem, as standad equipment.

Demo will prove its worth“Obviousl, we believe the PC270LC-8 is

a supeio excavato,” said robson. “Ouhope is that equipment uses who ae in themaket o this size o excavato will demo thePC270LC-8 against an compaable machine. I the do, we’e conident the will come to the

same conclusion we did — that it’s the mostpoductive and eicient machine in its class.” ■

For more informationon how the KomatsuPC270LC-8 can be avaluable addition to yourexcavator fleet, contact your sales representativeor our branch locationnearest you.

The Komatsu-sponsored ield test also showed a truck-loading advantage (aster cycletime and up to 10 percent more uel eicient) or the PC270LC-8 compared to twocompetitive models.

Brief Specs on Komatsu PC270LC-8

Model Horsepower Operating weight Blade capacity

PC270LC-8 187 hp (net) 65,336-67,393 lbs. 0.76-2.13 cu. d.

Truck-Loading Test

Model Cycle time Fuel Efciency

Komatsu PC270LC-8 14.54 sec. 66.6 cu. d./gallon

Competitor 14.97 sec. 60.0 cu. d./gallon

Competitor 15.59 sec. 62.0 cu. d./gallon

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TThe Komatsu PC78US-6 and PC78Mr-6 seies

excavatos ae the lagest o the Komatsu utilitange but the can hadl be called “compact.”These machines weigh in at moe than sevenand eight metic tons espectivel — about thesame as a ull-size backhoe loade. The eatueoutstanding peomance, supeio opeatocomot and the ill the poduct gap betweencompact and constuction-size excavatos.

•Twoproducttypesallowcontractorsto choose between a ixed-boom machine(PC78US-6), like a ull-size constuctionexcavato, o an osetting boom unit

(PC78Mr-6), like a compact excavato.

FILLING THE GAPAs larger “compact ” excavators,Komatsu PC78 models oer many advantages

•Afull-featuredcabisstandardequipment

on these models. Eve low-noise cabeatues a spacious opeato station with adigital monito panel, ai conditioning, aadio and a suspension seat.

•HydraulicsonthePC78MR-6andPC78US-6 ae o the same pedigee asKomatsu constuction excavatos. Load-sensing, pilot popotional jostick contolspovide low-eot pecise contol andenable the opeato to peom taskssmoothl and poductivel.

•Achoiceofthreetrackshoesystemsallows

contactos to choose what’s ight o theiopeations: steel, ubbe and Komatsuroad Line tack shoes. The roadLine tack shoes allow the opeato totavel on had suaces, such as asphalt andconcete, without damaging them like asteel gouse can.

•Agreatalternativetoabackhoeloader,thePC78s oe digging depth, dump height,

bucket powe, am powe, liting capacit, bette ange o motion when woking nextto an object, and bette poductivit because

the don’t have to be epositioned like a backhoe loade.

•Maintenanceiseasywithawide-openingengine cove that povides geat accessto dail checkpoints. The wide-opening sidecove povides access to the hdaulictank, ai cleane and main hdaulic valve.Thee’s also gound-level ueling witha sight gauge. Sealed pins allow Komatsuto extend the lubication intevals to 100hous on the am tip and 250 hous on theam, boom, and swing pins, athe than the

dail o weekl lubication equied o some othe bands. ■

Komatsu engineered its larger, PC78 compact excavator models to ill the gap betweencompact and construction-size excavators.

Brief Specs on Komatsu PC78 compact excavators

Model Power Dig Depth Dump Ht. Bkt. Force Arm Force Operating Wt.

PC78MR-6 54 hp 15'7" 15'8" 13,780 lbs. 9,330 lbs. 18,230 lbs.

PC78US-6 54 hp 15'5" 18'0" 13,780 lbs. 9,330 lbs. 15,850 lbs.

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“RUGGED AND EFFICIENT” New landill dozers reduce cost per yard withTier 3 engines that push more material with less uel

WWith its new landill dozes, Komatsu

combined the best o its standad doze eatues— which wee designed to povide inceasedpoductivit and eicienc — with uniqueeatues that make them peect o the uggedconditions o a landill opeation. New landilldoze sizes ange om the neal 53,000-poundD65EX-15SL to the 116,528-pound D275AX-5SL.

Like Komatsu’s latest line o standaddozes, the landill dozes ae poweedb tubochaged, ate-cooled, ecot3 Tie3-compliant diesel engines designed to povidemoe hosepowe with less uel consumption

and lowe emissions than pevious models.The combination povides the best-eve costpe ad o mateial moved.

Komatsu engineeed each landill doze’shdaulics, powe tain, ame and all othemajo components in an integated designthat woks togethe o highe poduction,geate eliabilit and vesatilit. Add theacto-installed Landill Package withguading speciicall designed o hashlandill conditions, and the esult is machinesthat opeate longe o inceased poduction.

“Ou landill dozes stat o with standaddoze eatues — Hdostatic SteeingSstem, Palm Command Contol Sstem,hdaulic-diven adiato an, wet-disc bakes,Tie 3 engines and othes — and have addedeatues, such as gap seal guads, emote A/Cand oil coole and guading packages, amongothes, that make them stand out,” said MikeMilostan, Komatsu Ameica Poduct Manage,Woking Gea. “The eall ae pupose-builtmachines that will beneit landill opeations bpoviding the poductivit those customes need

because Komatsu designed them to stand up tothe challenges o woking in that envionment.”

Komatsu’s new landill dozers eature Tier 3 engines or greater production and ueleconomy. Each model has a actory-installed Landill Package with guarding speciicallydesigned or harsh landill conditions.

Blades on the dozes ae lage with

integated tash acks that povide moemateial capacit without esticting visibilit.A semi-U blade is available on all models,while a ull-U blade is available on allmodels except the D65EX-15SL. The landillcounteweight is designed to optimize themachine balance in landill applications. Continued . . .

Brief Specs on Komatsu Landfill Dozers

Model Operating Weight Net hp Blade Capacity

D65EX-15SL 52,097 lbs.* 205 14.8 cu. ds.*

D85EX-15SL 62,245 lbs.* 240 22.5 cu. ds.**

D155AX-6SL 96,709 lbs.* 354 33.2 cu. ds.**

D275AX-5SL 116,528 lbs.** 410 44.3 cu. ds.**

*With semi-U blade **With full-U blade

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Komatsu engineeredeach o its new landilldozers with hydraulics,power train, rameand all other majorcomponents that worktogether in an integrateddesign or higherproduction, greaterreliability and versatility.

Unique eatures stand up to landill challenges. . . continued

Komatsu’s landill package includes alage numbe o unique eatues built into thedozes to make them stand up in challengingconditions. Among them is a chassis-sealpackage that helps close the gaps aound thechassis whee mateial could ente the enginecompatment. Final dive, pivot shat and idleseal guads help pevent debis om enteingoil-seal aeas, extending component lie.

Extended component lifeExtending the component lie o the tacks

is a pioit, so Komatsu landill dozes usetapezoidal tack shoe holes to minimize debispacking. Bolt-on ont and ea stike bas helppevent debis om iding up onto the tacksand damaging endes and chassis. Chassisdelecto bas and bolt guads potect and helpkeep debis awa om components as well.

The machines ae uthe potected omdebis with additional guading that’s availableonl on landill dozes, such as the uel andhdaulic tank guad. Hinged coves allow easaccess o cleaning and maintenance.

Keeping the woking pats clean ooptimal poduction is necessa, and Komatsumakes it easie than eve with eatues suchas peoated hood and side doos thatincease cooling ailow to the adiato whileminimizing the size o aibone paticlesenteing the engine compatment. The

peoated hood educes ai velocit passingthough the sceens, educing debis stickingagainst the sceens.

A standad, evesible, hdaulicall divenan is mounted in ont o the adiato coe sothe blades pull ai though the coe athe thanpush it, vituall eliminating debis blastingon the coe suace and inceasing the lie o the heat exchanges. Themall contolled,the an tuns at maximum speed onl whenmaximum cooling is equied, educing thedebis collection on the engine inlet sceens

duing nomal dail opeations.

Compute-contolled owad and eveseintevals clean the adiato egulal, allowingthe opeato to concentate on poductivit.The compute time is easil adjusted ovaing conditions and also has a manualoveide switch.

Fine controlA tubine pecleane helps emove

paticulates om the engine ai beoe the

each the ilte elements. Quick-opening,two-piece doos allow eas access to theadiato and an o cleaning. An engine

bottom guad with electic winch simpliiescleaning o the engine compatment. Theengine compatment eatues two ewe items,as Komatsu elocated the hdaulic coole andan, as well as the ai conditione condense.Both wee moved to incease cooling eicienc.

Eicienc is enhanced with Komatsu’sToqlow Tansmission that oes single-levecontol o speed and diectional changes. A

hdostatic steeing sstem makes o smooth,quick and poweul contol o tacks. Palm-contol steeing and blade josticks povideine contol. Opeatos will also appeciatethe hexagonal-designed pessuized cab,which oes geate visibilit and comot.Cab dampen mountings incease ide comotwhile deceasing noise and vibation.

“Lock-up toque convetes and automaticshiting, available on ou D155 and D275models, make these even moe poweul andeicient to opeate,” pointed out Milostan.

“Poduction is teiic with these machines,and that’s eall the bottom line.” ■

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REMANUFACTURED PRODUCTSGeneral Manager says ISO certiication oKomatsu reman plant ensures product quality

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QUESTION: One o your emphases, uponjoining Komatsu Remanuactured Products,

was to earn ISO 9001 certiication rom theInternational Standards Organization. Haveyou achieved that, and why is it an importantdesignation?

ANSWER: We became an ISO-cetiied planta little moe than two eas ago and webelieve it’s a ve signiicant designation o amanuactuing plant like ous. Fo one thing,ISO cetiication, which includes egula,ongoing ield audits o ou opeations, ensuesthat we’e ollowing ou own standadizedpocesses. These standadized pocesses lead

to a consistentl high-qualit poduct that oucustomes can count on.

Equall impotant, ISO cetiication equiesus to continuousl impove ou opeations.The check qualit measuements, waantatios and custome complaints to see thatwe’e taking appopiate action and ixingan poblems that aise. So es, o us, ISOcetiication is a ve big deal because it’s theoundation o the qualit o poduct that we’enow poducing at Komatsu remanuactuing.

QUESTION: Why is standardization so

important in manuacturing?ANSWER: It’s impotant because, with astandadized pocess, in which the samejob is done the same wa eve time, whena poblem cops up, we can locate whathappened. Without it, ou have one pesondoing the job one wa and anothe pesondoing it anothe wa, so ou ma neve beable to igue out wh a ailue occued. It’sbecause o ou standadized pocesses thatwe’e able to poduce eplacement pats andcomponents that ae essentiall the same as

new and ae waantied as such.Continued . . .

As the son o a inancial contolle o the Depatment o the

Am, rob Shea gew up in man places. Bon at Fot LeonadWood in Missoui, rob and his amil moved to Koea o a time,

then to Viginia, then to Oklahoma o his high school eas.

Following high school, rob eaned a spot at the U.S. Milita

Academ at West Point, and ate gaduation, spent time in the

Am leading a tank platoon.

Ate his am sevice, rob went into manuactuing. While

woking o Cadinal Health as a plant manage, he eaned an

MBA at Nothwesten Univesit, whee a classmate ecuited

him to Komatsu.

rob joined Komatsu Ameica as Geneal Manage o the

compan’s emanuactuing opeations in Lexington, K., in late2003. In his capacit as GM, rob ovesees the eots o about 140

emploees and has been esponsible o numeous impovement

initiatives at the plant.

“Ou goal at Komatsu remanuactued Poducts is to poduce

pats and components o Komatsu equipment that conom

to the standads and speciications o band-new pats and

components. We think emanuactued poducts make sense o

the end-using Komatsu custome as a wa to save both time and

mone, and get the peace o mind o a acto waant at the

same time.”

This is one of a series

of articles based oninterviews with key peopleat Komatsu discussing the

company’s commitmentto its customers in the

construction and miningindustries — and their

visions for the future.

Rob Shear,General Manager,Komatsu Remanuactured Products

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QUESTION: What Komatsu remanuacturedproducts are available?

ANSWER: We eman all majo componentsincluding engines, tansmissions, toqueconvetes, inal dives, tubochages,hdaulic clindes, hdaulic pumps,altenatos — neal evething oconstuction equipment up though the lagestmining machines. We’ve hied a maketingdiecto to wok with ou Komatsu distibutosto make sue we’e meeting thei needs anddon’t have gaps in ou poduct oeings.

QUESTION: What advancements have youmade recently?

ANSWER:We’ve stated inspecting and eusingvalve spings o use on clinde heads. Beoe,we would have used a new valve sping i wewee eman’ing a clinde head. We’e especiallpoud o this because it was initiated b ouemploees. The detemined the could do it andthought it would be a good, cost-saving measue.

QUESTION: It sounds like KomatsuRemanuacturing values its employees.

ANSWER: Cetainl. We have a lot o expeiencein ou wok oce and ve little tunove, andwe el on ou emploees to help make us bette.Some assembl teams have omed what wecall “qualit cicles,” consisting o thee to ivemembes. The qualit cicles povide input omthe loo on how we can impove. It was one o these qualit cicles that came up with the ideao eman’ing the valve spings.

QUESTION: How do your products comparewith new components?

ANSWER: Ou taget is to poduce a poduct

that costs 60 pecent to 65 pecent o what anew component costs, and that povides 80pecent o the lie o a new poduct. Somepeople ma be wondeing wh, i it’s builtto the same standads as a new component,we onl expect to get 80 pecent o the lie.The’ve got to undestand that i a emanengine goes into a machine that has 10,000hous on the ame and 10,000 hous on thetansmission, it ma not un as long as the istengine did. A new engine put in the same usedmachine ma not un as long eithe.

QUESTION: How does a reman productcompare with a “job shop” rebuild?

ANSWER: The main dieences between us anda “job shop” ae ou standadized pocesses andthe numbe o units we build. We’e specialists.This is all we do.

As o a “will-it” o “job shop” mechanic,the’e not going to get the suppot om theOEM that we do. Fo example, we’e in weeklcontact with the acto, getting the latest citicalupdates on poducts and how to impovepeomance. Anothe big dieence is thattpicall, a “job shop” waant coves onl thelabo.

QUESTION: Why should Komatsuequipment users look to KomatsuRemanuactured Products or replacementparts and components?

ANSWER: Komatsu is all about povidingvalue o customes, and we’e an impotantpat o that value equation. The combination o pice, availabilit and qualit make Komatsuemanuactued poducts not onl a viable

altenative to new and ebuilt components, butan excellent value as well. ■

Komatsu Reman emphasizes “value”. . continued

Individual parts are careullyinspected to ensure they meet OEM

standards prior to being used in areman component. Here, technicianTony Johnson measures a camshat

or a mining dozer as part o theinspection process.

Located in Lexington, Ky., KomatsuRemanuactured Products employsabout 140 people, includingtechnician Paul Carrico, shown hereassembling a reman engine or aD375 dozer. All reman engines aredyno-tested ater inal assembly.

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IIn an eot to impove the nation’s highwas,

The Fedeal Highwa Administation (FHWA)is speaheading a nationwide pavementassessment, which will be ollowed up witha “best pactices” appoach that addessesspeciic oadwa issues.

Accoding to FOCUS Newslette, apublication o the U.S. Depatment o

FOCUS ON PAVEMENTSFederal Highway Administrationseeks paving improvements

Tanspotation, FHWA will wok with states

and othe patnes on the assessment and bestpactices epot, which will have six ocusaeas. The ae:

•Pavementdesignandanalysis;

•Pavementmaterialsandconstructiontechnolog;

•Pavementmanagementandpreservation;

•Pavementsurfacecharacteristics;

•Constructionandmaterialsquality assuance;

•Environmentalstewardship.

The six ocus aeas will guide FHWA’sreseach and Development eots, as wellas Technical Sevice Teams whose job it is toemplo the new technologies.

Higher performance objectivesThe ocus aeas ae designed to guide

FHWA in developing technologies that willimpove the constuction, pesevationand maintenance o the nation’s pavementnetwok.

“States ae having to do moe with less,”Pete Stephanos, Diecto o FHWA’s oiceo Pavement Technolog, told FOCUS. “Wewant to wok with them to intoduce toolsand technologies to make thei job easie. Wealso need to stive to develop a moe eectivepatneship with state and local agencies,indust and academia.”

FHWA will issue annual epots on thispavement and mateials pogam, and hopesto begin implementing new initiatives to

achieve highe peomance objectives duingthe next thee to ive eas. ■

To learn more about FHWAand its pavement programs,visit the agency Web site atwww.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement.

Improving construction, maintenance and preservation o the nation’s pavement network isthe goal o a new eort by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). New initiatives toachieve higher perormance objectives could be in place in as soon as three years.

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AED launches campaign to boost highway investment

A Associated Equipment Distibutos (AED)

has launched an initiative to position theconstuction equipment distibution industo a leadeship ole in the looming nationaldebate ove tanspotation inastuctueinvestment.

In a ecent speech, AED Pesident Tob

Mack told equipment indust executivesthat the nation’s inastuctue needs aedie, that Congess would soon be ocedto make diicult decisions about how topa o much-needed additional highwaconstuction, and that AED would be plainga majo ole in that national dialogue. Thevehicle o AED’s involvement will be theassociation’s new Highwa InastuctueTaskoce (HIT).

Mack pointed to govenment estimatespedicting that b the time SAFETEA-LU, thecuent highwa law, expies in Septembe 2009,gas tax evenues will all shot o authoizationlevels b close to $5 billion. I Congess does notaddess the poblem, highwa unding in 2009could be cut b moe than 30 pecent, and suchcuts would continue into the utue.

“AED has seen this coming and we have nointention o sitting on ou hands,” Mack said.“We’e geaing up to pla a majo leadeshipole beond anthing we’ve done beoe. Withthe mobilization o ou membeship to povide

both the esouces and political activism, notonl can we tun this aound, but we can lathe goundwok o majo new investment inhighwa capacit going owad.” ■

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WWith undecaiage costs consuming a

signiicant potion o the aveage opeatingcost-pe-hou o ou tack-tpe equipment— 50 pecent in most cases — popelmaintaining ou undecaiage sstem isessential. Use the ollowing ecommendationsto maximize the hous o sevice lie built intoou Komatsu undecaiage components,keeping in mind that the undecaiage woksand weas as a sstem. A won component canhave an advese eect on the entie sstem,geatl educing ou total undecaiage lie.

Understand the System. Undecaiage is oten

the least-undestood sstem on the tack-tpemachines. I ou ae expeiencing acceleatedundecaiage wea, the poblem ma not be theault o the components. Opeation, application,maintenance and component selection canoten be contibuting actos in undecaiagewea. Wea cannot be eliminated, but it can becontolled. Invest the time to lean all ou can andtake contol o undecaiage costs.

Manage the System. Begin with acompehensive undecaiage managementpogam. Inspection is onl the beginning.

Evaluating the measuement data and ollowingthe ecommendations o ou acto-taineddistibuto undecaiage specialist is paamountto achieving satisacto sevice lie. Managementis essential and continuous. One o the toolsavailable though ou Komatsu distibuto is thecompute-assisted Tack Management Sstemo TMS. B taking advantage o this sevice,ou will educe unscheduled downtime andopeating expense.

Ensure proper alignment. The quickest wato detect an alignment poblem is to look o

anthing shin that nomall should not beshin. The inside o tack links that ae scued

UNDERCARRIAGE MANAGEMENTHow machine owners and operators can helpprevent unnecessary undercarriage wear

and shin, olle and ont idle langes that

show wea, and sides o spockets that aecoming in contact with the inside o the tacklinks most oten ae indicatos that the tackame alignment sstem needs attention.Failing to heed alignment waning signs willcause acceleated pats wea and, in extemecases, LTS seal and/o bushing ailue.

Operate with the undercarriage in mind.Managing undecaiage wea and contollingopeating cost-pe-hou come ist om theopeato’s seat. Tuning, speed and diectiono tavel ae thee o the most impotant

opeationall contolled wea actos. Whileou can seldom build job opeations aoundthese opeating actos, ou should give themongoing consideation.

In shot, undecaiage cost-pe-hou contolstats with undestanding and managing thesstem. Then, opeate the machine keeping inmind contol o undecaiage wea actos. ■

Inspection is a starting point to managing your undercarriage. One o the tools available throughyour Komatsu distributor is the computer-assisted Track Management System or TMS. By takingadvantage o this service, you will reduce unscheduled downtime and operating expense.

Dick Schaeer,Senior Product

Manager -Undercarriages

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IN MEMORIAM

ROY LAWSON REMEMBERED Modern Machinery establishes scholarshipin the name o longtime, respected Idaho logger

IIn ecognition and admiation o longtime

nothen Idaho logge ro Lawson, whopassed awa in August, Moden Machinehas established a scholaship in his name atthe Univesit o Idaho. Funded though theWashington Foundation, the ro LawsonMemoial Scholaship will be awaded to astudent o students in the College o Natualresouces at the univesit.

“ro was extaodinail active in pomotingthe logging indust, including having studentsand acult om the U o I come out to hisopeation to gain isthand insights,” said Moden

Machine Pesident Bian Sheidan. “Wewanted to do something to ecognize ro and ascholaship seemed the peect wa to do that.”

Based in Dea, Idaho, ro Lawson Loggingis one o the most espected and innovativelogging ims in the egion. It was one o theist logging opeations in the Nothwestto embace the cut-to-length method o logging, which evolutionized the indust bincopoating ve high-technolog machinesto make a moe eicient logging opeation.

ro’s owad-thinking appoach to logging

eaned him numeous indust awads. Lastea, he was pesented with the pestigiousCOFE Awad (om the Council o FoestEngineeing Poessionals), which is anintenational ecognition tpicall pesentedto a eseache o academic. This ea, he washonoed with the lietime achievement “CownAwad” om the Idaho Foest PoductsCommission (IFPC) o his ongoing suppot oesponsible oest management, communitinvolvement, and a commitment to the industbased on pesonal belies — not economic gain.

“It would seem that the citeia wee wittenwith ro speciicall in mind,” wote Jack Buell,

chaiman o the IFPC, in a lette to Lawson’s

wie, Linda, and daughte, Pennie. “He set ahigh standad o getting involved and givingo himsel. He will be well emembeed b all.”

rené Van De Mewe, Moden’s KomatsuFoest/Valmet Poduct Manage, wokedclosel with Lawson though the eas.

“ro was an innovato and a poessionalwho was willing to shae his knowledge andexpetise with evebod,” she said. “That’swh it’s appopiate that we hono him witha scholaship in his name. It will be a lastingtibute to a man who alwas did his best to

educate himsel and othes about the mostpoductive, most eicient and most beneicialmethods o logging.”

Added Sheidan, “ro was a ve goodcustome, but moe impotantl, a ve closeiend. While his death was a blow to all o us who knew him and woked with him, we

believe this scholaship will ensue that ro’slegac will live on o as long as logging isconducted in the Paciic Nothwest.” ■

Friends in thelogging industryremember RoyLawson as a leaderand innovator.Modern Machineryrecently establisheda scholarship in

his name at theUniversity o Idaho.

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DDo ou want to avoid making a potentiall

costl mistake in ou next used equipmentpuchase? A good wa to be sae in buingused is to bu a Komatsu Distibuto Cetiiedused machine. A Distibuto Cetiied machineis not ou tpical used machine. To illustatethe dieence, the Komatsu reMaketinggoup will have a unique “hal-and-hal”machine at its displa aea at the upcomingCONEXPO in Las Vegas.

“We’e taking a used D61PX doze andixing hal o it to the standad o a ‘B-level’Distibuto Cetiied unit,” explained Komatsu

reMaketing diecto Lee Haak. “The othehal, we’e leaving ‘as is.’ We believe thiswill stikingl demonstate what sepaates aKomatsu Distibuto Cetiied machine om aused machine ou might bu at auction.”

CERTIFIED USED MACHINESWhy used equipment buyers will want to check out Komatsu ReMarketing's CONEXPO display

The big dieence between the two,

accoding to Haak, is that Komatsu cetiieswhat ou’e buing, both inside and out. “Theist thing we do is put the machine though aigoous inspection to detemine i it’s wothestoing. I it doesn’t pass, we don’t ix it. Wesell it ‘as is,’ with a ull epot on what’s wongwith it — o we sell it o pats.”

Looks good and runs wellI the inspection eveals the machine is

woth ixing, ou Komatsu distibuto willmake the epais, including putting in new oemanuactued pats o components whee

necessa.

“Unlike some used equipment selles whoonl do cosmetic wok like paint jobs, wemake sue the machine is going to un well,as well as look good,” said Haak. “We dotack wok, blade o bucket wok, sevicethe hdaulic sstem, epack the clindes,ovehaul the engine — whateve is equied.The bottom line is, because o the wok we’vedone, ou can be sue the machine will dowhat ou’e counting on it to do.”

In addition to viewing the “hal-and-hal”machine at CONEXPO, and leaning whatall goes into binging it up to a highe level,Komatsu remaketing will have inomationon a new waant pogam designedspeciicall o Distibuto Cetiied machines.

“We invite all CONEXPO attendees to stopin and see us, and lean moe about KomatsuDistibuto Cetiied used equipment,” saidHaak. “It sometimes costs a little moe, butwe’ll be happ to show ou how the additionalmone is put back into the Distibuto Cetiied

pieces to bing them to a highe standad thanothe used equipment.” ■

Lee Haak,Komatsu ReMarketing

Director

What’s the dierence between Komatsu Distributor Certiied used equipmentand other used machines? A unique “hal-and-hal” D61 dozer (hal certiiedand hal used) will be on display at CONEXPO to illustrate the stark

dierences. Komatsu ReMarketing oicials will be on hand to explain whatgets done and what it means to you as a used equipment purchaser.

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If it can be measured, we measure it!

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Whether you’re looking for a high-

quality machine that will become part of

your fleet, or for a machine that will get you

through the busy season, Komatsu Distributor Certified Used Equipment is your best alternative to buying new.

If it can be measured, we measure it! Specially trained Komatsu Distributor Certified evaluators check, measure and diagnose

virtually every aspect of the machine. Once the machine meets Komatsu’s high performance standards, your local distributor

can tailor the machine for your site-specific needs. And to add to your peace of mind, most Komatsu Distributor Certified UsedEquipment is eligible for special financing and warranty.

Purchasing Komatsu Distributor Certified Used Equipment makes sound business sense. You’ll receive good value for

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Manufacturer/Model Description Serial No. Year Hours Price

CRAWLER DOZERSKOMaTsu D375a-5 u BlaDe, Ms riPPer 18073 2003 5,572 $450,000

KOMaTsu D155aX-6 siG u BlaDe, Ms riPPer 80344 2007 521 POr

KOMaTsu D65PX-15e0 sT BlaDe, a/c 69089 2006 1,600 $199,900

KOMaTsu D65WX-15 PaT BlaDe, a/c, riPPer 67024 2006 996 POr

KOMaTsu D41e-6c PaT BlaDe, OrOPs,riPPer B40921 2006 349 POr

KOMaTsu D41P-6c PaT BlaDe, a/c B40937 2006 216 POr

KOMaTsu D21P-7 PaT BlaDe, OrOPs 81448 2000 1,806 $32,500

caT D8r su BlaDe, Ms riPPer, a/c 7XM00578 1996 14,715 $275,000

Deere 700H 700HXlT PaT, caB, riPPer T0700HX93028 2004 3,760 $92,900

KOMaTsu Wa380-1 GP BKT, 3sPl, a/c a45275 1993 25,414 $39,000

KOMaTsu Wa250l-5 3.0 yD, rDls, a/c, ecss, qc 70367 2004 9,349 $67,500

KOMaTsu Wa250-5l rDls, qc, HiliFT 74005 BKT a74439 2007 912 POr

caT 950G sPD NOse BKT 5FW01549 2000 7,035 $103,500

caT 980G GP BKT, Bias 2Kr01073 1998 22,370 $130,000

caT 988B lOaDer, sPD NOse BKT 50W11148 1992 29,213 $105,000

FiaT Fr180.2 4-yD lOaDer (51511) 9Tc266 1997 5,830 $32,000

KOMaTsu Pc800lc-8 15' a, qc 50036 2006 1,274 POr

KOMaTsu Pc600lc-8 14' a,qc 55039 2007 835 POr

KOMaTsu Pc270lc-7l 11'6" a, 42" cWs a86283 2005 2,600 $159,900

KOMaTsu Pc200lc-7l 9'7"a, qc, 36" B&c 1.0 yD a86444 2003 5,169 POr

KOMaTsu Pc200lc-6 9'6" a, 36" BKT 94000 1998 6,000 $73,000

KOMaTsu Pc150lc-6 qc, BKT, THM K30142 1997 6,041 $59,000

KOMaTsu Pc138uslc-2 8'2" a, qc, THM 1872 2006 697 POr

KOMaTsu Pc138uslc-2 8'2" a, P. TilT, 60" cu 1824 2005 2,722 POr

KOMaTsu Pc128us-2 eXcavaTOr 5248 1999 3,489 $62,500

KOMaTsu Pc128us-2 eXcavaTOr 6507 2000 3,275 $57,500

KOMaTsu Pc120-6 eXcavaTOr, 33" B&c 70239 2003 2,134 $85,000

KOMaTsu Pc120lc-6 8'2" a, BlaDe, THM, 741391BKT 74338 2007 327 POrJcB Js330 eXc, qc, 32" 48" BKT, eO712604 slPJs102yeO7 2000 1,689 $129,500

cOBelcO sK160lc W/BKT, THM yM02u0281 2001 4,700 $49,000

KOBelcO 135sFr eXcavaTOr yH0802237 2004 3,397 $78,500

caT 320l 24" BKT 9KK04907 1996 1,687 $55,000

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KOMaTsu GD655-3c 14' BlaDe, a/c, Ms riPPer B20036 2006 1,237 POr

685 a/c, aWD, FrT PlOW 685-45494 2006 693 POr

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lB90 4WD, caB, NO a/c, eXT arM, 24" 31031892 2001 3,700 $28,000

KOMaTsu WB140-2 4WD, OrOPs, sTD arM F10415 2000 2,826 $30,000

KOMaTsu WB140-2N 4WD, OrOPs, eXTD arM, auX HyD, lss a20546 2003 1,360 $35,000

TiMBcO T475e cW4c21370209 2003 4,772 $197,500

TiMBcO 475eXl W/395vT, sN902 cW4c22240829 2003 3,814 POr

valMeT 500T W/965 HeaD, sN 333 500T0111 1993 POrvalMeT 500T HarvesTer W/965 aT4c15470607 1999 2,290 $150,000

valMeT 500T sqrT BOOM, 965 sN:452 sN1807 500T0168 2000 7,013 $250,000

valMeT 921 HarvesTer/965, Was uNiT #63055 3109 2000 POr

valMeT 921 HarvesTer/965, Was uNiT #63243 3117 2000 10,918 POr

TiMBcO T445B quaDcO T445c FT4c08380222 1996 9,704 $115,000

TiMBcO T445B W/Bar saW, lOGMaX FT4c06630714 1995 9,056 $100,000

TiMBcO T425e HarvesTer aT4c20480430 2002 8,798 $155,000

TiMBcO T420 W/Bar saW T4c027071590 1990 5,416 $32,500

KOMaTsu Pc360lc-5 lOG lOaDer 20020 1992 29,000 $39,000

KOMaTsu Pc270ll-7l lOG lOaDer a86004 2005 1,506 POr

valMeT 911c HarvesTer W/965, sN381 911c4025 1997 8,578 $150,000

valMeT 921 HarvesTer/965, Was uNiT #63243 3117 2000 10,918 POr

valMeT 892 FOrWarDer 892237 1996 15,248 $80,000

TJ 1210 FOrWarDer 12100372 23,000 POr

KOMaTsu HD785-3 79-yD Haul TrucK 2551 1997 22,902 POr





caT 785 150-TON Haul TrucK 8GB00130 1985 45,000 POr

caT 785 150-TON Haul TrucK 8GB00138 1985 44,700 POr

KOMaTsu HM300-2 arTic. TrucK, T. GaTe a11081 2007 759 POr

MOXy MT31X a/c, GaTe, Kasse 710675 2006 1,540 POr

Jci FT300 TracK-MOuNT cONe crusHer P060365 2007 2 POr

Jci FT6203cc TracK-MOuNT screeN PlaNT P060369 2007 17 POr

FaBTec 6X20-3 screeN PlaNT P620317698 1998 POrJci 6203-32 cOMBO screeN PlaNT P620330805 2005 1 POr

36X150 suPer sTacKiNG cONveyOr 407651 2007 1 POr

ir DD132HF 84" asPHalT rOller 183872 2006 281 POr

ir DD110 78" asPHalT rOller 157724 1999 2,732 $39,500

ir sD160DX 84" sMOOTH siNGle 188170 2006 1,328 POr

aTlas cOPcO cM780D Drill 78343 2007 901 POr

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Manufacturer/Model Description Serial No. Year Hours Price

AGGREGATE EQUIPMENT

AVAILABLE FOR SOME MODELS.

RANCH FOR DETAILS.Magadan, Russia 79 rhn stt, st Mgdn, r 685021011-7-41326-99281 o011-7-41326-99298

ochester9444 in st.oht, Wa 98579

800) 304-4421360) 273-4284

Eugene 4610 codbt Wegn, Or 97402(800) 826-9811(541) 688-7321

Portland 5241 N.e. 82nd anPotnd, Or 97220(800) 950-7779(503) 255-7841

Pocatello 2666 Gtt WPoto, iD 83201(800) 829-4450(208) 233-5345

Boise 1257 Wt amtBo, iD 83705(800) 221-5211(208) 336-8570

HAUL TRUCKS

Twin Falls 2745 Tk cot, st B

Jom, iD 83338(800) 221-5211(208) 324-4522

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