Pit & Quarry, December 2018
A Look Back PHOTOS FROM PIT QUARRYS HISTORICAL ARCHIVE The Gramm Bernstein Motor Truck Co placed this advertisement in the November 2017 edition of Pit Quarry The Ohio based company promoted the G B trucks engine as specifically designed for heavy haulage in the yard and pit It also featured a trouble proof transmission A story titled Cost keeping for quarries appeared in the November 1917 edition of Pit Quarry In a sidebar author D J Hauer explains how the use of haul trucks to move aggregate short distances is saving room on the crowded railroads of America at the time Heavier materials such as sand gravel and crushed stone if shipped short distances by motor trucks would release a vast number of freight cars so urgently needed by the government Hauer writes Join the Historical Construction Equipment Association HCEA is a non profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of the construction surface mining and dredging equipment industries U S and Canada memberships 3000 USD Others 4000 USD Contact 419 352 5616 info@ hcea net 112 PIT QUARRY December 2018 pitandquarry com PIT QUARRY ARCHIVE ISTOCK COM HELPINGHANDPHOTOS
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