Pit & Quarry, February 2013

RoundTable ConfeRenCe driving his pot holed secondary road day in and day out And then he takes a short trip to Richmond or D C and he sees this huge construction going on FESTGE Im originally from Germany and theres a very good system in place in Switzerland and Austria Its very simple You have a sticker in your car that allows you to travel the highway You pay 50 euros every year for it and everybody puts it in their windshield Then you Festge can drive on the highway however often you want I dont know if youve ever been to Switzerland or Austria but the roads are just magnificent They are just beautiful I dont know if thats an idea that the U S would ever consider but its one flat fee and it would take care of some of the concerns such as that gas mileage might improve from year to year thereby reducing the revenue from the gas tax NUS I think everything that has been proposed has been some kind of usage fee and hopefully that becomes more sellable politically Session two YANIK What effects is the economy having on your businesses and what are you hearing from your customers regarding how the economy is affecting theirs UPP What were seeing in Missouri is a continued stale market Although MAP 21 got passed Missouri is still short on funding So even though weve got a federal highway program Missouri doesnt have enough state money to leverage through bond issues in the past that they basically have to pay back now We dont see any major increase in new construction with highway programs coming for several more years Were basically in maintenance mode with the highway programs so where a new road might be 16 to 18 in thick were basically looking at having 3 4 in of asphalt overlay to maintain a road for four or five years As Upp far as what we are looking at for the next year were looking at just a marginal 1 to 2 percent increase in sales over this year COKER I think growth really depends on where your operations are located If youre in an area that has infrastructure projects like major cities in Texas you are in pretty good shape If youre in an area where theres a lot of energy needs say for pads for oil and gas well drilling youre seeing maybe even record years for some producers Its all location driven But as a whole across the country I dont see vast improvements Its all kind of situational Like east Tennessee they had a lot of distribution warehouse type development that was helping out around Chattanooga and Cleveland Tenn but you dont see that same type of improvement in Georgia for instance YANIK Will we ever get back to great years like the stretch between 2004 and 2007 Is your loader scale giving away all your profi t Put your trust in true weight VEI Loader Scale systems from RMT www rmtequip com tradein 1 800 648 8132 Dealer enquiries welcome In motion weighing accurate to 1 Easy to use proven and reliable Ask about our trade in program Coker 36 PIT QUARRY February 2013 www pitandquarry com