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Vintage Equipment
Antique trucks, ag equipment to be featured at construction equipment museum
Events to celebrate antique agricultural equipment and heavy duty trucks will be held in September at the National Construction Equipment Museum in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Historical Construction Equipment Association will hold its 20th Annual White Bash from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. September 9 for the Classic White Truck Group, which features White, Autocar, […]
August 25, 2017
Construction Equipment
Get the latest on construction equipment scale models during these upcoming events
Contractors are well known equipment scale model enthusiasts, but the attraction doesn’t end with them. There’s a global audience for these miniature models, as we detailed in our Model Mania special report last year. Scale models were even a traffic-stopper at this spring’s Intermat trade show, where a detailed diorama took a front-center position as […]
June 16, 2015
Roadbuilding
HCEA advances plan for National Construction Equipment Museum
Long out of space at its cramped 7,000-square-foot headquarters, the Historical Construction Equipment Association launched a new campaign this month to fund the 20,000-square-foot National Construction Equipment Museum. The goal: to have a grand opening of the $1.5 million building in September, 2016, during the group’s annual convention. Plans for the museum have shifted, says […]
October 23, 2014
Construction Equipment
A place for old iron: HCEA advances National Construction Equipment Museum plan
Long out of space at its cramped 7,000-square-foot headquarters, the Historical Construction Equipment Association launched a new campaign this month to fund the 20,000-square-foot National Construction Equipment Museum. The goal: to have a grand opening of the $1.5 million building in September, 2016, during the group’s annual convention. Plans for the museum have shifted, says […]
October 21, 2014
Construction Equipment
Mark your calendar: HCEA’s annual International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition slated for Aug. 16-18
There’s nothing better than vintage equipment and if you love it as much as we do, this event is a can’t-miss. The Historical Construction Equipment Association’s annual International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition will be held August 16-18 at 19800 West Arsenal Road, east of Wilmington, Illinois. The show features displays of horse-drawn, steam, gas […]
June 11, 2013
Construction Equipment
Historical Construction Equipment Association proposes museum expansion plan
The Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) may soon build a new multipurpose building for storing donations and volunteerÂ-restored machines at its museum and archives grounds in Bowling Green, Ohio. HCEA stated on its website that it has no more storage space in its museum and archives, and will have to store future donations and volunteerÂrestored […]
March 7, 2013
Business
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ANTIQUE IRON Keep it in the Family By Tom Jackson When your family is in the quarry business, you tend to run through a lot of heavy equipment. But there’s a sentimental reason Larry Kotkowski, president of Lakeside Sand and Gravel, Mantua, Ohio, has hung onto this 1942 Bucyrus-Erie 15B shovel. It’s the machine his […]
April 27, 2012
Technology
Final Take
Antique Iron By Tom Jackson A String of Pearls David Rexing, a master mechanic with W.B. Koester, a highway and earthmoving company in Evansville, Indiana, shows off his vintage 1922 Cletrac F machine. Cletrac was the trademarked name for the machines produced by Cleveland Tractor, founded in 1918, which merged with Oliver Farm Equipment in […]
February 27, 2012
Business
Final Word
Antique Iron A military mystery According to owner Mike Rohleder of Ferdinand, Indiana, this may be the only 1951 Schield Bantam ABM 51 military pull shovel in existence. Rohleder acquired the machine 10 years ago and put it to work this summer at the Historical Construction Equipment Association’s annual convention. This cable-actuated digger was built […]
January 9, 2012
Construction Equipment
HCEA to display antique construction equipment at exposition
The I & I Tractor Club is hosting the Historical Construction Equipment Association’s 26th Annual International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition July 8-10 at their show grounds in Penfield, Illinois. The show hours are Friday 9 a.m. to dusk, Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission for those […]
May 3, 2011
Construction Equipment
Final Take
By Lauren Heartsill It’s all uphill from here Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the steepest street in the world, Baldwin Street, located in Dunedin, New Zealand, has a maximum elevation of 19 degrees. Baldwin Street, photographed here, is surfaced with concrete instead of asphalt because tar would flow down the slope […]
February 7, 2011
Construction Equipment
HCEA to display antique machinery
The Historical Construction Equipment Association’s 2010 International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition will be at the Washington County fairgrounds in Richmond, Rhode Island, from Sept. 10 to 12. The show features demonstrations and displays of antiques like horse-drawn, gas and diesel-powered construction machinery. It is open to the public, and hours are Friday from 8 a.m. […]
August 23, 2010
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