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Meany Asphalt Forms After Amicable Business Division By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Meany Asphalt & Construction in Pisgah Forest, N.C., got its start in 2006 when owner John Meany took an early retirement after working for 20 years as a linesman for the local power company. “The way all this came about was that my next-door neighbor Theron McCall was in the grading business,” Meany explained. “He and I had talked about the possibility of me joining the business as a partner. After I opted for early retirement, we finalized our partnership and on Theron’s suggestion we expanded the business to include paving. The logic was that the grading business was saturated in our part of the state, but there were very few paving contractors.” The partnership began in May 2006. Shortly after, it took a different direction. “In December of 2006 Theron came to me and said, ‘John, I hate to pave,’” Meany explained. At that point, the two amicably dissolved the partnership and Meany bought out the paving side of the business. “We decided that I would take the paving part and open my own company, and he would take the grading, and we split the partnership up with no hard feelings,” Meany explained. “In fact, we actually still share an office, an office manager and a shop, but we have two separate companies.” After a couple of years of working with his original equipment, Meany knew it was time to trade, and he called Mark Glass at ACS Volvo to see what was available. “Mark said he didn’t have anything in my size,” Meany said. “They had bigger equipment for interstate work, but nothing in the 15,000 to 20,000 pound range. But he said he would look into it.” John Meany (R), owner and operator of Meany Glass found a possible paver with a Mauldin model. Asphalt and Construction LLC and the Mauldin The two took a trip to the Mauldin facility in Greenville, 1750 C paver that was the first equipment purS.C., and were impressed with the entire operation. As a chase he made when he expanded his business. result, Meany got his paver, and ACS Volvo now carries the Mauldin line of equipment. “The Mauldin folks came to my site several times and actually helped with the training process,” Meany said. “I’m going to make it work even “Paving is not just a matter of dumping a load of asphalt and taking a bull dozer or a skid steer and rolling it out. through tough times, and it’s all There’s a lot to know, and everybody’s been very helpful.” because I want to make this Meany noted that he’s always been a hands-on person. While he was in high school, he actually worked for company the best that I can.” a grading outfit for about three years before he began with the power company. During that time, he learned to John Meany weld. Meany Asphalt and Construction LLC Meany’s Peterbilt dump truck fills the Mauldin paver with “In the wintertime when it’s often too cold to pave, I did asphalt.
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