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Veterans Memorial Bridge Proposal Exceeds Expectations SHARP from page 1

construction work. sheeting and wick drain installation Challenge number one involved for support and drainage of the prethe request for proposal (RFP) itself made it a priority to replace the Veterans load fill for the South Portland at MaineDOT. Memorial Bridge in an affordable way. approach work,” said Cavanaugh. “The RFP allowed confidential The new bridge is being built in the vicin“Bridge substructure work: coffersubmissions and approvals for alterity of the existing bridge on the former U.S. dams, piles, seals, pile caps and piers nate technical concepts [ATC’s] of 1 so as to keep disruption to traffic to a min- will follow after the preload work. each proposer. Difficulties with the imum. The design includes a bicycle/pedes- The new bridge will be open to trafRFP bridge alignment necessitated trian pathway as well as green spaces. In fic in the summer of 2012 allowing closing the existing bridge for multiaddition, the idea of the bridge as a way to removal of the existing bridge.” ple months on the Portland end, honor veterans will predominate with the Crews are mobilized on-site and removing and replacing the existing placement of five memorial gathering areas: installation of the work trestle is bridge in the same footprint over the one for each branch of the military. nearing completion. Permits for the Installing temporary sheet pile retaining wall at South active PANAM rail. This would be Construction began in June 2010, with new bridge alignment are in hand. Portland abutment for temporary embankment sur- extremely disruptive and costly,” completion of the new bridge slated for the The South Portland preload design charge. said Cavanaugh. summer of 2012, according to MaineDOT, proceeds, pending FAA approval for “The Reed Design Build Team submitted an ATC for an alternate with demolition of the old bridge to be com- penetration of the wick drain mast Hundreds Working pleted by December 2012. During construc- into the 50:1 airport glide slope. Design with According to Cavanaugh, “The feedback bridge alignment which has the new bridge tion, the existing Veterans Memorial Bridge the new bridge substructure is commencing from MaineDOT is that our proposal intersecting the Fore River parkway west of the existing PANAM rail bridge avoiding the remains open to traffic. with installation of the cofferdam for the first exceeded their expectations.” existing intersection and eliminating 400 pier planned for late July. Hundreds of people have been involved in feet of new bridge structure,” he added. “The Casting Begins in July MaineDOT, cities of Portland, South Reed & Reed’s success on the Veterans According to Cavanaugh, design is ongo- Portland and the Design Build team have Memorial Bridge project. For the proposal MaineDOT approved the ATC bridge aligning, with superstructure segment casting formulated a small working group through submission, there were more than 40 people ment, which has now been permitted and is nearing design completion and has minimal starting in July 2010 with the erection start the Context Sensitive Solution process to as part of the Design Build team, including traffic impacts during construction.” scheduled for April 2011. finalize public input and complete design of subcontractors and vendors. Another challenge involved the Design “The site is mobilized and work platforms the architectural elements of the project. 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‘Stories in Stone’Captures Building Tradition

Rhode Island Documentary Highlights 400 Years of Stone Wall Building by Narragansett Tribal Masons “We were a wood and stone people. The tools, utensils and weapons were made from stone. The stone was extremely important.” Narragansett Tribal Genealogist

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They wind around South County, R. I., like exposed roots made of minerals, their colors of the earth, their form as old as time itself. They tell a story. They are a story — the stone walls of this state — built by master craftsmen of the Narragansett tribe, and without high-powered tools, cranes or the like. Filmmaker Marc Levitt, himself a storyteller in many shows, saw the history of a people in their story, as well as art, craft and tradition. He discovered legend. He discovered friendship. He met an Elder who changed his life. Levitt, now 59, a New York City native and Cornell graduate, has been living, on and off, in Wakefield, R.I., for some 32 years. “Stories in Stone,” which chronicles the artistry of two prominent Narragansett mason families, is Levitt’s first documentary film, co-produced and directed with Lilach Dekel of Transformation Films. The film, with original music, pastoral images and no central narrator, introduces us to tribal stonemasons who, over the last 400 years, have constructed the many stone walls which picturesquely serpentine through the woods of southern New England. “Sometimes, for the visionary people there will be a small vision that comes and goes. And, it makes you wonder.” — Ella Sekatau, “Stories in Stone”

Interspersing footage that elegantly captures the beauty of the walls with interviews with tribal Elders and members of two prominent Narragansett mason families, Dekel and Levitt weave a story that is at once poetic and inspirational. According to productionnotes, “Stories in Stones” speaks to place, heritage and family and a tale that demonstrates how a craft, utilized initially at the point of European contact, has served “as a strategy for resiliency and resistance.” It is the first film that looks at the Narragansett wall-building tradition from multiple perspectives, including tribal affirmation. While some would see wall building as the haphazard placement of rocks, “Stories in Stone” demonstrates that the wall’s beauty is the result of a finely honed and everevolving sculptural aesthetic. While some see the walls as “the only option” for the Narragansett, “Stories” makes clear, that more often than not, becoming a mason is a choice that allows freedom of movement, freedom from “inside” work, freedom from working for others and the freedom to join a long and illustrious line of

Many of the masons grew up surrounded by these walls and their artistry and craftsmanship has soaked into their souls since childhood.

ancestors; and that wall building remains a means to assert and perpetuate Tribal identity. “I never felt a stone that was cold. And I never have. On the coldest day, I never felt a stone that was cold.” — Lloyd Wilcox, medicine man, “Stories in Stone” Levitt came to filmmaking from telling stories in a different way. “ ‘Stories in Stone’ was my first and only film,” said Levitt. “When at Cornell University in the 1960s, I was not sure what I wanted to be. After graduation in 1971, I went to The craft dates back more than 400 years and many of the same families who worked as masons hundreds of years ago continue to do so today. Stone wall building eventually became not only a way for Narragansett men to avoid millwork, but also a vehicle for the preservation of Native heritage.

Seattle and San Francisco, where I got a job as a nursery school teacher. Eventually moving to Rhode Island, I co-created and performed in an old-time ‘faux’ medicine show with music, magic and comedy. Later, I discovered storytelling and eventually hosted a radio variety show.” Ever since moving to Rhode Island in 1977, Levitt said he was fascinated with the beauty of its stone walls. see STORIES page 16

Russell Spears was the patriarch of the stone wall tradition. According to filmaker Marc Levitt, he was “a unique man who combined reverence for nature with a great mischievous appreciation for the sensual.”

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MassDOT Considering More In-House Road Plowing By Glen Johnson

AP POLITICAL WRITER

BOSTON (AP) Transportation officials are examining how much money Massachusetts might save if they had state employees assume more highway snowremoval duties from the current patchwork of private contractors. Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Mullan said June 21 the $57.5 million the state is preparing to spend this coming winter is ripe for scrutiny because it’s one of his bigger budget line items. And that figure is below historical averages: Massachusetts spent $66 million for plowing last winter and has spent an average of $76 million annually during the past five years. In most cases, the state underbudgets the account each summer and then adds money as it monitors how the winter is progressing. This year, the state will try to manage to the figure. Mullan noted the former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority used its own employees to plow the Pike. But the Highway Department often relies on landscapers,

contractors or other private employees to plow other major roadways. Many of those seasonal workers use the government income to help get their companies through their winter lull. Mullan said bringing more of the work in-house would require buying new equipment. But he said it may take better advantage of money the state is already spending on its employee payroll. “We’d like to in-source as much as we can,” Mullan told the Massachusetts Department of Transportation board members during a budgeting meeting for the fiscal year starting July 1. Highway Commissioner Luisa Paiewonsky said state employees do the bulk of the plowing in New Hampshire and Maine. She told the board “the general consensus” is it is cheaper to do so. Mullan said he sympathized with those who may rely on the state contracts, but “I think first and foremost, we have to look at cost reductions in transportation, and that’s one of the primary reasons for transportation reform in the first place.” The budget discussion came a year after

Gov. Deval Patrick signed a new law integrating once-disparate state transportation services. Some 4,000 employees from five major transportation agencies were united in one organization, highlighted by the merger of the Turnpike Authority with the broader state transportation system. The state created four new transportation divisions under the single agency and board: Highway, Rail and Transit, Aeronautics and Registry of Motor Vehicles. Overall, the department is budgeting $698 million for its services, a 2.5 percent decline from last year attributed to lower bond costs. That includes $322 million for the Highway Division, $59 million for the Registry Division, $44 million for the Transit Division and $470,000 for the Aeronautics Division. The Highway allocation includes an unspecified sum to “improve customer service by providing mandatory training in ‘courteous service’ for all staff direct communications with the public.” Mullan said after the meeting: “When

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The Vermont Department of Transportation received bids for transportation-related improvement projects. Following is a list of some of the projects let. County: Franklin Town: Berkshire. Project Name: Berkshire BHF 0283 (9)S. Contract ID: 98C304. Location: Beginning at point on Vt. 118, 0.019 mi. east of Vt. 105 and Vt. 118 intersection and extending easterly over Mississquoi River 0.076 mi. Project: Installing traffic control, reconstruction approaches, replacing concrete deck and sidewalk, painting bridge, removing traffic control and miscellaneous items. Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• S.D. Ireland Concrete Construction Corp. — $1,670,034. • A.L. St. Onge Contractor Inc. — $1,839,999. • Blow & Cote Inc. — $1,920,790. • Beck & Bellucci Inc. — $2,102,421. • Winterset Inc. — $2,181,746. • J.P. Sicard Inc. — $2,206,866. • Austin Construction Inc. — $2,312,647. • Parent Construction Inc. — $2,895,626.

County: Bennington Town: Readsboro. Project Name: Readsboro BRO 1441 (25). Contract ID: 94J070. Location: Beginning at a point on TH 3 approximately 0.08 mi. west of the intersection of TH 3 and Vt. Route 100 and proceeding easterly along TH 3 for 0.06 mi. Project: Replacement of existing structure with new structure including all necessary approach roadway and channel work. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Cold River Bridges LLC — $1,089,176. • Renaud Brothers Inc. — $1,139,194. • J.P. Sicard Inc. — $1,301,989. • Miller Construction Inc. — $1,326,909.

County: Washington Towns: Worcester, Elmore. Project Name: Worcestr-Elmore ACSTP 2209 (1) S. Contract ID: 99C170. Location: Beginning in town of Worcester at MM 3.946 and extending northerly along Vt. Route 12 for a distance of 7.427 mi. to an ending point in town of Elmore at MM 3.520. Project: Cold planing and reclaiming sections, resurfacing with a leveling course and/or base course and wearing course, pavement markings, guardrail

improvements, drainage improvements and miscellaneous items. Contractors and Bid Amounts:

• Frank W. Whitcomb Construction Corp. — $4,888,898. • Pike Industries Inc. — $5,157,480. • Kubricky Construction Corp. — $5,697,920.

County: Windham Towns: Brattleboro, Dummerston, Putney. Project Name: Brattlebor-Ptny AC STP 2310 (1). Contract ID: 01C032. Location: Beginning on U.S. Route 5 at MM 2.992 and extending northerly a distance of 8.591 mi. to MM 0.815. Beginning on Putney State Highway at MM 0.000 and extending northerly a distance of 0.289 mi. to MM 0.289 at the intersection of U.S. Route 5. Beginning on Putney State Highway approach at MM 0.000 and extending northerly a distance of 385 ft. to MM 0.073. Project: Cold planing and resurfacing of existing highway with a binder (or leveling) course, wearing course, new pavement markings, sidewalk, guardrail, signs and incidental items. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Pike Industries Inc. — $4,229,910.

• The Lane Construction Corp. — $4,374,939. • Kubricky Construction Corp. — $4,456,481. • All States Asphalt Inc. — $5,211,624.

County: Windsor Town: Bridgewater. Project Name: Bridgewater BRS 0149 (4). Contract ID: 86E062. Location: Beginning at a point on Vt. Route 100A approximately 650 ft. south of intersection of Vt. Route 100A and U.S. Route 4 and extending northerly along Vt. Route 100A for approximately 250 ft. Project: Rehabilitation of existing steel truss bridge, necessary roadway, channel and guardrail approach work and removal of existing temporary bridge, detour pavement and regrading area. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Miller Construction Inc. — $2,403,586. • A.L. St. Onge Contractor Inc. — $2,564,017. • CCS Constructors LLC — $2,753,000. • Austin Construction Inc. — $2,861,843. • Winterset Inc. — $2,912,326. • Cold River Bridges LLC — $3,054,703. • T. Buck Construction Inc. — $3,299,999. • Blow & Cote Inc. — $3,675,235.

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New Film Details Tradition of Narragansett Tribal Masons STORIES from page 6

Francisco Native American deer, played guitar and sang Film Festival. Other festivals, love ballads, was part of a “I even wrote a story about one, including the New York stone-working tradition pracand envisioned its maker as an old Native Film Festival, haven’t ticed by the Narragansetts man with long white hair and a included the film and I believe since the 1600s. He…wore long white beard. Then, I met it is because there is a perspeccowboy hats and gave his Russell Spears, who at the time tive that the only ‘true’ daughters beautiful names: looked exactly as I pictured the American Indians are those Starr and Sky and Autumn wall maker,” said Levitt. “In 2000, from the Western part of the Leaf. He taught his sons how I did an oral history/photographic U.S.,” added Levitt. “I think to shape and carve rock,” project with Mathias Oppersdorf, a that even within the native wrote Davis of Spears. well-regarded local photographer, community, there is the belief As a youth, Spears worked about stone wall makers of South that because there was so at the Kenyon Piece Dye County, Rhode Island. much ‘mixing’ and because Works mill, but hated it. One “It was while conducting these much of the land originally day, he left, used his hands interviews that I first discovoutdoors, and “never Filmmaker Marc Levitt, himself a story- inhabited by Eastern Tribes ered and got interested in the looked back.” teller in many shows, saw the history of have been occupied, there is Narragansett heritage of Levitt’s film pivots a people in their story, as well as art, no way that Indian ways and stone wall making. I became around Spears, who craft and tradition, and that is what he beliefs could have been perfascinated with the fact that worked with uncles sought to capture in his film “Stories in petuated. In my opinion, our the craft dated back over 400 film proves this to be false in and relatives, all Stone.” years, that many of the same unexpected ways.” masons, quickly families who worked as In this instantly disposable learning his craft. masons hundreds of years Spears, over 70 years, built the U.S. government and the State world, Levitt said he never worries ago continue to do so, and around homes and build- of Rhode Island has been sani- when he sees a Narragansett wall that stone wall building being built. ings in Rhode Island, tized,” added Levitt. What sets their meticulous work eventually became a way for “I do, however, worry, when I Connecticut and Cape Cod. Narragansett men to avoid The finished 26-minute apart, said Levitt, is their four cen- see a new McDonald’s being conmillwork and how it served documentary had pre- turies of doing it. “There are cer- structed. These walls are built from as a vehicle for the preservamiered on Rhode Island tainly other non-Native masons material that comes from the earth tion of Native heritage.” public television almost who do wonderful work in our and share veneration for the Levitt added that he exactly a year before region. I think that the uniqueness inherent in art and Narragansett’s long history with craft,” said Levitt. “A hastily conwanted people to be able to Spears’ death. “slow down,” when they Filmed in both video and wall building has given them a structed subdivision, mall or fast watched the delicately paced film, it captured both the ‘leg-up’, however, in that there is food restaurant has no relationship movie and to notice the commitment of the masons both a connection to, and venera- to its environment, no respect for beauty of the walls. and the beauty of the parti- tion for, the past as well as just as beauty and its effect on those who “I also wanted my auditions, through advance importantly, a commitment to not lay their eyes upon or inhabit the ence to understand that the artistic expression informed get stuck there,” he said. “Many of building and have a regard only for Narragansetts were deeply by Native American the builders talk about the ‘leg- short-term financial return. This is ends’ or ‘high names’ of the past, not only apparent from the truths integrated into the creation iconography. of the walls, their history and It further shed light on realizing that they have big shoes of economics, but from what is visartistry, and that the building the lesser-known world of to fill and an opportunity to build ible and felt.” of walls was part of a family- “Stories in Stone” is the first film that looks East Coast Native on this foundation to create their based apprenticeship sys- at the Narragansett wall-building tradition Americans, whose internal own ‘legend.’ Additionally, many “It’s a sad loss. He had the tem. Additionally, I was from multiple perspectives, including tribal diversity was often used of the masons grew up surrounded biggest smile and the warmest interested in how a task often affirmation. against them in their by these walls and their artistry and heart, and he was a phenomenal forced on the Narragansett attempts to establish craftsmanship has soaked into their artist. I tell people that if they have souls since childhood.” was appropriated by them to a Spears fireplace, they can add “Tribal Identity.” suit their needs.” another $20,000 to the value of tion for the sensual. He was one of “There wasn’t one person in the “I build because I love it. Some their home. His work is just that the wisest and kindest men I’d ever film whom I wasn’t impressed “Many craftsmen in the tribe met and I feel his loss greatly,” said with as a human being,” said will do stone work, but they are just special.” — Paulla Dove developed a close, wonderful affin- Levitt. Levitt. “All had a dedication to doing it to get paid. Get up to the Jennings, who once lived with the ity with the stone. They could read Spears, who fathered 12 chil- craft and a personal dignity that I top and get the money and then, Spears family, in Paul Davis’ the stone, so to speak. Anything dren, died at age 92 in 2009. hope comes out in the film. Each gone. I don’t do (it) that way. I’m Providence Journal obituary of that was within the environment In a stirring obituary written in person we interviewed demon- doing it to satisfy me. Not the Russell G. Spears Sr. that had presence, had spirit.” the Providence Journal last year, strated a deep appreciation for the money. When I get through, I want Anyone interested in purchas– Lloyd Wilcox, medicine man, journalist Paul Davis described craft and a veneration of nature and to be proud. I want to look at it and ing Marc Levitt and Lilach Dekel’s say, ‘You did a good job, Russ!’” “Stories in Stone” should go to “Stories in Stone” him this way, “Russell G. Spears Tribal history. During the shoot, Levitt devel- Sr., the Narragansett Indian who “ I know that there is still a — Russell G. Spears Sr., “Stories www.marclevitt.org oped a great friendship with Craig built stone walls, patios and fire- residue of racism towards them in Stone” (This story also can be found “People seem to love this film, on Construction Equipment and Russell Spears, the elder of places across New England, died and that their role in the history of whom was approaching his 90s, Monday in South County Hospital, Southern New England’s history including, most importantly, the Guide’s Web site at www.conwhen filming began on the project Wakefield. has been ignored and/or marginal- Narragansett themselves. We were structionequipmentguide.com.) in 2002. “The tribal elder, who hunted ized and the role, played by both accepted into the 2007 San CEG “I got to know and respect all of those masons and elders in the film,” added Levitt. “Access to the Narragansetts was quite simple. I had long-term personal relationships with Dr. Ella Sekatau and John Brown, and their support for the project made access to others in the Tribe easy.” Russell G. Spears Sr. was the patriarch of the stonewall tradition who impressed Levitt most. “He was a unique man who combined reverence for nature with a great mischievous apprecia-

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County: Hillsborough Project: Hillsborough X-A001(068), 15994. Scope of Work: Roadway rehabilitation. Location: N.H. 9/U.S. 302. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Continental Paving Inc., Londonderry, N.H. — $1,609,220. • Pike Industries Inc., Belmont, N.H. — $1,678,918. • Brox Industries Inc., Dracut, Mass. — $1,736,259. Scheduled Completion Date: June 24, 2011. County: Grafton Project: Littleton-Bethlehem X-A000(939), 15744. Scope of Work: Roadway rehabilitation. Location: N.H. Route 116 in Littleton east of Sampson Road and east of West Forest Lake Road in Bethlehem. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Pike Industries Inc., Belmont, N.H. — $1,417,032. Scheduled Completion Date: Oct. 1, 2010. County: Grafton Project: Lyme 15289B. Scope of Work: Roadway rehabilitation. Location: North Thetford Road in town of Lyme. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Pike Industries Inc., Belmont, N.H. — $414,810. • Busby Construction Co. Inc., Atkinson, N.H. — $449,190. Scheduled Completion Date: Oct. 1, 2010. Counties: Hillsborough, Merrimack Project: Manchester-Hooksett A000(461), 14604. Scope of Work: Road and bridge rehabilitation. Location: Merrimack River bridges and N.H. 3A along Interstate 93. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • E.D. Swett Inc., Concord, N.H. — $11,980,055. • SPS New England Inc., Salisbury, Mass. — $11,986,172. • R.S. Audley Inc., Bow, N.H. — $12,455,697. • Beck & Bellucci Inc., Franklin, N.H. — $13,107,060. • S&R Corp., Lowell, Mass. — $14,218,970. • R.M. Piper Inc., Plymouth, N.H. — $14,326,610. • MIG Corp. Inc., Acton, Mass. — $15,357,308. Scheduled Completion Date: June 21, 2013. Counties: Rockingham, Strafford Project: Newington-Dover A000(999), 11238L. Scope of Work: Bridge construction. Location: Spaulding Turnpike over Little Bay. Contractors and Bid Amounts: • Cianbro Corp., Pittsfield, Maine — $50,311,876. • The Middlesex Corp., Littleton, Mass. — $50,717,647. Scheduled Completion Date: Nov. 15, 2013.

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CONSTRUCTION AUCTION QUINNIPIAC COMMISSION AUCTION MANAGED BY DAVIS AUCTIONS, INC. SATURDAY, July 31, 2010 9:00 A.M. LOCATION: DAVIS AUCTIONS, INC. 210 CHESHIRE ROAD, RT. 68, PROSPECT, CT THINK SUNSHINE!!!

Quinnipiac Commission Auction will be conducting our next auction of utility and construction equipment and related supplies on July 31, 2010. This auction will consist of equipment from utility companies; municipalities; contractors; and others. All equipment from crushing operation, utility companies, and municipalities are sold in absolute.

Early Consignments: Contractor Selling Out Complete Crushing Operation: DRESSER 555 5 1/2 yd. Wheel Loader, s/n 3663, shows 1500 hrs; DRESSER 555 5 1/2 yd. Wheel Loader, s/n 3567, shows 1700 hrs; DRESSER 550 5 1/2 yd. Wheel Loader, s/n 2235, shows 3250 hrs; MDI/YUTANI 180LC Hyd. Excavator, s/n 371, shows 3500 hrs; MDI/YUTANI MD320BLC Hyd. Excavator, s/n 371, shows 6400 hrs; AKERMAN H16D Hyd. Excavator, aux. hyd., s/n 8063, shows 9600 hrs; STANLEY MB4900 Hyd. Hammer adapted for H16 Excavator; INGERSOLL RAND SP48 Vibratory Roller, s/n 6210S, shows 620 hrs; KOMATSU D39EX21A Crawler Dozer, EROPS, A/C, 6 way blade, s/n 1543, shows 824 hrs; INTERNATIONAL/DRESSER TD8E Crawler Dozer, OROPS, 6 way blade; INTERNATIONAL/DRESSER TD20 Crawler Dozer, hyd. tilt, excellent undercarriage; INTERNATIONAL/ DRESSER 125E Crawler Loader, OROPS, 4 in 1 bucket; KOMATSU WB150 Wheel Loader Backhoe, EROPS, extend-a-hoe, 4x4, s/n A60124, under 800 hrs; VOLVO BM20 3 axle Articulating Rock Truck, s/n A20Z1237; EUCLID R22 Rock Truck, s/n 5045; EUCLID R22 Rock Truck; INGERSOLL RAND 1100CFM Compressor; INGERSOLL RAND ECM350 Air Track Drill; POWER SCREEN 2 Deck Portable Screening Plant w/side conveyor, diesel; BROWN LENEX 52” Cone Crusher, electric, on 2 axle trailer; BROWN LENEX 36”x42” Jaw Crusher w/42”x16’ feeder deck, Cat 3306 power, on 3 axle trailer; WSW 3 Deck 6’x16’ Screening Plant, electric, on single axle trailer; POWER SCREEN Portable 30”x70’ Radial Stacking Conveyor; 24”x65’ Portable Radial Stacking Conveyor; 24”x65’ Portable Radial Stacking Conveyor; 42”x60’ Stationary Conveyor; 30”x60’ Stationary Conveyor; 36”x50’ Stationary Conveyor; Several Other Misc. Small Conveyors, some w/shaker screens; CAT 3412 Generator, skid mounted, 1200KW 265/460V.3Ø4W, s/n 620-9007R, shows very low hrs; Commercial Concrete Forms- over 500 pieces; 100 ton 2FT6011 Truck Scale, (3) 10’x20’ sections; Tree Spade for 3 yd. loader; Staging; Grubber Blade for dozer and much much more. The above crushing operation has very low hours and has been sitting idle for the past few years. You name it, it looks like it’s coming!! More arriving daily. This is our early tentative list. Call for updated list towards the end of July. We accept consignments up thru WEDNESDAY prior to sale. We never know what will be consigned at the last minute – so come to our inspection and find out! INSPECTION: FRIDAY, July 30, 2010

This is when/where you find out what is really here!!!

9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

TERMS: CASH OR GOOD CHECKS WITH IDENTIFICATION. ABSENTEE BIDS ACCEPTED.

Website list frequently updated. If you don’t see what you want here, visit website for updates. Call for more information: DAVIS AUCTIONS, INC. (203) 758-4087 or 1-800-201-4368 www.davisauctionsinc.com

Auctioneer: Reginald Lussier Lyndonville, VT 05851 NH License# 2413

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