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Independence Excavating Takes Delivery of First Cat D7E in Northeastern Ohio
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$B Independence Excavating Inc., MM Valley View, Ohio, took delivery of the first Caterpillar D7E sold in Northeast Ohio. The Caterpillar D7E track-type tractor was delivered to Independence Excavating Inc. at the Ohio Operating Engineers Local 18 Regional Training Facility in Richfield, Ohio. The location provided an opportunity for representatives from Caterpillar Inc. and Ohio CAT to gather and present the new tractor to the Independence Excavating management team. According to Independence Excavating Equipment Superintendent Terry Tomosko, the decision to pur- Ohio CAT President Ken Taylor (L) chase the new tractor came about after presents Independence Excavating the principles at Independence President Victor DiGeronimo Sr. Excavating attended a demonstration with a scale model of the new and presentation of the machine during Caterpillar D7E track-type tractor. Caterpillar’s traveling road show to introduce the tractor the previous fall. DiGeronimo who founded The tractor’s productivity and fuel effi- Independence Excavating along with (L-R): Ohio CAT’s Jan Foley and Ken Taylor join Independence Excavating’s Vic DiGeronimo Jr., Victor DiGeronimo Sr., Bob DiGeronimo, Rob DiGeronimo, Tony DiGeronimo, and Ohio ciency caught the attention of Victor’s brother Don. CAT’s Paul Liesem in front of the Independence Excavating Inc’s DiGeronimo recalled that the cur- new Caterpillar D7E track-type President Victor DiGeronimo Sr. rent business environment and their tractor. The purchase of Caterpillar equip- decision to purchase the Caterpillar ment is not new to the owners of D7E has many parallels with a decision Independence Excavating. During the they made 26 years ago. He explained then, he purchased more than 20 ceremony to present the Caterpillar that back in the 1980s, the economy machines from Caterpillar. He felt the D7E to Independence, Ohio CAT was suffering and fuel costs were sky- purchase would be good for President Ken Taylor recalled that the rocketing. Rather than back away from Independence Excavating, Ohio CAT ties between the owners of both com- purchasing equipment, DiGeronimo and Caterpillar. panies goes back several generations. decided it was the right time to invest in The site where the presentation took Taylor went on to say that presenting the future by growing his fleet. Back place, the Ohio Operating Engineers the first Caterpillar D7E trackLocal 18 Regional Training type tractor sold in the Facility, was chosen so that Northeast was a celebration of the new owners could take the people at both the Caterpillar D7E trackIndependence Excavating and type tractor for a few test Ohio CAT. runs. DiGeronimo was the Taylor added that the first to climb into the cab and Caterpillar D7E was a good put the tractor through its match for Independence paces. Excavating, “It’s all about Also on hand at the presenproductivity and hard work.� tation were Caterpillar Inc.’s DiGeronimo also spoke of Tractor Project Engineer Neil the ties between the two comRoth, and Caterpillar panies, saying that the relaRegional Industry Supervisor tionship went back to Ken Independence Excavating President Victor Jason Rhoades along with Taylor’s father and grandfa- DiGeronimo Sr. takes the Caterpillar D7E track-type Ohio CAT Technical Training The DiGeronimo family members (L-R) are Vic Jr., Victor Sr., Bob, Rob and Tony DiGeronimo. ther and his father, Sam tractor for its first test run. Supervisor Ben Courson.