Conexpo-con/Agg another big success!

摘要

The HCEA participated in ConExpo-Con/Agg 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada, during March. 235 members joined the HCEA at its booth, and numerous excellent contacts were made with industry executives. The HCEA also assisted the Associated Equipment Manufacturers with exhibits of memorabilia and restored antique machines. Several HCEA members joined manufacturers in exhibiting restored machinery at the show. Gary Tetz brought his circa 1910 Good Roads crusher and screening outfit all the way from New York, as he did in 2002. Truman Price of Center, Colorado, showed a 1925 Case 12-20 Cross-Engine wheel tractor restored by Ken Kroschel; Ed Akin of Placerville, California, brought his 1944 Lima 34 Paymaster shovel; and Doug Veerkamp, also from Placerville, showed a 1936 Cat No. 11 Auto Patrol, 1946 Cat D2 cable Traxcavator and a 1929 Cat Sixty crawler tractor with 1934 diesel conversion. In addition, several manufacturers, including Allentown Equipment, Volvo, Miskin Scraper, Power Curber, Gorman-Rupp and Ingersoll-Rand also showed antique machines from their own collections. Many exhibitors were more than generous in their response to archivist Thomas Berry's requests for donations to the Archives collections and to his inquiries about the status of historic records. It was gratifying to discover that many companies are taking action to preserve their heritages.