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Wed September 13, 2000
Power Curber 5700-B Keeps Crews Ahead of Schedule
State specs that called for hand forming a section of 52-in. (132 cm) Jersey barrier every 300 ft. (91.5 m) threatened to slow slipform production on an interstate project. The hand-formed sections were to be used for drainage and electrical poles and components along the interstate....
Wed February 14, 2001
Power Curber 8700 Keeps Watchful Eye on Stringlines
The Power Curber 8700 pours flat surfaces up to 16 ft. (4.9 m) wide. The paver is designed for V-ditches for irrigation; monolithic curbs, gutters, and sidewalks; roller-compacted concrete dams; barrier and bridge/parapet up to almost 6 ft....
Sat December 30, 2000
Power Curbers Run Smooth as Silk for Oklahoma Contractor
An 18-year-old Power Curber 6700, belonging to Larry Chitwood of Chitwood Construction wowed his dealer, Sam Howard of Delta Equipment Service, during a recent visit. “He couldn’t believe it,” said Chitwood....
Wed December 06, 2000
Power Curbers 8700 Saves Massachusetts Contractor
Phil Capolupo of SPS in Boston, MA, was beginning to feel boxed into a corner on a highway interchange project in Woburn, MA. The company had made a decision six months before the completion date to slipform 5,000 linear ft....
Wed November 22, 2000
Crews Reduces Hand Work With Power Curber Unit
A general contractor in Pennsylvania with lots of tight radius curb work estimated that he has taken care of 85 percent of his handwork with the purchase of a Power Curber 5700-B. “Our goal was to get rid of the hand-set work,” said Kem Vaught, who handles curb crews for Kinsley Construction Co....
Wed February 16, 2000
Power Curbers Unit Works Efficiently in Small, Tight Areas
Power Curbers Inc.’s newest addition to its product line is the 5500-B slipform paver for concrete curb-and-gutter, 81-centimeter (32 in.) barrier and sidewalk up to 1.5-meter (5 ft.) wide applications....
Wed February 16, 2000
Contractor Takes Deep Breath, Heads Underwater With Power Curber Unit
Randy Pentoney of East Coast Builders, Seaford, DE, faced a great challenge when general contractor J. M. Bryan & Sons, St. Michael’s, MD, approached him. The challenge was to take a slipform machine down a 3.7-meter (12 ft.) incline and pour a 1.2-meter (4 ft.) wide V-ditch with a mold offset of 46 centimeters (18 in.)....
Wed February 16, 2000
Power Curbers’ Network Control System Thinks on the Fly
Power Curbers’ Network Control System makes its 5700-B curb machine even easier to operate, particularly when changing the curb-and-gutter cross-slope on the fly. Manual functions are now automatic, and the machine operator can react quickly....
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