Customer success stories : Volvo Construction Equipment

High Reach Demolition Contractor Meets High demand

As Blaze Lambing lumbered his Volvo ultra-high reach excavator through downtown Ellwood City, the sight snagged a headline photo in the daily newspaper. Citizens of this Frank Capra-esque...

Baldi Stone Gravel uses Volvo Front End Loaders

Transforming a Tree Farm to a Successful Stone, Gravel Biz

How many small business owners can relate to what life was like when you were a young entrepreneur with an incredible idea? You had the business plan in place, but you needed the means to...

Controlled Collapse: Budget Demolition Brings Down Roughriders’ Stadium

Technology is giving the demolition industry an image overhaul. Cranes swinging hefty wrecking balls into concrete walls are being replaced by precision shears and grapples, artfully...

Insurance Auto Auctions uses Volvo ActiveCare Direct for better organization and higher profits

ActiveCare Direct leads to better organization and higher profits for industry leader

When a natural disaster occurs, the leading automotive insurance carriers in North America rely on Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc., (IAA) to act quickly and recover vehicles. And IAA relies on...

VISIONARY PARTNERSHIP BOOSTS QUARRY UPTIME

The aggregates industry has had a few tough years in the United States but is now recovering. One limestone quarry not only survived those hard times but thrived – by focusing on the future...

Volvo High Reach Excavator for Complicated Bridge Demolition

Contractor Uses High Reach Excavator for Complicated Bridge Demolition

Demolishing big structures comes with the job for Greg Bair, but rarely does he get a project so large in his company’s hometown.

Volvo compact wheel loader at Cherrylake, Fla.

How Cherrylake is Redefining Sustainability for the Landscape Nursery Industry

Think Florida, and instantly Disney and oranges come to mind, and rightly so, as tourism and agriculture are the state’s first and second largest industries. Financially, greenhouse and...

Volvo Wheeled Excavator Sourcewell Covington County, Alabama

Alabama County Finds Efficiency Through Sourcewell

Looking at a map you can find Covington County, Alabama, sitting atop the western end of the Florida Panhandle. Covington’s citizens get the joys of living a short drive from the beaches...

Volvo wheeled excavator is the machine of choice in Anderson County, Texas

Wheeled Excavator Becoming Machine of Choice for Texas Counties

The counties of eastern Texas take pride in being both decidedly rural and resourceful. That spirit is inherent in every resident you meet no matter if they are generations-deep or...

Wheeled excavators overtaking backhoes in Rusk County, Texas

Wheeled Excavators Overtaking Backhoes and Truck-Mounted Excavators In Many Texas Counties

When the first wheeled excavator rolled up to Precinct 2’s maintenance barn in Rusk County, Texas, one veteran operator scorned it “the Octopus,” pointing to its revolving upper carriage and...

Volvo EW180E in Santa Rosa County, Florida

Municipal Governments Find Versatility in Wheeled Excavators

City and county governments face a unique set of challenges. They are local. They are funded mostly by taxpayers. Their work can be tedious, but it is essential to the livelihood and safety...

Volvo A60H Articulated Truck at U.S. Silica north of Fort Worth,Texas

Volvo A60s Deliver More Payload and Speed for U.S. Silica at Every Turn

In June 1998, an experiment to access gas trapped over a mile deep in the Barnett Shale north of Fort Worth, Texas, using sand, water and chemicals ignited a natural gas boom that rippled...

Three generations of Volvo excavators support third generation Texas utility contractor

SYB Construction’s Volvo excavators are a familiar sight to commuters on the jammed interstates between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and the cozy side streets of the residential...

Alaska Gold Mine Hits Pay Dirt with Volvo A60s

Alaska has produced more gold than any other place in North America, including the Yukon and Klondike fields, which tend to capture more “gold rush” glory. Mining started in 1870, just a...

D'Amato Construction Refaces Dam with Volvo High Reach Excavator

Resurfacing a dam that is 450 ft. long with 100 ft. of main spillway might be a daunting task to some. But D'Amato Construction is up to the challenge.

Saving Earthmoving, Costs One Dollar at a Time

Dollar Tree, Inc., North America’s leading operator of discount variety stores, is constructing a new 1.2 million-square-foot distribution facility in Bennington Township north of Columbus,...

Chev's Trucking of Lowell, Arkansas Purchases Volvo Equipment

When Kevin Snyder entered Hugg & Hall Equipment Company in Springdale, Arkansas, he figured it was a shot in the dark. He didn’t think his small landscape and building supply company,...

Rebuilding Habitats

Ecoland Inc. is a specialist in creating natural landscapes in urban settings. They create green spaces for wildlife and beautiful landscapes within Ontario’s sprawling neighborhoods.

Lance Matheson - 14-Year-Old Business Owner, Excavator Operator Committed to Building Tomorrow

Building Tomorrow: Teen Owning his Future in Construction

Lance Matheson faces challenges common to every equipment owner/operator: winning bids, hitting deadlines and dodging weather. Adding to his headaches, are the hassles of finding a ride to...

OldCastle Lawn & Garden Northeast Adds Volvo L350H to Limestone Quarry Operation

If you have ever driven eastbound on the Massachusetts Turnpike by the Lee, Mass., exit you cannot help but miss a quarry of nearly perfect white rock. It turns out that it is a limestone...