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EDITORIAL

A FAIR QUESTION, AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT

We get asked at times why we have so many pages dedicated to
Equipment Echoes
© Copyright 2020, all rights reserved, is published advertising and fundraising. Fair enough question. To be direct, it’s
four times a year by the Historical Construction about money.
Equipment Association We sell advertising space primarily to help fund the magazine,
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which helps keep your dues down. The ads also provide our mem-
Thomas Berry, Editor bers with awareness of the advertised services, and ads are traded
Keith Haddock, Contributing Editor
with other organizations for the sake of mutual promotion.
No part of this magazine may be reproduced or used As for the fundraising: Dues, merchandise sales and the occasional donation for operat-
in any form without written permission from the editor. ing expenses keep the lights on and the doors open. But it takes much more than that to
The HCEA is a a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
founded in 1986 and is “dedicated to preserving for build a museum.
public education the history of all types of construc- There was a time many years ago when Equipment Echoes was dedicated entirely to
tion, surface mining, and dredging equipment.” It has articles and such about equipment history. It ran four to eight pages of unimpressive plain
Regional Chapters in the United States, and new ones
are encouraged. An International Convention is held in paper back then, and a museum was only a dream. The HCEA has grown substantially
various U.S. locations each year. Membership is open since then in the scope of its work, including the much more appealing and larger slick
to anyone interested in the history of equipment paper magazine you are now reading, and the establishment of the National Construction
from the construction, surface mining and dredging Equipment Museum. The Museum’s collections have grown to the point — over 150 ma-
industries, and includes a one year subscription to
Equipment Echoes. General membership is $35.00 per chines — that expansion is necessary.
year (U.S. funds) for the United States and Canada. Without this expansion, we fail in our TABLE OF CONTENTS
All other countries $55.00 per year (U.S. funds). mission to properly preserve and present the
Endowing Life Membership is $1000.00. The Return of the D-2: A Look at Caterpillar’s
equipment. Without funding, there will be no Revised Model Nomenclature 9
General correspondence, membership applications by Thomas Berry
and renewals, Equipment Echoes back issues, adver- expansion. As nice as it would be to do so, we Excavating for Profit: the Sauerman Slackline
tisements, and merchandise orders to: cannot rely solely on grants or major donors Cableway Excavators 12
Historical Construction Equipment Association for funds. We could eliminate the appeals for by Thomas Berry
16623 Liberty Hi Rd., donations from the magazine as some have History at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 20
Bowling Green, OH 43402 USA wanted, but then the only way to appeal to by National Director Keith Haddock
ph: (419) 352-5616 • fx: (419) 352-6086 our members would be through direct mail,
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which would add to our operating costs.
Articles For Publication:
(Why not use only social media? Because a Remembering Mark Strauss and Kevin Maguire
Thomas Berry, Editor large portion of our members don’t use it.) by Don Frantz and Bruce Crawford 25
16623 Liberty Hi Rd., So that’s why we run ads and appeals for
Bowling Green, OH 43402 USA
ph: (419) 352-5616 • tberry@hcea.net donations. The ads we will always have, DEPARTMENTS
HCEA Board of Directors 2020: but there’s one way to help the appeals go Editorial 1
by Thomas Berry
Officers: away — donate so that the project is fully
President: Bill Annechini funded, as we will not proceed with con- President’s Letter 2
by Bill Annechini
First Vice President: Don “Earl” Fitzgerald struction otherwise. Thanks so much for
Second Vice President: Chuck Sword doing so as you can, and for your patience Larry’s Safety Clinic 2
Third Vice President: Vacant HCEA News 3
Treasurer: Bill Annechini and understanding.
Secretary: Doris Hansen With all that said, I want to introduce Chapter Directory 4
National Directors: you to a new regular feature starting in New Member List 4
Chairman: Mike Androvich Ron Miller this issue: EE On Site. Response to past Archives News 5
Roger Amato L. W. Parker
Benjamin Corey Sam Robey photo stories about major construction Archive Donations 5
Don Frantz Jim Schaus projects has been quite positive, so each Life Members List 5
Dave Geis Dean Wack issue will have a one- or two-page photo National Contruction Equipment Museum News 6
Keith Haddock Jim Wiesner spread on the theme of a project, mine or
Joe Kotkowski Media Partners 6
Larry Kotkowski other locality. Enjoy! Building Fundraiser 7
Past Presidents: Also, to make the magazine more pre- Patrons of the HCEA 8
Dimitrie Toth Jr. Ron Miller sentable when it is opened to show a pro-
Edward C. Martin Dave Geis spective member the articles and photos, DVD Review 24
Otto Templin Dean Wack HCEA Catalog 27
Harry Young II Bruce Crawford the catalog has been moved to the back, Corporate Members 35
Benjamin Corey Larry Kotkowski ahead of the Classifieds.
Roger Nettz Charles Capone Sr. Thomas Berry, Editor Classifieds 35
William Rudicill Mike Androvich
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