Iowa LICA

1310 8th Ave. N.E.

Independence, Iowa 50644

319-334-9884

Cell: 319-240-2420

ialica@indytel.com

www.ialica.com

Iowa LICA News September 2015

Contents: Page 2 Year of the Pond

Page 6 Attention CDL Drivers

Page 7 DOT Training Class

Page 8 Hawkeye Trailer

Page 10 Expo Visitors

Page 11 Upcoming Meetings

Page 11 Barnhart with Hertz

Page 12 Financial Contributors

Page 13 Condolences

Page 14 DOT Presentation

1st Insurance Agency

A & E Construction Supply

Advanced Drainage Systems

Agri Drain Corp.

Altorfer, Inc.

Brown Bear Corporation

Brown’s Heavy Equipment, Inc.

Bryan Heavy Equipment

Burchland Mfg., Inc.

Contech Engineered Solutions

FRATCO

Heartland Construction Equip-

ment

Hickenbottom, Inc.

Hilpipre Auction Co.

Hotsy Equipment Co.

Ideal Industries, Inc.

Iowa Depart. of Soil Conservation

Iowa Department of Transporta-

tion

Iowa Pipeline Association

In Field Technology, L.L.C.

Kahn Tile Supply, L.L.C.

Kevin Holl Farms

Laser Precision

LDJ Manufacturing, Inc.

Martin Equipment Co.

Mid America Trenchers

Mid-Tech Services

Midwest Plastic Products, Corp.

Midwest Trailers Plus, Inc.

Mobil Track Solutions

Moyson Resources

MPE Equipment Services

Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co.

Northern Iowa Construction Products

Northland Trenching Equipment

PetroChoice/Lorenz

Port Industries

Precision Intakes, Ltd.

Prinsco, Inc.

Prins Insurance, Inc.

Purple Wave

Quinn Equipment, Inc.

Rexco Equipment Co.

Riverland Expression

Road Machinery & Supplies Co.

RTL Equipment, Inc.

RWF Bron

Springfield Plastics, Inc.

Star Equipment, LTD

Timewell Tile

Titan Machinery

United Fire Group

Westside Implement, Inc.

Ziegler Cat

Thank you to all the Iowa LICA Associate members

who helped make the Midwest Construction Expo a

great success even though “Mother Nature” did her

best to put a stop to the show.

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Year of the Pond

Construction of the Iowa LICA pond started on July 13, 2015. Contractors working on

this project were: Gene Blazek, Doug Egeland, Mark Erpelding, and Dan Vorwald.

Each of these contractors hauled in their own machines and brought along some of their

men to install the pipe and core trench for the pond. They started around 10 AM on

Monday, July 13 and completed the majority of the pipe installation and core trench by

8 PM on Wednesday, July 15.

Equipment included: haul trucks, excavators,

dozers, backhoes, compactors, and shovels.

The work began with stripping the topsoil off

the sight and the borrow area.

Once the core trench reached the flow line of

the pipes, the pipes were installed.

The haul trucks were loaded with clay which

was then placed on the core trench.

Two pipes were installed. A 72” and a 24”.

The 24” was installed in the control structure.

The 72” pipe is the overflow pipe. The pipes

were backfilled with sand.

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The sand was then compacted and after reach-

ing a certain level, clay soil was added.

The excavator is carefully adding clay to cover

the pipes in the core trench.

The men are working to make sure pipe is

compacted properly before clay is added.

Make no mistake, this is a “big one”. Our

pond has a 1000 acre watershed.

We knew the pond wouldn’t be completed this year so we installed

a pipe through the dam so the water from the creek could continue

to flow. Below a 24” plastic tube was installed. The pipe was cov-

ered and the water was allowed to flow through the dam. This pipe

will be removed when the pond excavation is completed during the

next field days.

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With the core trench and pipes installed, the 2015 Midwest Construction Expo and Field Day can begin. Our associate members came through again. Dozers, excavators, backhoes, scrapers, haul trucks, tiling machines, backfillers, 25 booth displays, and other demonstrations were brought to the field day. Weather played a big role on this field day. With over 5 inches of rain coming the day before the event was to take place, it made for a lot of changes. As your executive director, I had spent several hours planning this event and making sure I had associates located in areas so they could best display their ma-chines and supplies. The weather threw all that plan-ning out the window. We were now doing what we could to get things done.

I can’t thank all the LICA volunteers enough for pulling this event off. I know I will miss some of those who helped. Tim Rasmussen and Tim Recker were out front making decisions on how to get machinery dis-played and off the trucks. They pretty much took over getting things where they could. Russ Peters was in charge of machinery unloading and getting them where they belonged. He worked with Merle Gronewold putting up fence and signs. When the show was over, Merle took down all the fences, took care of the trash, and got all trash cans back to the building. Doug Egeland helped with all the construction. and after he saw the mess I had at the last field day with all the plowed in trenches, he brought his tractor with ditch filler to get everything straighten out after the field day.

Mark Erpelding was in charge of the pond project. That is not easy. We have all kinds of contractors coming to field days. Some come just to run a machine and see what it can do and others come to help get a project done.

Victor Gingerich brought the whole Gingerich team to the field day to man the tractors with the carts to move people around the farm to the various activities.

Dan and Jake Vorwald do what they do best. They get on the dozers and got the site straightened out so it can be seeded. The most welcomed contractor who showed up just at the right time was Mike Needham. Mike has always told me that if I ever needed anything - give him a call. Well, I

didn’t call him but he sure showed up at the right time. Usually we clean the machines with a fire pumper truck late Thursday afternoon. The fire truck broke down! Friday morning the only people left to clean out all the machines were Tim Rasmussen, Russ Peters, and myself. There was no way we were going to get this job done. We knew the Hawkeye students were going to show up sometime but didn’t know when. Mike Needham stopped by and started helping. Then he said he would bring his portable washer down to get the cleaning done a lot better. He got the washer going and showed Merle Gronewold where to fill it up in Melbourne.

My brother, Tim, took over the washing job. About 9 o’clock; 14 Hawkeye students came walking across the dam and offered their help. What a life saver! With the help of Hawkeye students the entire cleaning job was done by noon.

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Other LICA members who helped were: Kevin Hemeseth, Larry Vias, Glen Gronewald, Bruce Barnhart, Worthin Grattan,Tim Wahlert, Ricken Tiling, Nancy’s Blanket, and I am sure I have left out someone.

So many others helped with this year’s expo.

Bruce Mosier, Prins Insurance,

Inc., took over directing traffic.

Our State President Dave

Flewelling and Vice President,

Scott Bohle helped with in-

stalling pipes and core trench

and also took time to help dur-

ing the

As always, Mary Ann Evison took over the

registration desk with the help of Deb Tjaden

and Maretta Grattan.

Associate Members who came through with last minute donations:

Titan Machinery arranged to have the tractors brought in from the Grundy Center Farm Store. We needed

those tractors for the carts to get people moved around the farm. Also, thanks to Darren Brown for clean up help.

Alan Kruska, FRATCO, donated 160 feet of 24” pipe with one day notice so we could get the core trench fin-

ished.

Ziegler Cat donated the use of the Cat D6N equipped with Accugrade GPS to help construct the core trench

before the field day.

Northern Iowa Construction Products came through with a piece of 24” steel pipe at a moments

notice to keep the project going.

Star Equipment, LTD donated use of power tools.

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Attention CDL Drivers: Effective July 8, 2015 When you go to renew your CDL, you will have to provide the licensing station with proof of citizen-ship. If you use a U.S. birth Certificate:

Be aware it must be an original copy from the courthouse. Not a copy you make. Passport: Must be a current passport. Cannot be expired. Passports can take up to 3

months to process. You must have proof you are a resident of the state of Iowa. Also, when applying for a renewal you will not have a choice of how long your

license will be valid. The computer will determine the expiration date. There are more changes coming. If you have any questions about this feel free to contact: Linda Moyna at: 563-920-3251

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DOT Rules & Regulations Training

Date: Wednesday October 7, 2015

Time: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Location: Edgewood Locker Event Center

303 North Washington Street

Edgewood, Iowa

Cost: $125.00/person

Registration: Due by October 1, 2015

Please make checks payable and mail to:

Moyson Resources

1474 Benson Avenue

Fairbank, Iowa 50629

8:00 - 9:00 Driver Files - Key to Qualifying New Drivers (and making sure your current ones are in

compliance)

You will receive a sample packet of what your driver file should contain and what you

are required to complete within the first year and on an annual basis.

9:00 - 10:00 Hours of Service (Log books) / EOBR (Electronic on Board Recording Devices/E-Logs)

Intra-state, inter-state, excepted, non-excepted? Learn the current and proposed rules

of hours of service. Log book examples will be available.

10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 11:15 Drug and Alcohol

Mandatory requirement for all CDL drivers. Sample policies will be available. Review of

FMCSA requirements. Update on proposed changes.

11:15 - Noon CSA Compliance, Safety & Accountability / SMS Safety Measurement System

PSP Personal Screening Program

Another acronym, NO, you need to know your scores and what they mean!

Noon - 12:45 LUNCH

12:45 - 1:15 OSHA & MSHA Updates

1:15 - 2:00 How to Handle a DOT Audit

Presented by a DOT Auditor! You will receive a packet that will outline what a DOT

audit will consist of. Annual & Brake inspection forms are just a part of it.

2:00 - 3:00 Roadside Inspection - Are you prepared? Sample DVIR's (Driver vehicle inspection forms)

Presented by Vehicle Enforcement

3:00 - 4:00 Question & Answer Time

All guest speakers will be present and available to answer your questions.

If you have any questions, contact Linda Moyna at

e-mail: moyson@jtt.net

Cell phone: 563 920-3251

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Hawkeye Community College brought

their training trailer to the expo. The

climate controlled trailer holds ma-

chine simulators. Contractors spent

hours in the trailer checking out their

skills as machine operators. This

learning tool was a great addition to

the Midwest Construction Expo.

Mitchell Bohle (above) tries out the

simulator. Below—a more mature

operator, Leonard Drish checks out his

skills.

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Visitors to the Midwest Construction Expo and Field Day

Even though the weather tried to put a damper on the Expo, over 500 peo-

ple attended the two day event. Among those visitors were Nordis Es-

trem, Region IV VP, and Gerald Biuso Sr., CEO of National LICA. Pic-

tured at the left, I don’t think either of them realized the size of Iowa corn.

Below, State Representative Pat Grassley, stopped by to see the equip-

ment and other displays. He was very impressed with all the conservation

projects on the LICA farm designed to keep our water clean. Representa-

tive Grassley is the Chairman Iowa House Ag Committee.

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Iowa LICA Membership Meeting and Convention on January 10, 11, 12, 2016. Call Dan Rasmussen at 319-240-2420 if you need more details.

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Upcoming Meetings

Bruce Barnhart, past National LICA President and Chairman of the Board, met with representatives

of Hertz Farm Management at the Iowa LICA farm on August 5. The representatives of Hertz were

looking at different ways they could advise their clients on the use of permanent conservation projects

to reduce the amount of nutrients in our water. Representatives from IDALS, NRCS, and Agribusi-

ness Association of Iowa were also in attendance.

Barnhart meets with

Hertz Farm Management

at the LICA Farm

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Thank you to those who made financial contributions

to the Midwest Construction Expo and Field Day.

Midwest Trailers Plus, Inc.

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Our condolences go to the family of Merle

J. Hershberger, 66, of Jesup who died at

home on Tuesday, July 14, following an

accident. Merle was a long time member

of Iowa Land Improvement Contractors

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Iowa DOT— “What’s wrong

with this load securement” One of the many highlights at this

year’s expo was the presentation

from officers of the Iowa Depart-

ment of transportation. LICA

members Dan Vorwald and Tim

Rasmussen had a trailer loaded

with a dozer. It was up to mem-

bers to find out what was wrong

with the load and the tractor trailer.

Winners of the “What’s wrong with this load securement” contest are:

Brett Reiter – Raymond

Jake Bagley – Ackley

Each one won a $50 prize.

Linda Moyna of Moyson Resources was responsible for setting up

this presentation.

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