Ditch Witch of Ohio, Western Pa. & Western N.Y.,recently held open house events at its facilities inColumbus, Ohio and Cranberry Township, Pa.,

to introduce equipment. The all-day new equipmentrodeo featured a wide range of new equipment includ-ing new directional drills and TK trackers, new mini-skid steers, trenchers, vacuum excavators and locators.

At the Columbus event, Roger Lipscomb, presidentand executive director of Ohio Utilities ProtectionService conducted a session on House Bill 458, a newlaw designed to improve Ohio’s current damage pre-vention regulations through enhanced communicationsand cooperation among stakeholders.

As well as an opportunity to watch Ditch Witch’snew lineup of equipment in action, attendees were treat-ed to lunch and door prizes.

Matt Di Iorio, who served as the dealership’s generalmanager for the past five years, recently took ownershipof the dealership. Prior dealer management and owner-ship experiences will serve him well in this new ven-ture. Di Iorio also served as executive vice presidentand chief operating officer of Associated EquipmentDistributors.

Ditch Witch has been extraordinary to work with andhe’s proud and excited to represent the line, he said.Ditch Witch imposes stringent demands on its dealer-ships to ensure high standards in sales and service aremaintained, adding that this approach fit well with hisown personal business philosophy, according to Di

Iorio.The dealership has grown by substantially in recent

years and has been honored with the Ditch WitchPresident’s Award of Achievement, Parts & ServiceAward of Achievement and Crescent Club. Three yearsago, Di Iorio oversaw the move from its previous loca-tion in Columbus to its new facility which backs up toInterstate 70.

While much more accessible to its clients, the intentwas to provide the dealership better positioning to get toits customers. The Cranberry Township, PA branch islocated near Interstate 79 and Interstate 76 for the samereason, said Di Iorio.

(This story also can be found on ConstructionEquipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequip-mentguide.com.)

Ditch Witch Introduces New Equipment at Open House

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(L-R): Beforegiving his talkon new Ohioregulations,Roger Lipscombof UtilitiesProtectionService catchesup with DitchWitch of Ohio,Western Pa., &Western N.Y.’sMatt DiIorioand Scott Millerof MillerPipeline.

Brian Stevenson (L) of Stevenson UtilitiesConstruction conducts a little parts busi-ness with Gerland Hay of Ditch Witch ofOhio, Western Pa., & Western N.Y., beforeenjoying some lunch.

The crew from American Broadband Services checksout a Ditch Witch XT 855 excavator/tool carrier.

(L-R): Ditch Witch of Ohio, Western Pa., & Western N.Y.’s Mike Moseleytalked about the Ditch Witch RT80 quad ride on trencher with ScottCastanien and George Blair of Ohio Farmers Co-op and Dennis Reep,also with Ditch Witch of Ohio, W. Pa., and W. N.Y.

Tania and Matt DiIorio take a team approach in thedealership’s operations.

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Frey Features Heer Excavating,Miller Bros. Construction Eqpt.

Jeff Koehler of JDR Excavating (L), and Rick Moore of SoutheasternEquipment Company take in the auction activities.

(L-R): Mike Flowers of Tri-State Equipment, Tod Schlacter of S & SDirectional Boring and Bob Galloway found the auction was a goodplace to network while looking at the equipment.

Kevin Frey kept the auction moving at a steady clip.

Frey & Sons Auctioneersheld an auction inArchbold, Ohio, on May

1, with much of the equipmentup for bid coming from HeerExcavating and Miller Bros.Construction. Heer Excavating owner,

Dan Heer has decided to liqui-date his fleet to pursue otherinterests and Miller Bros.Construction equipment wasmade available through itsfleet update program. The auc-tion, featuring a large varietyof construction contractorequipment, drew a sizablecrowd of onsite bidders large-ly from Ohio, Indiana andMichigan and attracted heavyonline bidding as well.

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Auction Attracts Sizable Crowd From Ohio, Ind., Mich.

John Brennan of Service Construction LLC was in fromJackson, Mich., looking for excavators and dozers.

Michael Page (L) of Page Machinery Company andButch Frey of Butch Frey Equipment find a place in theshade to watch the auction.

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Cincinnati Sees First Ritchie Sale in More Than 10 Years

Long-time Cincinnati contractors enjoy the VIP dinnerand auction preview.

Two Cat D8N’s were sold to bidders from Germany.

Jason White (C) assists some interested bidders.

Ritchie Bros. hosted its first sale in Cincinnati, Ohio inmore than 10 years on May 7. More than 1,000 bid-ders registered on site and online, with 60 percent of

the equipment sold via the internet.A VIP dinner was held the night before the sale that also

served as an equipment preview. Several long-timeCincinnati contractors were in attendance: Rumpke, Nelson-Stark, Watson Gravel, Larry Smith Contracting, Ohio CAT,Columbus Equipment and Southeastern Equipment.

(This story also can be found on Construction Equipment

Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)The crowd is geared up on excavator row.

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Franklin Equipment OpensThird Ohio Branch in Dublin

Franklin Equipment has announced theopening of its new location in Dublin, Ohio,at 7570 Fishel Drive South. As the NewHolland equipment dealer in central Ohio,Franklin Equipment now has three branchesthroughout the state, with the complete agri-culture and construction equipment linesavailable at all locations. “We’re excited to take this next step in our

expansion plan,” said Tony Repeta, generalmanager of Franklin Equipment. “It's impor-tant to provide quick turnaround for parts,service, and equipment, and our new branchwill help us serve our customers better.”Franklin Equipment offers both new and

used equipment, rental equipment, and partsand service for the full range of construction

and landscaping equipment. Franklin serves a wide variety of cus-

tomers, from private landscapers to largescale builders, with equipment to meet alltheir needs. Brands represented include NewHolland Construction and Agriculture,Wacker Neuson light equipment, Woods andLand Pride landscaping equipment, andSkyjack aerial equipment, as well as attach-ments and trailers. Onsite service is available24 hours a day, 7 days a week by their certi-fied technicians. For more information, call 614/389-2161.(This story also can be found on

Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site atwww.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

Franklin Equipment has announced the opening of its new location in Dublin, Ohio, at 7570 Fishel Drive South.

Fecon Rolls Out New QR CodeFecon is rolling out a new look to its seri-

al number plates. Customers can now scanthe QR Code on the plate and immediatelybe linked to a list of commonly used partsspecific to theirmachine, as well ascontact informationfor Fecon.A QR Code is a

machine-readablecode consisting of anarray of black andwhite squares, typical-ly used for storingURLs or other infor-mation for reading bythe camera on a smart-phone. The new plates are

mounted on the out-side of the mulcherbody for easier access and will now feature aQR Code unique to each mulcher. These plates will come standard on most

Bull Hog models.Customers will benefit in having this

information available so easily, includingreduced downtime and increased productiv-ity. This also will enable second and thirdowners of the machines to access the same

information as theoriginal owner,when often-timemanuals are notpassed along. “Fecon is com-

mitted to improvingour customer’sexperience. Webelieve customerswill find this a use-ful tool as we striveto keep our cus-tomers informedand educated ontheir Bull Hogs andgive them the infor-

mation they need right at their fingertips,”Fecon said in a recent press release.

(This story also can be found onConstruction Equipment Guide’s Web site atwww.constructionequipmentguide.com.)

Customers can now scan the QR Codeon the plate and immediately be linkedto a list of commonly used parts spe-cific to their machine, as well as con-tact information for Fecon.

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