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Pinball Hall of Fame
Are you a pinball wizard? Do you stand like a statue and become part of the machine? Even for the average everyday fan of kitschy Americana, the Pinball Hall of Fame located at 1610 E. Tropicana, Las Vegas, is a one-of-a-kind stop. The 10,000 square feet of wall-wall games from the 1950s to 1990s has a "thrift store" feel. This is no stodgy museum tour; the games are actually playable for 25-50 cents a piece, "a far better return on fun than any Las Vegas casino," as pinballmuseum.org puts it. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. all week and admission is free, a pretty good deal if you've already lost a chunk of change on the slots. Keep Reading
Machine Guns Vegas
Sure, maybe your town has an indoor gun range. But it's probably not one described as an "ultra-lounge" with fully automatic machine guns. Machine Guns Vegas offers a wide variety of shooting packages tailored to your individual weaponry interests, with ones modeled after popular video games and the wild shootouts of the old Westerns and others that incorporate the same guns used by Seal Team VI. Fit for first-time shooters or firearms aficionados, Machine Gun Vegas' staff, including its "legendary Gun Girls" and veterans of all military branches, can answer any of your questions. Shooting range times are scheduled by the hour at LasVegas.com or MachineGunsVegas.com or by phone at 1-800-75-SHOOT. Keep Reading
Blue Collar Comedy
It may not be the whole gang, but seeing half of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour's most raucous acts is better than none. First catch Bill Engvall at 9 p.m. Friday, March 7 at Treasure Island's Mystere Theatre where you're sure to get plenty of hilarious, new "Here's Your Sign" moments. You can buy tickets through LasVegas.com or by phone at 1-877-847-4858. And if that's not enough laughs for you, the next night you can plan to catch Ron White's "Drunk in Public" tour at Terry Fator Theatre at the Mirage. His show starts at 10 p.m. Saturday, March 8 and tickets are on sale at LasVegas.com or by phone at 1-877-847-4858. Keep Reading
Live from ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014
The Pit & Quarry staff reports live from ConExpo-Con/Agg in Las Vegas March 3-8, 2014, providing news, exhibitor listings, Las Vegas tourism information and more. Just added: ConExpo-Con/Agg SLIDESHOW, including more one-of-a-kind booths and a Caveman. NEWS NSSGA crafts infrastructure policy plan (3/6/14) Case hosts discussion that results in call to action (3/6/14) John Deere offers Ultimate Uptime (3/6/14) IRock debuts crushers, eyes the future (3/6/14) Volvo announces new products (3/6/14) Caterpillar talks Tier 4 (3/5/14) McLanahan rolls out 4 new products, new website (3/5/14) Bridgestone creates app to guide customers to right equipment (3/5/14) Trail King showcases redesigned trailers (3/5/14) Ultralok update among Esco's show highlights (3/5/14) Atlas Copco touts fuel efficiency on drill rig (3/5/14) Case Construction updates, expands product line (3/5/14) Terex Washing Systems launches larger washer (3/5/14) Ribbon-cutting ceremony highlights what’s new (3/4/14) 6 inductees honored at reception (3/4/14) Hyundai excavator tops its others in size (3/4/14) Portable Metso machine combines crushing, screening (3/4/14) Mellott venturing into new territories (3/4/14) Astec Industries highlights new offerings (3/4/14) About… Keep Reading
Cat 988H Certified Rebuild Revealed at ConExpo 2014
http://youtu.be/PDi5_bkF608 Watch as Caterpillar reveals the certified rebuild of a 988H for an aggregate production firm that needed new equipment. Keep Reading
Rollin’ on the river
The Port of Coeymans is engineered for efficient bulk material handling and transport. Along the Hudson River in upstate New York, the Port of Coeymans is a rapidly growing, full-service marine terminal located about 10 miles south of Albany and 110 miles north of New York City. The 400-acre port is privately owned by Carver Cos., which includes a construction and a sand-and-gravel division. For Carver Sand & Gravel, an aggregate operation with nine locations in four counties, the port offers the advantage of direct access to 3,500 ft. of riverfront property with the ability to ship large volumes of material on barges, while freeing up the roads from significant truck traffic and providing a considerable savings to its customers. In addition to shipping its aggregate products for bridge, highway and large-scale landscaping products, the terminal leases acreage and warehouse space to more than a dozen other companies, and also offers deep-water shipping services. Shortly after its opening in 2009, the port became the assembly point for several New York… Keep Reading
CON/AGG 2014 Introduction with Emerson
http://youtu.be/T97Y1cnw4SI Discover what Emerson plans to showcase at its South Hall 83708 booth and learn more about its new vision for bulk material handling. Join the conversation on our Aggregate industry Twitter feed! https://twitter.com/AggSolutions Keep Reading
Metal menace
Suspended magnets and industrial metal detectors play a vital role in eliminating tramp metal and protecting downstream equipment. Removing damaging tramp metal from aggregate processing is one of the most important procedures to not only enhance product purity but also protect expensive operating equipment. While there are multiple ways to search for and remove both ferrous and nonferrous tramp metals from the product stream, one of the most efficient methods is the use of industrial metal detectors. Today’s metal detectors are designed to fit within a range of belt widths and can be field-adjusted to fit most conveyor configurations. Manufacturers also offer a variety of options that help personnel quickly and efficiently locate and remove the tramp metal once the offending material passes through the detector. How does tramp metal enter the production stream? Any place where heavy machinery is involved is a potential source for wayward metal. Examples are loading equipment where pieces of bucket wear liners or cheek plates break off and fall into the product stream. Front… Keep Reading
For the birds
Nebraska’s aggregates industry has established a successful partnership with environmental agencies to protect fragile bird populations. There are two tiny problems Nebraska sand-and-gravel companies deal with each year near the beginning of the mining season: threatened piping plovers and endangered least terns. Sand spoil piles found in gravel pits mimic the ideal sandy-gravelly habitat that these birds have instinctively nested on for centuries. Navigating around the birds and their chicks with bulldozers, scrapers and trucks is no easy task. Arriving at a solution to protect the birds during the height of Nebraska’s aggregate mining season has taken the time and cooperation of many entities, but it could provide a model other states might find helpful in resolving their own environmental protection activities. Conservation partnership Dr. Mary Bomberger Brown, coordinator of the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership (TPCP), says the program was brought about in the late 1990s by Clemson University’s Dr. Ron Johnson (while he was on the University of Nebraska Extension faculty); fish and wildlife biologist Jeanine Lackey, who… Keep Reading
