On November 28, 2014, a truck cab suddenly caught fire on Highway 101 in Los Angeles. The following day, onlookers at a truck stop in Natomas watched as flames from a parked burning big rig truck cab spread to two adjoining trucks, destroying all three vehicles. One day after that, at a fueling station in Dunnigan, another big rig truck cab burst into flames, resulting in the vehicle’s total loss and subsequent shutdown of the fueling station itself—fortunately without injury or loss of life.
Eighteen months of extensive, real world testing across the U.S. has consistently demonstrated reduced pivot stress and improved stability in the booster axle design of Putzmeister America, Inc.’s Bridge Maxx Series Truck- Mounted Concrete Mixers. Following rigorous testing, the components of the axle have shown little wear and analysis has predicted a comfortable 10-year lifespan of the arm.
Lifetime Achievement: (Video)
The ACPA Lifetime Achievement Award is reserved for those individuals whose careers have not only fostered and advanced the concrete pumping industry, but who have also faithfully served, contributing limitless time, energy, knowledge and passion to ensure the success of the association and the industry as a whole. This year’s award was presented to Robert Edwards of NBIS.
