Caterpillar - Finning Canada

SUMMER 2005 Volume 45, No. 2PUBLISHERRuth Kellyrkelly@venturepublishing.caASSOCIATE PUBLISHERJoyce Byrnejbyrne@venturepublishing.caEXECUTIVE EDITORJeff Howardjhoward@finning.caEDITORMalcolm Swordmsword@venturepublishing.caART DIRECTORJennifer Windsorjwindsor@venturepublishing.caASSOCIATE ART DIRECTORVanlee Tranvtran@venturepublishing.caDESIGN & PRODUCTIONGunnar Blodgett, Catherine LizotteCIRCULATION MANAGERRob Kellyrobkelly@venturepublishing.caADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVEAnita McGillisamcgillis@venturepublishing.caLetters & FeedbackI DO LIKE TO RECEIVE Tracks & Treads, and enjoy reading aboutthe technologies coming out.I have always been a Caterpillar fan and to this day I have yetto see a Cat machine let us down come whatever may. Caterpillarhas always kept our farm machinery going. We own two Challengertractors. Just got one last spring for $252,671 and I think it isworth all of that, because now we know, come hell or high water,the Challenger will keep us going. We also have two Peterbilttrucks with Cat engines, a 966 crawler loader and a RT80 zoomboom with a 40-foot-high reach. All of these engines just workgreat.We also have a 280 Steiger with a 3406 that outperforms, interms of fuel used per acre worked, any other tractor we have. Fueleconomy is outstanding on this engine and it has over 8,000 hoursand is still going strong.So, Caterpillar has always been good as far as I can recall. Evenwhen I was just a kindergarten boy, back in 1938, Cat has alwaysstood out above all others.I look forward to getting Tracks & Treads for a long time yet.Jacob J. Waldner, ManagerFairville ColonyBassano, AlbertaCONTRIBUTING WRITERSRobin Brunet, Gord Cope, Tony Kryzanowski,Steven Sandor, Christopher Spencer, Bill Tice,Kerry Tremblay, Jim VeenbaasCONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERSAND ILLUSTRATORSSylvie Bourbonnière, Dustin Delfs, John Gaucher,John Roder, Rob Salmon, Bill TiceTracks & Treads is published to provide its readerswith relevant business, technology, product andservice information in a lively and engaging manner.Tracks & Treads is published forFinning (Canada) byVenture Publishing Inc.#201, 10350-124 StreetEdmonton, Alberta T5N 3V9Phone: 780-990-0839Fax: 780-425-4921Contents © 2004 by Finning (Canada)No part of this publication should bereproduced without written permission.Tell us what you thinkTracks & Treads would love to hear from you. Tell us what you think of themagazine, its stories, its columns, its look. Tell us how we can improve themagazine and make it a more interesting read.Send your comments to executive editor Jeff Howard by e-mail at jhoward@finning.caor the old-fashioned way to: Jeff Howard, Tracks & Treads, Finning (Canada),16830 - 107 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5P 4C3www.finning.cawww.finning.ca Summer 2005 • TRACKS & TREADS 5