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When the floods rush in, we rush out Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District By Ashley Barnes Since 1963, the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District (TRVWMD) has filled a void in water resource management in areas surrounding Saltillo, (Tupelo) Mississippi. The agency works with local county administrators to provide optimum drainage and flood control. Their projects vary from repairing breached levees, building prefab bridges and constructing new channels and levees, to sand bar and debris removal in existing tributaries (streams). TRVWMD is funded by the state of Mississippi to oversee and maintain the Tombigbee River Basin and twelve counties in North Mississippi Flood District One. The Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District has 16 employees. Jimmy Mills, executive director, oversees the operation. Mike Phillips, maintenance director, manages the company’s equipment fleet, which consists of 16 pieces of construction equipment and 11 trucks and lowboys. He also writes the specs for the equipment the agency purchases during open bids. Their equipment inventory includes an Etnyre 50 ton trailer, Above: Mike Phillips of the Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District. Left: Phillips with the Komatsu excavators purchased from the Power Tupelo branch. two Komatsu D61PX-15/D65PX-12 dozers and two Komatsu PC220LC-7L/PC300LC-7L excavators. Tombigbee has been loyal to Komatsu since their first purchase of a Komatsu PC220LC-6L in 1994. They are extremely satisfied with the performance of Komatsu’s equipment in the sometimes harsh conditions in which they operate. Mike states, “I am very pleased with Komatsu. They offer very dependable equipment and their resale value is a good selling point for our operation. In the past three years, I can’t remember more than a half day of downtime. Power’s Saltillo branch has always responded to our needs promptly and efficiently.” Power earned Tombigbee’s business because they offer prompt, qualified service, competitive prices and quality products. Power would like to extend a genuine “thank you” to those at Tombigbee and looks forward to maintaining a close relationship between Tombigbee and Power Equipment. We would also like to recognize the efforts of Saltillo machine sales representative, Johnny Cadden, and the entire Saltillo branch for sustaining an excellent business relationship with those at Tombigbee. Jennifer’s Trucking By Cory Edwards By 1990 Jim Anderson had worked for a truck line for many years. It was that same year when Jim Anderson decided to take a chance and start his own business, and named it Jennifer’s Trucking. Jim started his business with a used Komatsu PC150 excavator, D41 dozer and one dump truck. Over the years, he gradually increased his fleet earning additional business contracts because of his reputation for quality work, integrity and performance. <strong>Today</strong> Jim has 11 employees and runs 14 trucks. He owns over-the-road trucks, used for hauling used tires; dump trailers, which haul calcium chloride; flatbeds, used for hauling new train parts; and dump trucks for hauling c fly ash. C fly ash is the finely divided residue resulting from the combustion of ground or powdered coal, which is transported from the firebox through the boiler by flue gases. Fly ash is a by-product of coal-fired electric generating plants. When Jim realized he had an aging machine loading the fly ash into his dump trucks, he turned to Brandeis and the Paducah branch. He had already established a relationship with the branch for parts and service and knew Komatsu’s quality products would get the 4 continued on page 9
BRAMCO WAY 4th Quarter 2005 CSIP Winners Doug Bishop Brandeis Louisville Nominator: Clyde Caudill Eric Bley Brandeis Indianapolis Nominator: Susan Moore Dustin Church Brandeis Indianapolis Nominator: Susan Moore Jason Coleman Brandeis Stanville Nominator: Premier Elkhorn Coal Cyndy Combes Power Memphis 2 Nominations: Phyllis Walton Joe Crawford Power Memphis Nominator: Jimmy Spence James Dalton Power Knoxville Nominator: Dean McMahan Dave Daughtrey Power Chattanooga Randy Davis Brandeis Indianapolis Nominator: Susan Moore Jeff Diehl Brandeis Corporate Nominator: Tim Kreider Sherry Dillon Power Corporate Nominator: Steve Cappiello Clay Fitzpatrick Brandeis Stanville Nominator: Joey Meade 5
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