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John Deere 350G SmartGrade Excavator and Chiddix Brothers, Inc.
Seth Chiddix, owner of Chiddix Brothers, Inc. recently took delivery of a John Deere 350G SmartGrade excavator. In fact, it’s the first of its kind delivered to a 4Rivers Equipment customer. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Seth has been a partner of 4Rivers Equipment for many years. His first impression of his new machine? “The controls…
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NEW John Deere Tech Graduate
4Rivers Equipment would like to congratulate our newest Sponsored Technician Graduate, Nicholas Fischer. After completing his training at Southeast Community College from the John Deere Tech program in Milford, NE, he recently joined the Frederick, CO team. “My journey to 4Rivers was pretty unexpected,” stated Fischer. Growing up being a large equipment technician is not…
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Digging in deeper to construction with Sylvia Quintana
Sylvia Quintana is fierce, determined, and the best of all, kind. Sylvia was all over the place before she found her calling in construction. She was born and raised in Carlsbad, New Mexico. After attending college for one semester she joined the United States Army to serve and protect. When she returned, she began working…
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Retirement After 41 Years Of Being “Your Working Partner”
Keith Olson (Left), 4Rivers Equipment CEO accepting 2012 Onyx Circle Award from Dominic Rucculo (Right), John Deere SVP Worldwide Sales & Marketing Construction & Forestry Division Greeley, CO After 41 years of distinguished service, Keith Olson has announced his retirement as of January 1, 2021, from his position as Chief Executive Officer of 4Rivers Equipment. …
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JDLink™ | Construction Technology
JDLink™ | Construction Technology JDLink lets you track your machines, see which machines are working and if they are working properly, and to their utmost productivity and efficiency. What is JDLink? JDLink is John Deere’s telematics system and the core component of John Deere WorkSight™. It enables you to manage your entire fleet from your…
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Hobbs, NM Christmas Bike Drive
Hobbs, New Mexico | Bike Drive Christmas of 2020 marked the 20th anniversary of the R360 Environmental Solutions & Waste Connections bike building contribution event for the southeast New Mexico area. What began as a fun little project for a few kids in the area, has turned into an entire community Christmas event. From raising…
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3D Machine Control
3D Machine Control for Construction Applications 3D Machine Control means that there is an unlimited capability of design for jobs involving ditches, foundations, ponds, plains, roads, subdivisions, etc. Nowadays, many of John Deere’s new construction equipment comes GPS ready or may have GPS already equipped; such as excavators, dozers, or motor graders. To tell if…
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Topcon Base & Rover
Topcon Base & Rover The Topcon Base & Rover is the foundation of any grade control system. It is a must-have if you want to get the best grade control possible. Simply put, the machine receives the corrections from the base and the rover is used to set up the jobsite and layout survey and…
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John Deere 135G Excavator & Full Grade Control
They said it couldn’t be done… but we did it! [July 24th, 2020 | Frederick, Colorado] 4Rivers Equipment and our 4Sight Solutions technology department are excited to announce the world’s first-ever John Deere 135G excavator with full grade control capability from Topcon Positioning Systems. This story begins with our great customer at Ultrasonic Guided Wave…
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Topcon Talks Webinar Program
Topcon launches Topcon Talks global webinar program Topcon Talks is an extensive series of free and informative Construction, Geopositioning, and Agriculture webinars for you! This series of webinars explores key topics affecting the industry and provides the latest updates and insights in to project management solutions. Specific webinar topics include productivity improvement using digital construction workflows,…