In The Dirt
Join Mack Plovie In The Dirt with featured industry guests as they discuss, dissect, and explain trending topics in the construction & mining industries. If you like learning about new technology, industry hot topics, business, heavy equipment, and anything dirt related for that matter. This podcast is worth a listen. Find Mack on social media @earthmovers_media and check out our website for more! https://earthmoversmedia.com
Episodes
89 episodes
Canada's Largest Heavy Equipment Auction w/ Mark McPyke & Rob Chappell
How BIG is Ritchie Brothers spring auction? Well on this episode, we find out! Mack sits down with Mark McPyke, Edmonton yard refurb manager, and Rob Chappell, Regional Sales Manager for Ritchie Brothers to talk all about Ritchie Bros big sprin...
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100 Years of Caterpillar's Most Iconic Dozer, the D8 w/ Sam Meeker
Arguably Cat's most iconic dozer, the D8, turns 100 this year alongside Caterpillar. Mack sits down with Sam Meeker, market professional for medium track type tractors (D4-D8 size), to talk about the next gen D8 which so happens to be in produc...
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44:09
Building Buckets and Engineering GET - Hensley Industries w/ Ryan Parker & Fred Duling
How are buckets designed and built? Mack sits down with Ryan Parker and Fred Duling of Hensley Industries to talk everything buckets and GET. They discuss the history of Hensley Industries, engineering/designing a bucket, what makes Hensley buc...
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48:40
Why Companies Should Invest In Operator Training w/ Jay Collup
Why is operator training so important for the modern day earthmoving or mining company? I sit down with Jay Collup of Collup Enterprises to talk everything operator training. Jay has an incredible background working for Caterpillar at Tucson Pr...
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Manufacturing Equipment Attachments & Growing a Business w/ Ed Lingel
Mack sits down with Ed Lingel, President of Daequip Premium Attachments, to talk everything buckets and entrepreneurship. The episode details the Daequip story products they offer, how they work with customers to spec custom buckets, the new Da...
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52:01
Marketing a 40+ Year old Earthmoving Company w/ Aria Morgan
What is marketing and why should earthmoving contractors market themselves? Mack sits down with Aria Morgan, marketing director for Plateau Excavation, an earthmoving company based out of Kennesaw, Georgia. They cover everything marketing for e...
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48:50
Setting the Standard in Winch Assisted Slope Work w/ Kelway Cox
Revolutionzing the logging industry many years ago, winch assisted logging has enabled contractors to harvest previous unreachable timber resources. On this episode, Mack sits down with Kelway Cox, President of Timbermax USA, to talk all about ...
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55:56
Mining More with Komatsu Electric Rope Shovels w/ Nicholas Voelz
Learn all about the largest earthmoving machines in the mining industry, the electric rope shovel! On this episode Mack sits down with Nicholas Voelz, Sr. Manager - ERS Product Management for Komatsu electric rope shovels. They dive into the hi...
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52:13
Telling a Story with Construction Dioramas & Boardroom Tables w/ Ryan Haasen
On this episode Mack sits down with Ryan Haasen of Civil Craft Studio to talk all about how Ryan designs, builds, and delivers the incredible board room table dioramas he is most well known for.Ryan has a long history in both constructi...
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34:58
Clearview Demolition Grows the Fleet with Link-Belt Excavators w/ Brad Morrison & Mark Williams
Clearview Demolition has a long history clearing the way for tomorrow demolishing buildings, bridges, pulp mills, and more. They recently began to acquire Link-Belt excavators, and now operate the largest fleet in Western Canada at 17 machines....
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51:26
Buying, Selling, and Renting Heavy Equipment in the Mining Industry w/ Cody Harman
When most people think of renting equipment, they think mini excavator or bobcat, not many people know mining companies rent large haul trucks, dozers, wheel loader, excavators, and more!Mack sits down with Cody Harman, President and Fo...
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47:11
Shattering Stereotypes & Breaking Barriers, Women in Canadian Construction w/ Amanda Duong
The construction industry is changing, while it is still a male populated industry, more women are entering at all levels as operators, trades, managers, even CEO's. On this episode Mack sits down with Amanda, grader operator, to talk about her...
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Powering our World, Cat® Industrial Diesel Engines w/ Allen Chen
Cat diesel engines have a long histroy powering our world whether it be in heavy equipment, on highway trucks, generators, and more. On this episode Mack sits down with Allen Chen, product manager for the new Cat C13D engine, they talk all abou...
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51:26
Autonomy, AI, & Heavy Equipment. The Jobsite of the Future w/ Bibhrajit Halder
Autonomous equipment operation has been widely used in Mining since the 2000's, whether on haul trucks or dozers, its become a popular business practice to help miners be better miners. Lately, autonomous technology has been deployed in the con...
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Komatsu Surface Mining Hybrid Wheel Loaders w/ Michael Fleet
The history of the Le Tourneau large wheel loader product is well known in the global mining industry, today the Le Tourneau product is now Komatsu's surface mining wheel loader product line. Mack sits down with Michael Fleet, product manager f...
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Deploying Technology in Landfill Applications w/ Shaun MacIntosh
Landfills are an important part of modern day society, and successfully managing a landfill comes down to optimizing equipment in the field and managing the flow of waste materials. Mack sits down with Shaun MacIntosh of Propeller to talk about...
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51:23
Moving Dirt & Managing People, The MacKay Story w/ Rob & Brandon
Starting with a 988B wheel loader loading out railcars with ballast, to multi million dollar civil and mining projects throughout Western Canada, the story of MacKay Contracting is one worth hearing about. Mack sits down with Rob MacKay, Presid...
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56:01
Deep Excavation in Downtown Vancouver w/ BelPacific Excavating & Shoring LP
Mack sits down with Steve, Mike, and Jeff from BelPacific Excavating & Shoring LP to talk all about deep excavation and shoring work in downtown Vancouver. Starting as a Limited Partnership, BelPacific has contributed to the Vancouver skyli...
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44:11
45+ Years of Excellence, the Cat D10 Track Type Tractor w/ Dave Gleissner
The Cat D10 track type tractor has been a staple of the mining and heavy civil construction industries since introduction back in 1977, it is arguably one of the most iconic dozers on the market. Mack sits down with Dave Gleissner to talk all a...
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45:32
Big Blades & Big Horsepower, Komatsu D375/475 Dozers w/ Chad Perrault
Big Komatsu dozers have been a staple in the mining and heavy civil construction industry for a long time, and their new dash 8 (-8) series D375 and D475 dozers are a testament to Komatsu listening to customer feedback. Mack sits down with Chad...
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47:26
Making Buildings Disappear, the Career of a High Reach Operator w/ Matt Baker & Rob Morrison
Ever wondered what it takes to be a high reach demolition operator? Or how buildings are demolished? Mack sits down with two of Priestly Demolition's finest high reach operators, Matt Baker and Rob Morrison, to talk all about their careers in t...
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55:14
Becoming an Owner-Operator, the Mattco Excavating story w/ Matthew Antifay
From running equipment as an employee to buying 325 excavators and feller bunchers for land management projects throughout BC, I sit down with Matthew Antifay of Mattco Excavating to chat about his story becoming an owner operator. We dive into...
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Investing in People With Training w/ Doug Ruddick
Investing in your people with training is becoming an incredibly important component of the modern day construction company, and Wilco's in house training program is a fine example. Mack sits down with Doug, H.E.O Training Manager to talk all a...
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Building Company Culture and Close Proximity Drilling & Blasting w/ Sam Visona
From getting out of school and starting as a driller helper/laborer to now being one of the managing partners of T&A Rock Works Inc, Sam is an absolute wealth of knowledge when it comes to the drill & blast industry. Sam sits down with ...
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44:08
Driving Better Business Decisions with Trimble Technology
This time In The Dirt, Mack sits down with Chad Kyllo of Acres Enterprises as well as Remo Scalzo and Stantton Pallister of SITECH Western Canada for a panel discussion about how Acres is using Trimble Technology in their business. We dive into...
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