This was a great time for UCC. Following Ripley, Olean, and Cuba came Route 17 (I–86) near Kennedy: one mile of new ROW with two pairs of bridges. On Route 62 in Frewsburg, 4.3 miles of new ROW were constructed with concrete pavement and bridges from the Pennsylvania line to Route 62.
There were also multiple phases of work in the Quaker Lake area in Allegany State Park. Phase 1 involved removing all signs of private ownership in the newly acquired Quaker recreation area, including the demolition of 27 private cabins and associated roadways. Work also included removal of the Cain Hollow Bridge over Quaker Run Creek, a new bridge and roads on the relocated Cain Hollow Road, and site work for the Quaker Lake beach area.
Phase 2 included the completion of the perimeter road and additional site work for the Cain Hollow camp area.
By this time, ECC was well equipped for concrete paving with a new, higher-capacity concrete batch plant and form-riding placement equipment, along with approximately 20 dry-batch dump trucks. These trucks transferred dry concrete to the Koehring batch pavers, which added water and mixed the concrete before placing it into forms.
The batch trucks would line up along the forms, staged to dump into the pavers’ skip buckets. The Southern Tier Teamsters soon found out that it didn’t take much of a bump when backing up to shove the grill of the truck behind into the radiator, giving one’s buddy a little mid-shift break. Everyone knew full well the favor would be returned another day.
Back then, used radiators were fairly standard. But when the supply started drying up, the Teamsters started getting fired. Within weeks, the old man had fired so many drivers that the dispatcher had to inform George that all he had left were cab drivers. Eventually, it was decided it was better to start recycling fired drivers, with the union’s promise to George that he wouldn’t have to buy another radiator.
Union Concrete is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
and Powered by 
