KYTC District 9 Equipment Roadeo 2011

Each year, our highway professionals - the equipment operators - compete and train in an equipment "roadeo" driving snow plows along a road obstacle course, docking trailers in simulated loading zones and demonstrating precision backhoe skills. Todd Plank of the Rowan County maintenance crew took first place in the Truck and Snow Plow Road Course, followed by Addie Thomas of the Rowan County structures crew in second place, and Bryon Mitchell of Fleming County in third. In truck and trailer docking, Nick Clark of Nicholas County took first place, followed by district roadside agronomy crew member Dwayne Laney from Elliott County in second and equipment garage crew member Eddie Rice of Fleming County in third. Fleming County maintenance crew members swept the backhoe competition with James Hickerson in first place, Ronnie Thompson in second and Bryon Mitchell in third. Top finishers compete Aug. 31-Sept. 1 at the state competition. Read more about it online at http://transportation.ky.gov/District-9/Pages/Newsroom.aspx.

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