InfraStructures - March 2015 - Wacker Neuson Crowns 2015 Trowel Challenge® Competition Winner at World of Concrete

Wacker Neuson Crowns 2015 Trowel Challenge^® Competition Winner
at World of Concrete

Perfect weather conditions and large crowds made for an exciting finish at Wacker Neuson’s 7^th annual Trowel Challenge^® competition at the 2015 World of Concrete. Each year, Wacker Neuson’s high speed trowel challenge draws fans to watch finishers from around the world race for the grand prize, a custom 48'' CRT 48-35V ride-on trowel powered by a special Vanguard™ BIG BLOCK™ V-twin engine. The top 3 finishers receive a custom laser cut ride-on trowel trophy.

Preliminary competitions were held the first 3 days of the annual concrete trade show. The contestants with the top 10 fastest times from the preliminaries advanced to the finals on Thursday, February 5, 2015. The top 10 finalist each had one run through the course and that time was added to their preliminary time. It is always a close race and once again, less than one second separated the 1^st place and 3^rd place finisher.

First Place
Greg Geiger, On Demand Concrete Solutions, Warburg, Alberta Canada
Winning combined time: 53.494 s. Greg Geiger came to win. He was the 2^nd place finisher in the 2014 competition. This year, he came into the finals in first place with an initial qualifying time of 26.723 s. He maintained his lead and took home the grand prize with a final run time of 26.771 s. On Demand Concrete Solutions will receive the CRT 48-35V and Mr. Geiger took home the gold painted scaled trophy and bragging rights that he is the fastest finisher for 2015. “It feels pretty amazing,” he said. “It means a great deal to me in the form of a sense of accomplishment and pride that comes with that. I am extremely grateful that I achieved the win this year, especially after last year’s second place.”

Greg Geiger is the owner of On Demand Concrete Solutions. The company specializes in large commercial and industrial concrete flatwork, from oil and gas industry to commercial warehouses. They currently own 3 Wacker Neuson ride-on trowels, rammers and wet screeds. he said “We will be using the swanky new rider on a variety of our large jobs.”

Second Place
Timo Herrala, SSTH-Lattiat, Tampere, Finland
Combined run time: 54.040 s. Mr. Herrala traveled a long way to participate in this year’s challenge. He came into the finals in 2^nd place with a qualifying time of 26.997. His final run time of 27.043 s kept in the second place spot taking home the silver ride-on trowel trophy.

Third Place
Kent Goossen, HD Concrete, Rosenort, Manitoba, Canada
Combined run time: 54.367 s. Mr. Goossen is familiar with the Wacker Neuson trowel challenging having captured 3^rd place in 2013. This year, Goossen came into the finals in 5^th place with a qualifying time of 27.591 s and moved up 2 spots with his final run time of 26.776 s. He took home the bronze ride-on trowel trophy.

Besides the annual trowel challenge, Wacker Neuson’s World of Concrete booth offered contractors the opportunity to operate two new ride-on trowels. A new 10', CRT 60-74L, that is powered by a more powerful Tier 4 final engine and offers a heavy-duty cooling system that significantly improves performance and the life of the machine. A new 8' model, the CRT 48-57K-PS is a new higher horsepower gasoline model that was developed for the professional concrete finisher.

Source: Wacker Neuson

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