The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) held its annual equipment ROADeo for the Tuscaloosa Area on April 16, bringing together skilled heavy equipment operators for a day of competition and professional development.
The ROADeo encourages safety and precision while helping operators sharpen their skills across a variety of equipment challenges. Competitors tested their abilities on machines such as single- and tandem-axle dump trucks, tractor mowers, backhoes, motor graders, skid-steer loaders and lowboys.
Top finishers from the Tuscaloosa Area — which includes Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Perry, Sumter and Tuscaloosa counties, as well as the southern half of Greene County — will advance to the statewide ROADeo in Montgomery on May 15, with hopes of earning a spot in the Southeast Regional Competition this fall in Kentucky.
ALDOT’s Fayette Area will hold its annual equipment ROADeo on April 24.
Tuscaloosa Area ROADeo Results:
- Single-Axle Dump Truck
- Leroy “Bear” Daniels, Livingston District
- * Hendrick Austin, Livingston District
- Mario Davis, Greensboro District
- Tandem-Axle Dump Truck
- Hendrick Austin, Livingston District
- Leroy “Bear” Daniels, Livingston District
- * Larry Williams, Greensboro District
- Tractor Mower
- John Moore, Maplesville District
- Tyler Norman, Greensboro District
- James Seals, Livingston District
- Backhoe
- Bryan Swisher, Greensboro District
- Derrick Hutchins, Livingston District
- Dalton Bailey, Tuscaloosa District
- Motor Grader
- Bryan Swisher, Greensboro District
- * Mario Davis, Greensboro District
- John Herrod, Maplesville District
- Skid-Steer Loader
- Tyler Fields, Tuscaloosa District
- Tyler Norman, Greensboro District
- Derrick Hutchins, Livingston District
- Lowboy
- Leroy “Bear” Daniels, Livingston District
- Raymond Milligan, Tuscaloosa District
- Hendrick Austin, Livingston District
* Indicates competitor advancing despite not placing first. Only one person can compete in an event at the state competition.
