LBX CONEXPO 2011 Excavator Rodeo

EXCAVATOR RODEO

Once again at ConExpo, LBX hosted the Link-Belt Excavator Rodeo, giving show attendees the opportunity to compete in an on-going contest to beat the 2008 Link-Belt National Rodeo Champion, Mark Foyse of West Bend, WI.

Shane Rhodehouse from Rhodehouse Construction in Rigby, ID won the 2011 LBX Link-Belt Excavator Rodeo. As winner, he took home a $2500 vacation package as well as the opportunity to represent LBX at the 2014 CONEXPO in Las Vegas as the Rodeo "Champ." He will appear in promotional materials for the company as well as appear at the 2014 show in daily performances.

This year's Rodeo utilized a new Link-Belt 250 X3 excavator, and Rhodehouse beat the best time of the 2008 Champ, Mark Foyse, by completing the Rodeo Challenge in just 8.59 seconds! Foyse's best time for the show was 11.09 seconds. An average rodeo time was more than one minute, a great testament to both Rhodehouse's and Foyse's skills in the cab of a Link-Belt excavator.

Watch the YouTube video of the 2008 Rodeo here.

2011 Video is Coming SOON!

GrandPrize	8.59 seconds	Shane Rhodehouse	Rhodehouse Construction, Inc.	Rigby, ID
2nd Place Overall	10.78 seconds	Baron Tajiri	Tajiri Demolition and Disposal	Honolulu, HI
3rd Place Overall	10.9 seconds	Rodger Brazell	Rasmussen Excavation	Salina, UT

3/25 1st Place	10.78 seconds	Baron Tajiri	Tajiri Demolition and Disposal	Honolulu, HI
3/25 2nd Place	12.5 seconds	Shane Rhodehouse	Rhodehouse Construction, Inc.	Rigby, ID
3/25 3rd Place	14.1 seconds	Justin Anderson	justdiggin	Ogden, UT

3/24 1st Place	12.4 seconds	Shane Rhodehouse	Rhodehouse Construction, Inc.	Rigby, ID
3/24 2nd Place	12.9 seconds	Baron Tajiri	Tajiri Demolition and Disposal	Honolulu, HI
3/24 3rd Place	12.9 seconds	Steve Insley	Greer Excavating	Hillier, ON

3/23 1st Place	10.9 seconds	Rodger Brazell	Rasmussen Excavation	Salina, UT
3/23 2nd Place	14.6 seconds	Steve Insley	Greer Excavating	Hillier, ON
3/23 3rd Place	16.8 seconds	Kevin Covert	Keeler Construction Co., Inc.	Albion, NY

3/22 1st Place	15.9 seconds	Mike Watkins	Interdyne Corp	Mount Cory, OH
3/22 2nd Place	22.8 seconds	Shane Armstrong	George Armstrong Co. Limited	Fort Frances, ON
3/22 3rd Place	23.6 seconds	Shane Smithhisler	Tumet Industries	Nome, AK

Rodeo participants were required to pick up a basketball that’s perched on a safety cone and place it into a plastic bucket without knocking over the cone or dropping the ball. The individual that completed this task in the quickest time during the show was the winner of the event.

There are a total of 3 basketballs sitting on 3 cones. Cones are placed in an arc approximately 15 feet in front of the machine and spaced approximately 8 feet between each other and the bucket. A referee timed each individual from a starting position to completion (return position).

Every participant received a free hat after they completed the event. Top 3 finishers each day won a Link-Belt Carhartt jacket for 1st place, a Link-Belt 210 X2 scale model for 2nd place and a Link-Belt denim shirt for 3rd place.