A Fleet Master Talks About the Latest Technology

Dan Maitland, CEM, Ajax Paving, dishes on the possibilities of electric and autonomous equipment.

Dan Maitland, CEM, fleet manager of Ajax Paving of Florida, has a unique perspective on the latest technology, having piloted semi-autonomous wheel loaders at a company asphalt plant.

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What would it take for 2025 Construction Equipment/AEMP Fleet Masters Award winner Ajax to pull the trigger on some of the latest technologies like electric and autonomous equipment?

CE senior editor Frank Raczon finds out.

About the Author

Frank Raczon

Frank Raczon has covered and influenced the equipment industry for 35 years, including 15 years as senior editor of Construction Equipment, and marketing, advertising, and public relations work with the industry's top manufacturers. In addition to authoring "Caterpillar: Modern Earthmoving Marvels" (Motorbooks, 2015), he has won numerous awards in his career, highlighted by nods from the Construction Writers Association, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, the Business Marketing Association, and BtoB magazine. Raczon has also won a number of awards from publishing peer groups such as ASBPE and TABPI.

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