When Tim and Sam Floyd established Floyd Brothers Construction as a partnership in 1995, they had a simple goal: To become Pensacola's leading experts in new parking lot construction and paving. In order to accomplish this goal, they knew they would have to acquire the right equipment to get the job done. Today, thanks in large part to their fleet of six single axle drive Champion C60 Compact Motor Graders, the Floyd brothers are the Pensacola region's premiere contractors when it comes to new parking lot construction. In fact, with their thoroughness and cost-effective spec'ing of equipment to the jobsite, they have turned new parking lot construction into a profitable artform. And like true artists, they take great pride in their work.

"There's been quite a lot of ongoing commercial development in the Pensacola area and a large demand for parking lots," says Tim Floyd." We give general contractors a single source for completing the parking lot aspect of jobs. Last year we did over 100 parking lots. Our Champion Motor Graders have certainly helped us achieve this kind of success."

Spec'ing the Champion C60 for the Job Application
Floyd Brothers Construction specializes in building new parking lots from scratch, including all infrastructure and site work, beginning with earthmoving and site preparation, laying of the underground utilities, putting down the base and curbs and gutters, and then finish grading and paving. It's a full-scale operation that requires the right kind of dependable and durable equipment to get the job done. After experimenting with a variety of graders over the years, including small tandem machines, the Floyd brothers settled on single axle Champion C60 Motor Graders to get the job done right, on time and within budget. Today, they have six of these units in operation.

"Our Champion C60 Graders are long enough to give us the required grading on the parking lots we construct. They're also compact and mobile enough to let our operators maneuver the tight turns they need to make around curbs and islands when they are doing finish grading," says Sam Floyd. "We prefer the single axle because when you twist with one axle versus two you have much less stress on the framework of the machine and it enables the operator to articulate the grader comfortably resulting in smoother grade work. For about 90% of the work we do, our operators would rather use the C60 model than the larger graders any day. The C60 single axle model is the perfect fit for our type of work."

One option that all of their Champion C60 Motor Graders come with is Diamond Tread on their tires, which provides better "cleating" on the sandy subgrades in the Pensacola area. The Diamond Tread enables the graders to track better and it leaves a smaller footprint than regular tractor tires. "We're one of the few regions that use this type of subgrade for grading and it's a good case of knowing the nature of the job well enough when you're specing your equipment. The Diamond Tread works best with our type of application" says Tim Floyd.