The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) held its annual equipment ROADeo for the Fayette Area on April 24. The event brought together some of the region’s most skilled heavy equipment operators for a day of competition and professional growth.
The ROADeo challenges participants to demonstrate both safety and precision as they navigate a series of hands-on equipment tests. Operators showcased their talents using a variety of machines, including single- and tandem-axle dump trucks, tractor mowers, backhoes, motor graders, skid-steer loaders, and lowboys.
Top performers from the Fayette Area — which covers Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Walker and Winston counties, as well as the northern half of Greene County — will advance to the statewide ROADeo in Montgomery on May 15. From there, they will complete for a chance to represent Alabama at the Southeast Regional Competition this fall in Kentucky.
ALDOT’s Tuscaloosa Area held its annual equipment ROADeo on April 16.
Fayette Area ROADeo Results:
- Single-Axle Dump Truck
- Andrew Self, Fayette District
- Jason Earnest, Jasper District
- Bryant Butts, Jasper District
- Tandem-Axle Dump Truck
- Bryant Butts, Jasper District
- Tony Stidham, Fayette Area
- Joe Snipes, Fayette Area
- Tractor Mower
- Matt Watkins, Fayette District
- * Chuck Collins, Fayette District
- Dillon Haley, Fayette Area
- Backhoe
- Matt Watkins, Fayette District
- Jason Earnest, Jasper District
- Andrew Odom, Fayette District
- Motor Grader
- Allen Duckworth, Fayette District
- Matt Watkins, Fayette District
- Kyle Sullivan, Fayette District
- Skid-Steer Loader
- Dillon Haley, Fayette Area
- Brett Green, Fayette Area
- Ty McClain, Fayette Area
- Lowboy
- Bo Williams, Hamilton District
- Bradley Price, Jasper District
- Joe Snipes, Fayette Area
* Indicates competitor advancing despite not placing first. Only one person can compete in an event at the state competition.
