Rawlins County approves $508,700 purchase and financing for two CAT graders
Summary
The Rawlins County Board of Commissioners approved financing to purchase two 2025 CAT 140 graders for $508,700 from the Special Machinery Fund; delivery is expected next Friday and financing carries a 4.99% interest rate, commissioners said.
The Rawlins County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 14 approved a motion to purchase and finance two 2025 CAT 140 graders for $508,700, to be paid from the county’s Special Machinery Fund. Road & Bridge Superintendent Wayne Lanning and Doug Minson of CAT told the board the 2025 machines were a holdover that include a $21,000 savings and that these were the vendor’s last two available units; Minson said the financing interest rate is 4.99%.
Commissioner Lincoln Pochop made the motion to proceed with the purchase and financing; Commissioner Mark Mosley seconded the motion and it carried. Minson told the commissioners the machines should be delivered next Friday. Commissioners and staff also discussed allowing local contractor Lester Yoos to operate his dozer on Road 34 for planned work; the board agreed to the arrangement.
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