Scania Super 11 Concrete Agitator Arrives in Australia. Scania’s new 11-litre five-cylinder Super engine has arrived in Australia with an unexpected target in its sights: the concrete agitator market. And this time, the Swedes are not just bringing horsepower. They are bringing tare-weight savings, serious safety credentials, low-rev torque and a clear warning shot across…
Volvo L90F Wheel Loader Review. CJD Equipment’s commitment to customer service, along with Volvo’s L90F proven economy, efficiency and reliability, delivers increased productivity to a Tasmanian sand quarry. TasMulch is Tasmania’s leading producer of high-quality mulching services, aggregates, decorative rock product, sand, soil, stone and specialty composed products for the landscaping industry. A statewide operation…
Avant 745 Arbour Pro Operator Review Words and Photography by Howard Shanks Tasmanian-based arborist cites the addition of a new Avant 745 articulated loader as a real game changer for his operation, speeding up worksite clean-up time with improved material handling capabilities and lower ground footprint. Arborist John Douglass, the owner of iClimb Tree Solutions,…
Komatsu WA500-6 Long Term Field Test Review A decade long test in a hot corrosive iron ore processing plant located right beside the sea in Northern Tasmania concluded last week with astonishing reliability results. An astounding 32,000 hours were clocked up on the Komatsu WA500-6 with no major component replacement as Howard Shanks discovered. Outside…
The Komastu 895 is one of the largest logging Forwarders in the market, boasting a 20-tonne payload capacity, industry leading stability with a wide-spread 725mm bogie and sporting the biggest onboard crane in its class. This high productivity machine is certainly the behemoth among the forestry giants and brings improved operator ergonomics, efficiency and economy…
Sharpgrade’s 1.6 box blade leveller has transformed Tasmanian based Otta Group’s Terex PT50 Positrack loader into a precision laser grading machine. It now delivers the performance of much larger grading machines with the agility and manoeuvrability of a skid steer, as Howard Shanks reports. ‘New infrastructure to lift economy’… It’s a sentiment brandished repeatedly from…
Volvo L220H Loader Review Enhanced safety with increased productivity and outstanding fuel economy gains are key reasons why Timberlink, Tasmania, specified two new Volvo wheel loaders to manage their high throughput log yard operation. Timberlink’s modern Bell Bay operation is the only large scale, forest integrated plantation softwood Sawmilling Company located in Tasmania where they…
In the field, MB’s BF90.3 crusher bucket is more than living up to the expectations Otta Excavations first envisaged. Managing Director, Graeme Viney, cites its portability, robust construction and high productivity as significant attributes. Deep in the quarry near a pile of large rocks, the boom of the JCB JS200sc excavator was extended outward, it…