Partially completed forestry transport trailer under construction at Elphinstone Engineering.

Elphinstone Engineering Teases New Forestry Transport Innovation

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Elphinstone Engineering Teases New Forestry Transport Innovation Elphinstone Engineering is preparing to unveil a new specialised forestry transport solution designed to improve payload efficiency, productivity, and operational performance for Australian timber haulage operators. Deep inside the workshops at Elphinstone Engineering, sparks are flying as fabrication teams assemble what could become the next significant step forward…

Graeme Elphinstone Honoured Among Australia’s Road Transport Legends

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Graeme Elphinstone Honoured Among Australia’s Road Transport Legends Few names in Australian transport innovation carry the weight of Graeme Elphinstone. From his workshop on Tasmania’s east coast, Graeme built Elphinstone Engineering into a company whose designs reshaped industries as diverse as logging and Antarctic exploration. This week, his lifetime of dedication was recognised on the…

Elphinstone Self Tracking Trailer steering towards success

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New Elphinstone steerable Dog-Logger improves road safety and lifts productivity standards for Queensland-based Suncoast Harvesting.   “If you’re interested in a good story on something new, then give Greg Watson at Suncoast Harvesting a call up in Gympie,” Graeme Elphinstone suggested. “We’ve recently commissioned a new trailer fitted with our EasySteer suspension and a full loadcell…

The Deep South 

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The Deep South  When fully loaded B-doubles crawl out of Tasmania’s unforgiving Southern Forests, every ounce of traction counts. We sent Roadtrains.com.au’s Technical Editor, Howard Shanks, deep into the Huon Valley to ride shotgun with veteran logger Peter Madden and discover how AIR-CTI’s central tyre inflation system (CTI) is helping loggers conquer steep inclines, save tyres, and…

Easyloader a Rolling Innovation

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Three of the latest Elphinstone Easyloader Trailers Hit the Road from Triabunna. Laid out at Elphinstone Engineering’s Triabunna factory in Tasmania are three brand-new Easyloader logging trailers, each spec’d a little differently. This trio, poised for delivery, highlights the remarkable flexibility of the Easyloader trailer platform. It’s not often that a logging trailer becomes the…

Helicopter Transport and Storage Container

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The Evolution of the Elphinstone Helicopter Transport and Storage Container (HTSC). Capable of safely and economically transporting a helicopter across the perilous Southern Ocean to the Antarctic. This innovative container was born out of the extreme operational challenges faced by Antarctic aviation. The origin story of the HTSC is a testament to necessity breeding innovation.…

Heavy Haulage Weighing Systems

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Revolutionising Load Management for Five Decades: Click the play button to listen to Why Elphinstone Weighing Systems’ Easyweigh is the Smart Choice for Heavy Haulage. Since 1976, Elphinstone Weighing Systems has pioneered onboard weighing technology, transforming the landscape of load management for the Australian transport industry. For five decades, our mission has been clear: to…

Underground Road Train uses Australian-made scales.

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MSM Mongolia demands Australian-made accuracy Elphinstone Weighing Systems loadcells to improve safety for a gruelling copper ore haulage operation.  At the Oyu Tolgoi gold and copper project in the south Gobi Desert region in Umnugovi province of Mongolia, only 80 kilometres north of the Chinese-Mongolian border, the monotonous thump of the giant jaw crusher pounding…