How Aussie CTI Keeps the Long Logger Moving Deep in Queensland’s coastal pine plantations, where soft sandy tracks, heavy payloads and relentless production demands collide, the world-first Elphinstone Long Logger Road Train is rewriting the rules of timber haulage. But moving more than 130 tonnes of truck, trailer and timber through the forests surrounding Tuan…
How Elphinstone’s Long Logger Road Train revolutionises timber haulage productivity Elphinstone’s bright-green Long Logger Road Train is more than an impressive 66-wheel timber haulage combination. It is a working example of how smarter trailer engineering can move the same freight task with fewer trucks, fewer drivers, less diesel and lower emissions. There are moments in…
IVECO S-Way 8×4 Powers Vacvator’s New NDD Vacuum Truck As Euro 6 reshapes the heavy-vehicle landscape, Vacvator has turned to the IVECO S-Way 8×4 to underpin its latest high-spec HD 8-90 vacuum excavation truck. Goulburn-based Vacvator has matched its latest 8×4 NDD vacuum body with IVECO’s S-Way platform, using payload, PTO performance and Euro 6…
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…
Vale Glen Roland Elphinstone Engineering is deeply saddened to acknowledge the passing of our colleague and friend, Glen Roland. Glen dedicated more than three decades of his life to Elphinstone Engineering, joining the company straight out of school in 1995 and progressing from a young draughtsman to Triabunna Factory Manager. His intelligence, determination, and quiet…
Elphinstone Unveils New Hydraulic Transducer; Australian-made Precision for Heavy Haulage When it comes to hauling big loads across rugged country, precise weighing isn’t just necessary – it’s essential. Elphinstone Weighing Systems has just raised the bar with the release of their new Hydraulic Transducer, engineered and manufactured in Melbourne to deliver industry-leading precision, even in the…
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…
The 2025 Log Haulage Industry Code of Practice sets new national standards for safe and legal timber transport. Explore the latest compliance rules, safety protocols, and operator responsibilities shaping Australia’s forestry supply chain. After years of consultation, industry input, and field testing, the newly released Log Haulage Industry Code of Practicehas officially hit the ground –…
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…
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…