Hobart Truck Spares (HTS) operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for 365 days a year. When an organisation works those sort of hours, it’s a fair indication that they’re providing an essential service to the community. HTS...
So many of Australia’s iconic tourist destinations are found off the beaten track adding to the workload of regional councils charged with the responsibility for year round access along well-worn gravel roads. Compaction is essential during maintenance grading to extend...
Fracking will not be permitted over 98 per cent of Western Australia Fracking moratorium will only be lifted on existing petroleum titles after independent scientific inquiry finds risk is low Existing ban over South-West, Peel and Perth metropolitan...
Deep in Omaio Forest in New Zealand, Gaddum Construction is using two TA300 Terex Trucks articulated haulers to move end material and metal for road-building as well as shift logs. In spite of the slippery surfaces and steep slopes,...
Caterpillar launches the industry’s first mobile app designed to allow customers who spend their time in a truck, at the job site and on-the-go to take advantage of equipment telematics data. The new Cat App delivers simplified, streamlined data directly to...
Family-owned and operated equipment hire company, Kennards Hire, is branching out and expanding into Toowoomba, bringing the network in the Sunshine State to 30 branches. With the opening of the new 2600sqm location in the iconic GrainCorp shed, Kennards Hire...
The company presented a new wheel loader and a double drum asphalt compactor for the first time in India. Both models are designed to meet demand for high-performing, reliable construction equipment. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) introduced the G-Series L90Gz...
More than 180,000 bids were placed on the 700,000+ military surplus items available in the auction It's not every day you see hundreds of thousands of U.S. military items—including Humvees, tactical vehicles, uniforms, field gear, and more—sell in just two...
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has delivered a total of 18 forklift trucks to Algeria's leading drilling contractor Entreprise Nationale des Travaux aux Puits (ENTP). Kalmar will also support ENTP with parts supply and provide operator training to their staff....
Over the last few years, the MC duty-cycle crane series have solidified their territory in the Bauer product portfolio and are the preferred choice for many specialist foundation engineering methods requiring the use of such equipment as the basic...
Always a clear overview of the axle loads! With NoVAB 3.0 Cloud it is now even quicker and easier to calculate the optimal load positions for all vehicle combinations to prevent exceeding the maximum axle loads. The Nooteboom Vehicle Axle...
Offering operators increased productivity and significantly faster travel speeds, John Deere redesigned its K-Series compact wheel loader models with the introduction of the 244L and 324L compact wheel loaders. Ideal for landscape/snow removal, ag material handling and construction tasks,...
The official opening ceremony for the new Wacker Neuson production plant and R&D center in Pinghu, near Shanghai, took place at the end of November, two years after the initial groundbreaking ceremony. Over five hundred guests including government representatives,...
The transport infrastructure needs in economically emerging regions of the Asia-Pacific are so significant that roads are being built at an unprecedented rate. According to the Asian Development Bank, the Asia-Pacific alone requires an investment of $1.7 trillion a year...
Following the official announcement of Hitachi’s EX-7 series of mining excavators, the EX1200-7 has been unveiled at the premiere EX1200-7 Sundowner launch event in Perth, Western Australia. On Thursday 5th July, HCM officially announced the upcoming release of the EX-7...
At the recent Australian Training Awards at the Sydney International Convention Centre PACCAR Australia was recognised as the Large Employer of the Year for 2018. In accepting the award at the event Andrew Hadjikakou, Managing Director PACCAR Australia acknowledged the...
PACCAR Parts supplies high quality truck parts and accessories for all models of DAF and Kenworth trucks, as well as for mainstream European and US drivelines. It is a division of PACCAR Australia, whose history in Australia spans nearly...
Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery is celebrating the first shipment from Rio Tinto’s newly operational A$2.6 billion Amrun bauxite mine in Far North Queensland after the RTM Weipa berthed at Fisherman’s Landing at the Port of Gladstone yesterday. More than...