July

Gehl launches super compact skidsteer

Measuring just 910mm wide and 1.9m tall, Gehl’s new super-compact skidsteer, the 1640e, is ideal for manoeuvring through alleys, doorways, aisles and corridors capable of holding its weight of 1.316t.

Power, small footprint mark IR’s latest compressors

Where a small footprint, high flow and extra high pressure compressor is required, Clark Equipment believes its latest Ingersoll Rand units should do the trick.

Ricoh optimises GPS-enabled digital camera

Ricoh has launched major hardware and firmware enhancements to its 500SE GPS-ready camera, to provide improved data-collection capabilities.

Montabert bucket breaks, digs, cleans

At Intermat in Paris in April, French company Montabert launched a multipurpose bucket which with attachments, can break, dig and clean in one pass.

Cat telehandlers extend to Asian markets

Caterpillar dealers in China, India, Indonesia, Korea and Singapore, will begin receiving shipments of Cat telehandlers in September.

Demolition excavator reaches to 41m

Liebherr’s specially designed 131t selective demolition R 974 C VH-HD excavator, reaches to 41m here with an Arden CU2000 concrete cutter attachment.

Horton’s two-speed fans cool engines more efficiently

Horton DriveMaster two-speed fan drives, are a more efficient alternative for cooling on- and off-highway vehicles, without ram air.

US made Auto Crane reflects 50 years of R&D

Although new to the Australian market, truck-mounted Auto Cranes have been helping service construction and mining equipment in the US for the last half century.

Cable layer configures multi cable power installations

The installation of wind-energy farms, has grown dramatically over the past five years, and so has the equipment to install power lines to deliver the generated electricity to consumers.

Montabert bucket breaks, digs, cleans

At Intermat in Paris in April, French company Montabert launched a multipurpose bucket which with attachments, can break, dig and clean in one pass.

Steamy Stella is a show stopper

Australian Pumps says its new high pressure steam cleaner, the Aussie Stella, is creating huge interest at construction machinery shows around Australia.

Tyco raises the bar on mobile equipment fire suppression

Fires involving non-road mobile equipment, such as large earthmoving plant, have resulted not only in heavy losses and irreversible damage, but also loss of life.