March

Leica Zeno GIS provides a one-click workflow

With the introduction of the Leica Zeno GIS series, it is now simpler to manage and maintain assets, inspect infrastructure, respond to emergencies, ensure public safety, explore natural resources and conduct as-built and incident mapping with ease.

Automatic oil system improves productivity

Groeneveld Australia has developed its Oilmaster automatic oil level system to meet the maintenance efficiency needs of earthmoving equipment, mining plant, road transport vehicles and stationary plant.

US post driver distributed Australia wide

Bendigo based Peerless Products is to distribute the Man Saver post driver, a US made air-powered fence post driver, through 1500 outlets around the country.

Cat’s compactors are shot of slam and wedge weights

New CS44 and CP44 vibratory soil compactors from Caterpillar, offer a 1.68m wide “pod” style drum housing, to enclose the eccentric weight system, an enclosed casting with steel shot inside.

Bobcat’s concrete pump keeps big trucks off sensitive areas

Because it weighs just under 1t, and attaches to Bobcat loaders weighing as little as 862kg (the T190 compact crawler loader), Bobcat’s concrete pump can move concrete from areas where a truck and full size pump might otherwise cause considerable ground or underground utility damage.

Hitachi spearheads ROPS adoption

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) Pty Ltd, has announced that all newly delivered Hitachi Zaxis-3 7 to 50t excavators, are now ROPS certified in line with the international standard*.

Nothing doggo about Domestic Blitz’s Dingo

The new season of Channel Nine’s Domestic Blitz, features a TV star of a different kind, the Australian made Dingo mini digger.

Galizia crane range starts in workshops

Melbourne-based Gleason Cranes, the authorised distributor for Galizia Mini Pick and Carry cranes, says they are ideally suited to work in confined areas, where the ability to pick, carry and precisely place loads is essential.

Cat provides competency control system for small loaders

Recognising that the operating skill of workers using small loaders on typical jobsites ranges from the novice to the expert, Caterpillar has developed a new control feature, that allows each operator to run a Cat C-series skidsteer, multi-terrain or compact track loader safely, productively, and comfortably.

French backhoe/excavator hits Australia

Nearly four years after its release at Intermat Paris in 2006, two of Haulotte’s three-in-one Multijob MJXs arrive in Melbourne this month, to be trialled in the Australian market from March.

Niche lube product keeps turbo bearings pristine

On initial start-up, the bearings of newly installed turbochargers are vulnerable to irrecoverable damage, because they can be starved of lubrication oil for several minutes.