2018 Deals on Wheels construction in review

As we kick off the first issue of 2019, we take some time to look back through some of our 2018 Construction highlights

It’s been an eventful year with the team testing a number of different machines and attachments and bringing reports from the many events held across the country and beyond. Go ahead and flip through some of our 2018 Construction highlights.

Issue 294

• Easy Big Trees of Invercargill were using three Giant loaders to help move their stock of 70,000 plus trees 
• Lake Road Quarries of Mangawhai had taken delivery of a Doosan DL420 wheel loader
• Magnum Equipment director Liam Field welcomed Hidromek export area manager Bahadir Yilmaz to NZ ahead of the first machines arriving
• New owner for NZ Equipment group Tenby Powell was revamping the business
• Heavy Trax Hire put five new Porter Equipment supplied Terex TA300 ADTs to work

Issue 295

• The ED heads to the BS Engineering factory that’s big on delivering products
• Tom Dickson puts the East Wind YCT356S-S compact dozer to test
• A plaque from AB Equipment to recognise their 20-year business partnership with Tony Oliver Contracting
• DOW reader and Wairarapa-based owner of JPS Earthmoving Ltd James Sokalski reports about his US trip
• KB Contracting & Quarries Ltd’s big Cat 90M ups the ante in terms of capacity and power

Issue 296

• DOW tests the Mercedes-Benz G300 G-Professional
• Machinery of a bygone era came out for the Vintage Harvest Machinery Rally in Carterton
• Rob Wilton from KBL Limited with his new Terex TA300 ADT
• Case wheel loaders are providing tangible results for Living Earth’s composting facility in Christchurch
• The entirely automated Sandvik QH331HS at work at the McPherson’s yard

Issue 297

• The new Doosan DX380LC-6 proves popular in Australia
• CCl Construction’s first new CAT machine at work at a subdivision in Cashmere, Christchurch
• Quite possibly the world’s only restored Inchgreen excavator, the IG-5 looks the part
• DOW takes a closer look at a second-hand Mecalac wheeled excavator
• Keestrack is one of the first manufacturers to have an option of either fully electric or hybrid mobile processing plants

Issue 298

• DOW tested these two Italian-made Venieri loaders that hit the local market
• We met Pryde Inglis to find out more about his Steelwrist tilt rotators
• Hyundai equipment is a familiar sight at Crafar Crouch Construction’s yard in Marlborough
• It was all about the machines at Diesel Dirt & Turf 2018 in Penrith, Sydney

Issue 299

• DOW visits Auckland-based earthmoving company Dirtworks who had recently started using Kobelco excavators
• The Thwaites range of off-site dumpers proves popular
• Simple, tough, fast—DOW finds out more about the innovative couplers and attachments from Robur Attachments
• Attach2 supplied tilt motors on Drainways Contacting Ltd’s 14-tonne excavator makes easy work
• Don Ettle gave us his opinion on the Eurocomach ES18ZT

Issue 300

• DOW celebrates its 300th issue!
• With a Cat skid steer and the latest in 3D levelling technology from Sharpgrade, Alex Boon is busy carving out a niche for himself
• We head to NZ National Agricultural Fieldays® to check out the latest machinery and innovation
• We meet Teri Merrilees, a young digger operator, who is leaving no stone unturned to achieve her professional goals

Issue 301

• Rugged realibility—Shantui bulldozers on its way to NZ
• Dave Wilson wins the top prize at the Northland Forestry Awards 2018
• DOW heads to the National Safety Show 2018
• Bobcat introduces the E85 excavators
• Correspondent Chris McCullough brings all the action from Hillhead 2018

Issue 302

• Porter Equipment-supplied machinery helps Giles Civil get through the hard yards with ease
• Girl power—Top excavator operator Kim Dixon and Sibohan Hogg of Magnum Equipment
• Terex Evoquip adds the new Colt 1000 to their range
• Pat Cox talks about staying carbon-neutral
• DOW reports on the QuarryNZ 2018 conference

Issue 303

• Global Tractors tear down a Komatsu excavator for a US buyer
• World’s oldest Doosan dealership, based in Northern Ireland, celebrates 31 years of affliation with the brand
• DOW European correspondent Chris McCullough visits the Terex Trucks Motherwell factory
• Swedish-built amphibious machine Truxor at work at the CleanStream site
• The Ed looks at the new Import Health Standard

Issue 304

• Across the ditch—DOW meets Jos Haldane Toy working for Komatsu in Brisbane
• Sea of green—DOW checks out Pilehire’s inventory
• A 36-tonne Sunward excavator makes quick work of clearing out tipped soil
• The Ed heads to Reefton to check out the Kobelco excavators at work in an open-cast coal mine
• Bang for your buck—the new Doosan DX140W excavator

Issue 305

• Rick Kuru have added a Cat 374F to their Kuru Contracting fleet
• Morris Rua (centre) was having a 100-hour service on his 12-tonne Kato HD512-7 
• Richard Algar of Rongotea says Hidromek will be his first choice when time comes to upgrade
• Gehl machines from Endraulic Equipment meets Andrew Gate’s criteria
• MIMICO are the new sole distributors for Dynapac in NZ

Issue 306

• HR Cement put a new Hyundai HL760-9 to work at Mt Maunganui
• Eventual winner of the MIMICO Digger Competition, Daniel Smith adjusts a hydraulic hose after changing buckets at the Turners Truck & Machinery Show
• Aussie tester Ron Horner checks out the Morooka MST-1500VDR
• The Compton Civil crew stopped work momentarily for a photo
• Equip2 had a successful open day in Masterton