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  1. Aussie John

    Liebherr T282 Ultra Class Trucks

    Has anyone on this site been involved with the Liebherr T282 haul trucks? I am currently working on a minesite here in Australia, involved with a fleet of more than 40 of these trucks. Also have a lot of yellow iron operating too.
  2. Aussie John

    A potential scraper project? Wait & see

    After more than 10 years of political football, a massive road construction project is about to get underway in the Toowoomba region in south east Queensland. Costing over $1.3 billion, it consists of 41km of new roads, with about 29km being 4 lane with 2 twin lane tunnels passing through the...
  3. Aussie John

    Loader kit for a crane

    This is a Fowler crane from the 1940's based on an IH Farmall farm tractor with a front loading bucket attachment. These cranes were built on an assortment of farm tractors in Melbourne. I also found a photo from the Melbourne Museum of a Massey Harris with a similar set-up. May be basic but...
  4. Aussie John

    Interesting reading

    For anyone interested in the history of earthmoving / mining / agricultural equipment the book "Yellow Steel" by William R Haycroft is great reading. It is available in soft cover, consisting of over 450 pages and covers the rise and fall of the industry since 1908 when the first internal...
  5. Aussie John

    Cat 24H/M & 16G/H/M blade slides

    If any operators of the Cat 16G/H/M and 24H/M series of graders are interested in improving the life of their blade slide inserts, some poly plastic slides have been developed here in Brisbane. Currently, they are priced just under the cost of the OEM bronze slide inserts and so far, lasting...
  6. Aussie John

    Cat 795 electric drive trucks

    Has anyone had any first hand experience with the Cat 795 electric drive? At my workplace in Central Queensland, a fleet of these are being assembled at present - the first in the country. Alonside these, also being assembled is a fleet of 797Fs and a new Cat (Bucyrus) electric shovel to load...
  7. Aussie John

    Old Iron at Jondaryan Heritage Festival, Queensland

    Here is a pull type grader hitched to a Rumley Oil Pull demonstrating how roads were graded back in the early 1900's. Photo taken at the Jondaryan Woolshed Annual Heritage Festival here in southern Queensland last week-end. Following photos are: Crawler line up - my David Brown 50TD in...
  8. Aussie John

    Aussie Trucking

    Instead of loading Lance's Kiwi Trucking thread, here are some photos taken at the Allora Vintage Festival held in the Australia Day weekend (last weekend in Jan) over the last few years on the Darling Downs. Other members may wish to post photos from other shows around Oz.
  9. Aussie John

    Hang-up in buckets

    Anyone have hang-up problems in their buckets? Problem was solved in a 15cu meter bucket as fitted to a Hitachi EX2500 machine recently. A piece of ship's anchor chain welded into each back corner as shown in photo. John
  10. Aussie John

    Komatsu WA1200

    Could not find any references to the WA1200 loader so here are some photos of these monsters. Approx 230 ton & coal bucket approx 40cu yard. The one up on stands was set up to pull the final drives/brake hubs off for brake piston reseal. Engine Cummins QSK60. John
  11. Aussie John

    Underwater excavator

    Here is a new Hitachi ZX870LCH-3 excavator called "The Starfish" which has been modified for working in water up to 5 metres deep in the Middle East. Apparantly, a larhger EX1200 is also being developed. More information can be found in Hitachi publications & websites. Imagine trying to replace...
  12. Aussie John

    A few more Aussie giggers

    Here are a few more diggers whivh are operating around Central Queensland. The Komatsu trucks are 930Es being loaded by a P&H 4100 (3 buckets to the load!), A Cat 797B also belig loaded by a 4100 and a Terex O&K RH200 loading a Cat 789B and a 930E.
  13. Aussie John

    Info required - Cat D11R equaliser bars

    As a part of our maintenance strategy on a fleet of 10 Cat D11 R & T and 3 D10 dozers, the bearing clearances in the equaliser bar need to be checked at regular intervals and recorded. The most accurate method to do this is using a magnetic base dial indicator gauge as shown in the attached...
  14. Aussie John

    International 495 scrapers

    I see that there is interest in six wheel scrapers so I thought I would put this in to stir up some interest. During the '60's and early '70's, there was a fleet of these scrapers working at Benmore then the Upper Waitaki in the South Island of NZ This one (photo from the net) at a park in...
  15. Aussie John

    D11R pivot shaft seals

    Has anyone got a fix for pivot shaft failures on the Cat D11R / T Series tractors. It has always been an ongoing problem, even with the N series with the rubber seal tearing and loosing all the pivot shaft lube oil. At the mine here in Northern Australia where I am working in maintenance...
  16. Aussie John

    Flying dozers

    Problem - need to move Komatsu D85 dozers where there are no roads Solution - pick them up and fly them with a helicopter These photos were taken in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea about 20 years ago. The task was to move some Komatsu D85 dozers from the top of one mountain to...
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