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Classic machines: The Michigan 110-15 scraper
Clark-Michigan is a name more commonly known to New Zealand contractors for their range of wheel loaders rather than motor scrapers. However the Michigan range of conventional and elevating scrapers have been around since the early 1960s in various sizes although very few were imported into New Zealand. Our subject, the Michigan 110-15, was...
Gender pay gap revealed in construction
OneStaff has released its ‘What’s My Rate? New Zealand Industrial and Trades Wage Report’ which provides some interesting insights into our core industrial sectors including the construction industry. At $24 p/h, the construction and infrastructure sector is smack bang in the middle when it comes to median remuneration. There was quite...
Steep hillside hauling with two TA300s
Deep in the Omaio Forest, Gaddum Construction is using two TA300 Terex Trucks articulated haulers to move end material and metal for road-building as well as shift logs. The small coastal town of Omaio takes its name from the Maori word for a ‘place of peace, quiet and tranquility’ – and it’s not hard to see why. It is about 57...
Replacing old bridges
The old narrow concrete bridges over the Manawatu River and surrounding floodplain just south of Foxton on SH1 are both being replaced at a cost of $75 million. Richard Silcock makes a site visit. The Manawatu River rises in the nearby Ruahine Range and flows 180-kilometres westward through the Manawatu Gorge and out across the Manawatu plain to...
Speaking frankly
Many men in the construction industry wonder (some out loud, some silently) whether the push for things like stricter health and safety regulations and the drive to get more women into the industry are a bit over the top. Mary Searle Bell talks to ex Connexis chair Frances Hague about ‘PC gone mad’. Many in this industry ask if the current...
The battle of the buckets – 25th National Excavator Operator Competition
Feilding March 15 – 16 2019 There were 10 regional excavator competitions (REOCs) held around the country to decide on a representative to face up to the 25th National Excavator Operator Competition being held at the Manfield Park showgrounds in Feilding this month on March 15 and 16. Contractor magazine wiill be at the awards dinner on the...
Classic machines: The International-Harvester TD-24 revisited
The end of World War Two saw a massive increase in the demand for heavy equipment. Top of contractors' wish lists were large, high horsepower, track type tractors and Allis-Chalmers, Caterpillar and International-Harvester duked it out for top honours. By Richard Campbell. Allis-Chalmers made a bid in the large tractor stakes when in early 1947...
