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Kervilles MovingDirt Magazine, Page 3.
May/June 2008
contents
Istanbuls huge
Mamaray project.
Page 10.
Brian Rowland brings
GNSS productivity to two
major rail projects.
Page 4.
The Hangzhou Bay Bridge
has opened
Page 25.
features
4 GNSS technology brings substantial
productivity benefits to rail construction jobs,
as it has to roadworks.
10 At present, Istanbuls Marmaray Project is one
of the worlds most challenging civil
construction initiatives.
12 Market Watch, our regular snippets about
goings-on here and abroad.
22 Sues Getaway this month, Gallipoli.
25 Chinas Hangzhou Bridge opens.
products
6 Topcons LPS-900 affordable machine control
system for small jobs.
people
8 Steve Cartwright has had wide international
experience, prior to taking the helm at
Dynapac Australia.
Steve Cartwright is the new
general manager of
Dynapac Australia.
Page 8.
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T
he name of the game, as
always, is speed. Speed and
accuracy.
In Western Australias remote
Pilbara region, the darling of the stock
exchange, Fortescue Metals Group
(FMG), set out to prove that it could
do what it said it would do. That is, to
construct a new iron ore mine 280 km
inland and a new loading facility at
Port Hedland, with a high-efficiency
railway link to connect them. The long-
touted objective was to make the first
iron ore shipment to China by May
2008. As we go to press in May, that
first shipment has sailed on time.
In all of its facets, this $2.3 billion
project is breathtaking. The logistics
involve, from a standing start, producing
ore at an annual rate of 46 million
tonnes by 2010. The financials involve
translating a huge start-up loss into a
profit of $2 billion, within the same
period. And the initial mine at Cloud
Break is only scratching the surface of
the mining tenements controlled by
FMG within a 300 km radius.
As share market counsellors such as
Citigroup observed back in January,
everything hinged on the timely
completion of the rail link. Mining
had already commenced, and the port
was almost complete. The
implications for Andrew Forrest, main
shareholder of FMG and already
Australias richest man on paper, were
enormous. Ship the ore, and the flock
of Chinese investors that have been
hovering, will hover ever more keenly.
Disappoint everyones expectations,
and suddenly youre no longer
Australias richest man on paper.
There are important strategic
issues. In due course, analysts predict
that todays high iron ore prices will
come off the boil. When they do, the
cost of getting the ore to ships side
will become critical in defining the
competitiveness of FMG versus the
established Pilbara exporters,
principally BHP Billiton and Rio
Tinto. FMG has an advantage of 260
km of track versus about 400. The
railway design features a higher
minimum radius of bends allowing
longer trains to travel at 100 km/h
versus eighty, with larger rail trucks of
45 tonne axle loading versus 35t. Its
an open secret that BHP has been
outstandingly unhelpful in whatever
way it could, as FMGs plans have
progressed. Its easy to see why theyd
be concerned at the emergence of a
strongly competitive supplier.
As weve reported earlier, WA
contractor BGC played a pivotal role
in the railway earthworks, and CR
Kennedy with Leica Geosystems
equipment supported them strongly
on the GNSS front. The earthworks
were severely damaged with loss of life
when a cyclone came inland during
the 2007 cyclone season and wrecked
the schedule.
Laying the track by the deadline
therefore assumed critical importance. As
weve observed, this is a separate speciality.
The job was awarded to the LOR-TPI
Alliance, in which Laing ORourke of the
UK played a prominent role.
Brian Rowland at that time the
distributor for SBG of Swedenhad
introduced Laing ORourke to GPS
guidance of their track refurbishing
machine on a NSW project. It was
plain that SBGs GeoRail system had
speeded up operations significantly.
Laing ORourke purchased a
second system for the Pilbara, where
they were real ly under the pump.
It was a critical ingredient to finishing
the Fortescue line on schedule.
In recent weeks Brian has sold back
to Hexagon the distribution rights for
SBG systems, and his company 3DX
Australia has exited the machine
control business, for the time being, at
any rate. CR Kennedy is now handling
the SBG products Australia-wide.
As the swansong of this small but
vigorous company, Brians
achievements in WA and NSW are
impressive. Hes recognised in the
industry for being innovative, and a
tireless workerwere sure hell be
back again in some role or other.
For more details of the Pilbara job,
turn to page 6.
The East Coast Project
The timing constraints for the
refurbishment of the North Coast line
in NSW have been of a different
nature. This is live track, as the
railway blokes put it, and the
contractor has access to the site for
only a limited number of hours per
day. At other times, trains are running.
So its been an issue of how much
progress can be achieved within the
daily time slot allowed.
The objectives of the project,
however, are equally dramaticindeed,
stretching credibility, one might say.
Intercapital freight between
Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane runs
in favour of road over rail, at present,
by a factor of 80 to 20. Reversing those
percentages to 20/80 is the long term
target, and this requires more trains
and faster trainsachievable only if the
track is substantially modernised. Talk
about aiming high! Not that itd be at
the expense of the trucking industry,
because their own projections raise
serious doubts about whether that
industry and the road infrastructure
could cope with future demand,
anyway.
Work on the Sydney-Brisbane rail
line by the Transport Express Joint
Venture (TEJV) is an integral part of a
$400 million concrete railway sleeper
project undertaken by Australian Rail
Track Corporation (ARTC), aimed at
giving rail transport a competitive
edge. ARTC is a Commonwealth
Government quango that a few years
ago took over the trunk rail routes on
the east coast, from the three State
governments.
Nearly 200 kilometres of new
concrete sleepers have so far been laid,
from north of Newcastle to the NSW-
Queensland border. TEJV allies Laing
ORourke with another multinational
giant of the rail industry, UK-based
Balfour Beatty.
The three-year contract involves
the upgrade of the existing rail link
between Sydney and Brisbane to
improve capacity, transit times and
reliability of the line, plus capacity
enhancements in the Hunter Valley.
Its not just a matter of replacing
sleepers. In the process, the track itself
is being realigned, and that will allow
faster speeds.
The project forms part of ARTCs
Major Works ProgramPackage 1,
which aims to improve the interstate
rail network, concentrating on the
Australian eastern seaboard between
Maitland and Brisbane.
The works covers 800km of the
railway network and include new
crossing loops, extensions, and
upgrades, together with track
improvements. The project also
includes associated works such as
bridge strengthening and level
crossing upgrades along the route.
This project means nearly 2.2
million new concrete railway sleepers
will have been laid on the Melbourne-
Sydney-Brisbane main railway line as
well as the Hunter Valley coal line,
says David Marchant, CEO of ARTC.
He explains that settling on concrete
sleepers, as distinct from the previous
mixture of timber, steel, and concrete,
is a vital investment to rationalise
maintenance expenses. Taken
altogether, this is probably the biggest
upgrade since the original track was
laid, he says. On the way through we
developed what we call the Pony
Express delivery system, which sees
the Pony Express machine lay eleven
sleepers every minute, and thats the
worlds best installation record,
something were proud of, he adds.
In the past, on single track
sections, one train had to stand idle,
waiting for a train travelling in the
opposite direction to pass. This slowed
the trains, and added to transit times
between the major capitals. Once all
the ARTC upgrades are completed, we
will achieve transit times as low as 10
hours 40 minutes between Sydney
and Melbourne and 15 hours 35
minutes between Sydney and
Brisbane. This will make rail much
more competitive with road transport,
as each 1500 metre long train can take
the cargo of one hundred semi-
trailers.
Details of the TEJV rail
refurbishment job are on page 7.
GPS rail track positioning, on two major projects
Earthworks construction for rail beds is one part of the job. Laying the
sleepers, ballast and track is an entirely separate specialisation.
GNSS guidance for earthworks is solidly established now, in an Australian
first, Brian Rowland works with Laing ORourke to bring machine guidance
benefits to two large but entirely different railway jobs; one in Western
Australias Pilbara, and the other on the existing Melbourne/Brisbane line.
... see next page
Brian Rowland on the Pony Express.
The track-laying machine used in the Pilbara is
the SUM-1000 manufactured by Plasser & Theurer
of Austria, originally used on the Alice Springs to
Darwin rail link in 2002. It came to Laing
ORourke when they acquired Barclay Mowlem
several years ago.
The construction technique is known as end on,
with materials being transported on newly laid track
to Head of Steel, as they call it.
At the Head of Steel, new 350 metre long rails are
pulled by dozers off the rail and sleeper train on
which they arrived, dragged around the track laying
machine, and laid out on the formation ahead.
Travelling on its tracks, the front section of the
SUM-1000 then automatically lays the sleepers that
are fed to it by a travelling gantry. This gantry
straddles the sleeper and rail train, moving backwards
and forwards on rails mounted on each wagon.
The obvious objective of the SUM-1000 is to lay
the sleepers very accurately in a horizontal plane,
which may involve a cross-slope of up to 10-12 degrees
on a bend. The mission of the GNSS machine control
system is to hydraulically steer the rig with an
accuracy of 20-30 mm or better, chasing the
horizontal, which is a different emphasis to that
encountered in earthworks operations. Vertical
accuracy is handled by the ballast tamping machine
that follows along behind.
A key advantage of GNSS is its ability to produce a
far more consistent radius on a bend, compared with
the effect of string chords involved in conventionally
pegging the job. Accurate radii translate to safer train
travel at higher speeds.
After drawing the rails in onto the sleepers and
clipping them in place, a ballast rake following the
laying machine drops ballast over the skeleton track. A
tamping machine then lifts the track 100 mm
through the ballast and vibrates and squeezes ballast
under the sleepers. Next comes another ballast drop
and another 50 mm lift, and a final tamping run to
complete the track.
In a typical day, 2-3,000 tonnes of materials
ballast, sleepers and trackare consumed for the
production of 2-3 km of track.
On this Fortescue rail link, we mentioned that
earthworks had suffered severe cyclone damage. This
in turn put track laying under intense pressure, to
achieve the deadline, and night work became
necessary. Not impossible using conventional
methods, but much more practical using GNSS
guidancethis was where the system really came into
its own.
Western Australia
New track for Fortescue in the Pilbara.
On the three-year railway refurbishment project
between Newcastle and Brisbane thats due to be
completed about August, almost everything is
different to the Pilbara job.
Built by Pandrol Jackson of the United States, the
Pony Express (a nickname) is designed to extract the
old sleepers and install concrete replacements. It
functions differently and steers differently to the
SUM-1000.
As we said previously, the time pressure is intense
because the track can only be closed to traffic for, say,
five hours in twenty-fourits a matter of renewing as
much as possible during that time slot.
A vital objective of the positioning task is to put
the track back onto its design alignment, rather than
simply replacing it from where its been taken from.
The two can be quite substantially different. Using
conventional methods, the change is far more work
and certainly less accuratecompared with using
GNSS guidance.
This issue arises for a number of reasons, the most
obvious being that, a hundred years ago or so, it may
never have been laid in the correct position in the first
place.
Apart from periodic repairs and sleeper
replacement, another little-known factor is that
ballast wears out, and has to be replaced from time to
time. The constant pounding of trains distorts and
crushes the rock, reducing it in size, creating fines,
and lessening the structural support that it can
provide to the sleepers and track. We know this,
because we did a story years ago about machinery
supplied by MSC (Mobile Screeners and Crushers) to
convert into useful material a huge mountain of
retired ballast, at the NSW Railways depot at
Chullora!
Decades or even centuries of these effects, often
under time pressure to re-open the line, mean that a
great deal can potentially be achieved by realigning the
track. Particularly on curves, with the correction of
radii and cross-slopes.
Such corrections can, and are made, using
conventional surveying methods, but its principally
the tamping machine following the sleeper replacing
unit thats called upon to make the adjustments. And
this is a relatively slow process. If the track laying
machine itself can be made to follow the design
alignment, productivity is improved enormously. And
thats what was achieved, quite frankly to the initial
surprise of the construction team, when GNSS
machine guidance was introduced. Faster production,
using fewer people and less ballast.
East Coast
Revamp of the Melbourne/Brisbane line.
T
opcon has released a
significant upgrade to its
3D local positioning
system (LPS).
Called LPS-900, its an
alternative to Topcons Millimetre
GPS, aimed at contractors who
need high-accuracy machine
control on small jobs, or in
locations where GNSS reception is
unreliablenear tall buildings,
under heavy tree cover, etc.
It consists of a robotic total
station with integrated radio
communications, plus high
speed X-TRAC tracking
technology.
Many common elements
between the LPS-900 system
and Millimetre GPS, as well as
other Topcon 3D-MC systems,
mean that switching between
systems is quick and economical.
"Less initial pegging is
required, while re-pegging and
conventional string-lining
become obsolete, saving time
and money. The result is fast, fully
automatic grade control with
industry-leading accuracy," says Neil
Other, Topcons Australasian sales
manager.
"LPS-900 also means that Topcon
customers have the choice of
millimetre-accurate final trim systems
depending on their needs, the
application, and their budgetswith
an easy transfer path from LPS to
Millimetre GPS whenever they require
it," says Other.
D
ynapac Australia has
appointed Clark Equipment
distributor for its full line
of heavy and light compaction,
asphalt and paving equipment in
Australia and New Zealand.
The Dynapac Australia
organisation will continue to focus
on its existing customer base, and
upon extending its offering while
giving local support to the Clark
Equipment organisation throughout
the country.
Were very pleased to have
Clark Equipment on board. Their
sixteen branch locations give us a
market presence that we are lacking
and allow us to be closer to our
customers. Their customer base
and product portfolio are a good
complement to our existing
business, says Steve Cartwright,
general manager of Dynapac
Australia.
For its part, Clark Equipment says
its very pleased with the new
arrangement. We look forward to
offering Dynapac products to our
customers.
This strong brand, backed by the
local Dynapac organisation, is a great
complement to our current product
offering and allows us to offer a
complete high quality package to our
customers throughout the country,
says Robert Hammond, managing
director of Clark Equipment.
Dynapac Australia says it will
continue to strengthen its current
sales and service organisation to
continue its market leading
applications and technical service
support to its direct customers and
to support Clark Equipment in
offering high productivity
solutions to Australian and New
Zealand road construction
markets.
Dynapac Australia teams
with Clark Equipment
Steve Cartwright, pictured above, is the
new general manager of Dynapac Australia,
having moved to Sydney at the beginning of
May.
As weve previously reported, Dynapac
has now been incorporated into the Atlas
Copco group.
Born in England, Steve has had a
twenty-eight year career with Atlas Copco,
starting out as an apprentice plant
mechanic with the Australian subsidiary of
Atlas Copco in 1980.
Moving back to the UK in 1985, he
climbed the corporate ladder through
various positions in product and business
management before returning to Australia
in 1994 as general manager of the Rock
Drilling Tools Division.
In 1999 Steve extended his international
career and took the position of general
manager in Brazil. In 2002 Chile and
Argentina were added to his
responsibilities.
Prior to his latest appointment as
general manager of Dynapac Australia,
Steve has been vice president of marketing
for the Atlas Copco Constructions Tools
business at the groups head office in
Sweden, where hes lived for the past two
years.
Welcome back to Australia, Steve!
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O
ver the past sixty or seventy
millennia, tides of humanity
have flowed backwards and
forwards between Europe and Asia.
And there are only two convenient
places to cross. One is a few hundred
kilometres south, at the narrows of
the Dardanelles. And the other is at
the Straits of Istanbul, otherwise
known as the Bosphorus.
Where the train tunnel is currently
being built, Alexander the Great
ferried his army across to Asia. There
has been a human settlement on the
site of Istanbul for at least eight
thousand years, once the capital of the
Roman Empire, then the Byzantine
Empire, later the capital of the
Ottoman Empire.
The city is no longer a capital
Ankara has that role, in the modern
republic of Turkey founded by
Mustafa Kemal after the First World
War. But its still the principal city of
Turkey with a population of about
eight million, straddling the
Bosphorus. The old city and the
airport are on the European side, with
a large part of the metropolitan area on
the eastern Asian shore.
Marmaray is the name of a project
to link the European and Asian halves
of Istanbul by an undersea rail tunnel
across the Bosphorus strait. The name
Marmaray (Marmara Rail) comes from
combining the name of the Sea of
Marmara, which lies just south of the
project site, with ray, the Turkish word
for rail.
Apart from the Bosphorus
crossing, the project involves the
construction of three new
underground station complexes and
the upgrade of sixty-three kilometres
of suburban train lines on each side.
This will create a 76.3 km high
capacity line stretching between the
eastern and western suburban
extremities.
The Straits themselves will be
crossed by a 1.4 km immersed tube,
described by the organisers as being
earthquake proof (this is the bit Ill be
wanting to see demonstrated, before I
line up to buy a train ticket!).
This immersed tube is being
assembled from eleven sections each
eighteen thousand tonnes. They are
being placed into an excavated trench
fifty-six metres below sea level (a
world record), and will be covered by
five metres of earth. Once in situ, the
tube will be accessed from each side by
bored tunnels to complete the
crossing.
The idea of a railway tunnel under
the Istanbul Strait was first raised in
1860. However, where the tunnel
crosses the deepest parts of the Strait,
the old-fashioned techniques would
not allow it to be on or under the
seabed; thus the earliest design
indicated a "floating" type of tunnel
placed on pillars constructed on the
seabed.
The hazards of old cities
Work commenced on the
Marmaray Project in 2004. Its
currently two years behind schedule,
the main reason being the excavation
of a Byzantine archaeological find on
the proposed site of the European
tunnel terminal. In 2005, the dig ran
into the remains of a 4th-century port.
Researchers are recovering what
appears to be the only Byzantine naval
vessel ever discovered, and have found
other artifacts going back to 6,000 BC,
including nine human heads in a bag!
How the Turkish government
handles this quandary will be a matter
A commuter rail tu
Istanbuls Marmaray projec
Satellite view of the Bosphorus,
connecting the Black Sea (top) with
the Sea of Marmara, and the Med.
Its one thing to build a tunnel conn
junction of two tectonic plates, in an
tunnel connecting Europe and Asia
ect is one of the great infrastructure challenges of this age.
of international interest. It needs a
modern commuter railway, but it cant
afford to destroy this site.
Tunnels and Earthquakes
Istanbul is located some twenty
kilometres from the North Anatolian
Fault Zone, which runs from east to
west, south of the Princess Islands in
the Sea of Marmara. The project area is
therefore in a location where the risk
of a severe earthquake is estimated at
up to seventy-seven percent.
Since 342 AD the city has suffered
more than a dozen huge earthquakes
that each claimed more than 10,000
lives. Waterlogged silty soil such as
that encountered at the tunnel site has
been known to liquefy during a quake,
so engineers are injecting industrial
grout down to thirty metres below the
seabed in an endeavour to stabilise it.
The walls of the
immersed sections
are made of
waterproof concrete
in a steel shell, each
being independently
watertight. The whole is made to flex
and bend like skyscrapers.
The bit that worries us is that
floodgates at the joints of the tunnel
are able to slam down and isolate
water, in the event of a wall failure.
Now thats a surprise you wouldnt be
keen to experience, particularly if your
train was passing through a door. The
designers point out optimistically that
these structures have been built in
many other earthquake zones around
the world.
The first immersed tube tunnel
ever built was constructed in North
America for sewer purposes in 1894.
The first tunnel for traffic purposes
was the Michigan Central Railroad
tunnel in 1906-1910.
Dredging
Two systems are in use, and
unfortunately because of absent
personnel we were unable to get a
report on progress, at the time of our
visit.
Apart from reliability, clam shell
dredgers have the advantage of
restricting the loss of spoil into the
water column, but how their accuracy
will suffer in the notoriously tricky
currents of the Straits is another matter.
We understand that a Trailer
Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHP) is
also in use.
Upgrade of existing lines
Thirty-seven existing stations will
be upgraded, signalling and catenary
infrastructure revamped, and a third
track built along much of the route.
The financial justification for the
Marmaray Project has been predicated
upon an increase in rail patronage
from 3.6% to 27.7%, third only to
Tokyo and New York.
Of the total estimated cost of about
$4 billion, most of the money is
coming from the Japan Bank for
International Cooperation, and the
European Investment Bank.
nnecting two continents. Its another thing altogether, when it crosses the
an earthquake zone that killed 27,000 people a few short years ago.
Equipment sales in Australia for 2007
The Australian construction and
mining equipment market grew by
16% in 2007, according to figures
released by the Construction and
Mining Equipment Industry Group
(CMEIG) and ERG International.
This growth follows earlier rises of 10%
in 2006 and 8% in 2005.
Markets for all products increased
in sales volume, with the exception of
dozers which declined 12% on 2006 sales.
The increases in sales volumes
reflected the strength of the
Australian economy over the last three
years and in particular the amount of
construction work and the increased
demand in the mining market.
With the expected slowdown in the
growth of the Australian economy
from 3.9% in 2007 to around 3.0% in
2008 the growth in the construction
market is expected to moderate during
the current year. However the mining
market is expected to remain strong
throughout the year.
Queensland the biggest State by far
Highlights of 2007 activities:
The largest volume of sales was
recorded in Queensland which had
32% of the market. NSW recorded
21% of national sales followed by WA
and Victoria with 19% each.
Estimated value of the market in
2007 was A$ 4.2 billion.
Excavators were up by 20% due
to strong sales in the less than 8 tonne
capacity market. This market was
individually the largest, with over 33%
of total sales.
Wheel loaders increased by 16%
over the previous yearexpected to
decline somewhat in 2008.
Dozer sales dropped by 12% in
2007a further fall this year is likely.
Motor grader sales increased by
only 2% reflecting the continuing
tough conditions in rural areas.
Dump truck sales increased by
29% with particular strength apparent
in the sale of articulated dump trucks,
reflecting the increased demand from
urban construction projects.
In the small machine markets,
sales of backhoe loaders increased by
24% in 2007 while sales of skid steer
loaders increased by only 6%, albeit off
a very high volume base.
Road rollers and landfill
compactors experienced sales
increases of 25% and 21% respectively
and are both forecast to experience
reduced sales in 2008.
Overall sales volumes for the
construction and mining equipment
markets are forecast to remain at
around current levels over the next
two years.
Topcons big sale
Topcon Positioning Systems has
won what it says is the worlds largest
order for total stations 860
instruments to be delivered to the
Polish Ministry of Education (MEN)
by Topcon's Polish partner TPI.
The sale, valued at more than
$US2.5 million, is for 430 GPT-
3107N total stations and 430 AT-G6
optical levels.
Chinas iron ore market
In an earlier issue of MovingDirt, we
pointed out that China is not only the
largest worldwide consumer of base
metalsits also the worlds largest
producer.
The figures are pertinent, in the
issue of iron ore production. We
Aussies may think we hold the whip
hand when it comes to iron ore, a
crititial component of steel
production. But the fact is that China
itself produces a larger slice of its own
requirements than it imports from us,
and Brazil supplies to China more
than Australia does.
The figures for 2007 were:
Chinas own production, 35%
Brazil, 31%
Australia, 25%
By the year 2014, Australia and
Brazil are expected to have swapped
rankings, changing the shares to:
China, 38%
Australia, 32%
Brazil, 27%
Australia has a considerable
advantage. A rough analysis of
contract prices paid in 2007 (versus
the spot market of US$200/tonne)
shows that sales by Australia at US$80
C&F return an FOB (ships side) price
of $55, whereeas the Brazilians netted only
$45 FOB on average sales of $108 C&F.
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Snippets from home and overseas
Ingersoll-Rand generators
Seen here at the recent CME show
in Perth, Ingersoll-Rand PowerSource
portable diesel generators are now
being distributed Australia-wide by
Clark Equipment.
A range of sizes powered by 10 to 444
kW diesels will deliver 8500 kVA.
Fuel tanks are sized to allow
continuous running at 75% load for
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White ants
While researching our story about
the Fortescue rail job in this this issue,
we came across a snippet that you may
want to put in your triva bank.
It is trivial, because no-one these
days builds railways using timber
sleepers, and to the delight of
landscape gardening suppliers, tens of
thousands are being pulled out and
replaced with concrete, as we speak.
About the only thing that could be
said in favour of timber, we assume, is
that passengers would have a quieter
ridejudging by road surfaces. But
there are few passengers to worry
about, and the freight doesnt
complain. For that matter, you cant
get the timber.
According to the bloke who built
the Alice Springs to Darwin line a few
years ago, termites had seriously
attached the wooden sleepers on lines
in WA (such as Mt. Newman) running
predominantly east-west, where the
sleepers of course lie north-south. But
they showed no appetite whatsoever
for those on the north-south lines
(such as Hammersly Iron), where the
sleepers lie east-west.
He experimented by planting a
small number on a trial plot of land,
some oriented E-W and the others
N-S. Lo and behold, Mastotermes
darwinis did ignore the E-W and
breakfasted on the N-S.
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At Craigieburn on Melbournes
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new 7.8 tonne Indeco rock breaker, the
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operating in notoriously hard rock in a
3 km, 10.5-m deep sewerage trench.
Azzona is a specialist in drainage,
with a fleet of fourteen Indecos.
Robbie Di Giandomenico acquired the
HP12000 to increase Azzonas
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to the north and west of Melbourne that,
with the advent of large and reliable
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Despite the size of this monster,
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here are probably more than a
hundred reasons why the
current upswing in equities
cannot last, and only a dozen or so
why it possibly can. Fact remains,
however, Australian shares seem on
their way to post a second positive
month in succession.
This now raises the obvious
question: Is this the point where
yesterday's bear market morphs into
tomorrow's new bull market, or are we
simply kidding ourselves?
Those in favour of a positive view
happily refer to what happened under
similar circumstances in 1990. Back
then the financial crisis was known as
the Savings & Loans crisis and if we are
to believe those old enough to
remember, it looked just as devastating
and as crippling as what we've
experienced since mid last year.
As US banks went bankrupt or saw
their balance sheets becoming severely
damaged, the US stock market lost
20% of its value in three months. Five
months later, however, and upon
confirmation the US economy had
fallen into a technical recession, the
S&P500 index soared to a new high.
This time around, so goes the
bullish mantra, there's more than just
a small chance the US might avoid
recording two consecutive quarters of
negative growth (there hasn't been one
so far though expectations are the
current quarter might be the one that
finally brings negative growth); so
what are the chances of copying the
scenario of eighteen years ago?
The question seems appropriate,
since various key elements that helped
the stock market to new highs back
then, have been repeated this time
around. Back then, the Federal Reserve
Bank aggressively cut interest rates to
prevent worst case scenarios from
turning into realityofficial interest
rates fell from 8.25% to a cyclical low
of 3%plus there was a widespread
belief the Fed would do everything in
its might to tackle the problems head
on, and that ultimately the Fed would
deliver.
It is easy to see why some experts
say today's situation post the Bear
Stearns bail out is similar.
Viewed from their perspective,
investors have taken a positive
approach to developments and what
lies ahead: instead of looking for
reasons to sell and to remain on the
sidelines, they have started to look
around and search for longer term
value. And they are willing to look
beyond the fact that things are likely to
get worse before they will get better.
Apparently, that's exactly what
happened back then in the aftermath
of the Savings and Loans crisis. Similar
to the present situation, securities
analysts were hopelessly behind the
curve with their earnings forecasts,
but investors simply ignored the fact
that corporate earnings were about to
take a dive. They concentrated on
what would come after the dip in
earnings instead.
As such, it should well be possible
that the share market surges to new
highs while corporate earnings
continue to deteriorate. As a matter of
comparison, the US share market
bottomed in October 1990, but US
corporate earnings continued to fall
until well into 1991, or so the story
goes. So far all this seems pretty similar
to what we are dealing with today,
including the fact the US housing
market has yet to find a bottom, and is
likely to require a long time still before
the next sustainable recovery can kick
in (back then the misery went on for
five more years).
No doubt, back then banking
stocks would have been cheaply priced
and the first to bounce in the lead up
to the overall market recovery. That's
exactly what has happened over the
past weeks, even before Westpac and
St George Bank's announced merger
plans injected an extra dose of
optimism into the Australian banking
sector.
The recent recovery of Australian
banking stocks has come much sooner
than most market strategists would
have predicted (the recovery certainly
has come much sooner than I
personally would have thought
possible), however, further analysis
shows this revival does makes sense,
and not only because investors are
willing to take a positive approach to
what lies ahead.
I believe the recent revival for
banking stocks has been as swift and as
powerful as it has been because it
stems from both bears and bulls
buying into Australian banking shares.
As such it is difficult to predict how
far this revival can stretch.
Is it possible Australian banks are
back on their way towards previous
price-earnings multiples? I believe
such a scenario cannot be dismissed,
even though many experts might
argue this wouldn't make sense given
the many headwinds that still lie
ahead for the sector.
The irony is, however, increased
attractiveness of owning Australian
banks makes perfect sense from a
relative point of view. Yes, Australian
banks will be facing some tough times
ahead, and fiscal 2009 might well turn
out worse than what we've seen so far,
but the outlook for many other
companies in the Australian share
market is likely to be worse.
Consider the recent projections
by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Not only does the RBA anticipate
that inflation will remain a tangible
problem in Australia until 2010, the
RBA also foresees three calendar
years of below trend GDP growth.
As we are not even half way through
the first year, that seems like an
awful long time if you are currently
owner of shares in Harvey Norman
or JB Hi-Fi.
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By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, editor of FNArena
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This Month Gallipoli.
T
he coast around Anzac Cove is
empty, as it was in 1915.
There are no nearby towns,
hotels, restaurants, not even a place
to buy a sandwich.
So, if you want to spend more than a
few hours looking around the
battlefields, you have a choice of sleeping
on the ground as thousands do for the
commemorative service, or staying some
kilometres away and visiting the area by
rented car or bus tour.
Theres quite a lot to see, in whats
now a national park. Over a hundred
monuments, cemeteries, and places of
significance, spread thirty or forty
kilometres along the coast from Cape
Helles on the southern tip (where the
British and French landed) past the
Anzac area to Suvla Bay in the north,
where the August landings took place.
The Gallipoli peninsula juts down
into the Aegean Sea, a few hundred
kilometres south-west of Istanbul. Its
about sixty kilometres long, and 10-20
km wide. On its west is the Aegean
Sea, and on its east, the straits of the
Dardanelles.
The biggest town in the region,
with plenty of hotels and other
amenities including an airport, is
Canakkale. Its not on the peninsula
its a short car ferry ride across the
other side of the Dardanelles.
On the peninsula itself, there are a
couple of villages down at the Cape
Helles end, and a few small towns
hugging the Dardanelles coast.
Gelibolu is one, from which the
peninsula takes its name, and also
theres Eceabat (pron. Edge-bar),
which is about fifteen kilometres
across from Anzac Cove.
Coach travel in Turkey is generally a
more luxurious proposition than in
Australia. You can take a coach down
from Istanbul to any one of several
places on the peninsula, including
Gelibolu or Eceabat, and from there
take local bus tours, or preferably
enjoy the independence of renting a
carthe peninsulas roads are quiet.
Theres another option, thats only
been available for about a yearin our
view, by far the best optionand thats
to stay at The Gallipoli Houses, built
and owned by English-speaking
Belgian Eric Goossens and his Turkish-
born wife, talk2us@gallipoli.com.tr
Eric is an encyclopaedia of
knowledge about the Gallipoli
campaign, which adds another
dimension of interest to a visit. His
charming establishment is in a tiny
village, Kocadere, right inside the
national park, about ten minutes drive
from Anzac Cove, Lone Pine, and
everything youll want to see. He has
ten spacious and beautifully furnished
rooms, all newly-builtcall it a small
hotel or a large guest house. Because
theres no restaurant nearby, The
Gallipoli Houses puts on breakfast and
dinner, and supplies picnic lunches.
For what you get, the cost is very
modest.
Two provisos. First; youll need a
car, unless youre an unusually active
hikerfifty thousand Anzacs didnt fit
into a couple of football fieldsthe
distances are significant, and as we all
know, the terrain is very rugged.
Second; dont expect Eric to fit you in
during the few days of the Anzac
commemorative services, because the
Australian Embassy has discovered his
establishment, and theyd booked it
out the day after we left.
We chose to rent a car in Istanbul,
and drive down and back. Its about a
five hour drive, starting at the
Bosphorus, then following the coast of
the Sea of Marmara down to the
Dardanelles and the Gallipoli
peninsula. Having a car facilitated a
visit to the excavations at Troy, on the
other side of the Dardanelles, about
thirty kilometres south of the car ferry
terminal at Canakkale.
Just as Gallipoli has increasingly
become a place of pilgrimage for
Australians, so it has for the Turks.
When we were driving around the
sites, there were many busloads of
gaily waving locals
clambering on and off
at their own
memorials, which will
often be just a few
yards away on their
side of what was the
trench line. After all,
Turkey has 87,000
dead to mourn, and
several major victories
on sea and land to
cherish, over the
much-vaunted British
Empire. These days,
Gallipoli stands for
Sea of Marmara
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Canakkale
Anzac
Cove
The Gallipoli Hou
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forgivenesstheres a
true respect and liking
between Anzacs and
Turks.
The Australian War
Memorial in Canberra
has, on its web site, an
excellent audio narrative;
a twenty-stop tour of the
major sights, that you can
download onto your
MP3 player.
Its not our place to
comment on the military
aspects of this campaign,
which mean different
things to individual
Australians. But its
worth mentioning one dreadful
statistic, engraved on the huge
British memorial at Cape Helles,
along with the names of the
thirty-six thousand Empire lads
who arrived but never left.
Of these, nine thousand were
identified and buried in marked
graves. Thirteen thousand were
buried without being identified,
explaining why the cemeteries
have so few tombstones. But the
largest number, fourteen
thousand, were obliterated on the
battlefields and simply
disappeared, never to be seen or
heard of again.
...Sue Kerville
Istanbul
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Equally, looking back to what
happened in the nineties raises a similar
relative attraction for banking shares.
After peaking in 1989, and reaching a
second lower peak in 1990, the
Australian share market hit bottom in
late 1990. Once the market recovered
from its lows, it subsequently languished
in a sideways trading pattern (as the
Australian economy went through a
rough patch) only to dive again two years
later. Only after this second fall did the
market commence a recovery that would
turn out sustainable.
(Everyone can observe this pattern by
going to Yahoo! Finance and requesting a
chart for the All Ordinaries index for the
maximum time period possible).
Regardless of whether one has a
positive or a not so positive view on bank
earnings in the years ahead, fact remains
the banks have first come under the
market's scrutiny because of the global
credit crisis. As a result of this, current
market forecasts for the banks are
arguably less off the mark than for most
other sectors.
Since companies will start issuing
profit warnings as the economic reality
of a downturn in Australia and elsewhere
becomes increasingly visible, this is
bound to further raise the relative
attractiveness of bank dividends.
Whether you are hoping the next bull
market has already started, or you are
preparing for several tough years ahead
for the local economy and share market,
it would seem all roads lead to the banks
these days.
Rudi, on the stockmarket...
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Gelibolu gave its name to Gallipoli.
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Macquarie Group have won
the $4.8 billion contract for
Australia's largest road
infrastructure project, which
includes the Brisbane airport link.
The BrisConnections consortium,
made up of Macquarie and Leighton
subsidiaries Thiess and John Holland,
will build the $3.4 billion Airport
Link, plus the next section of the
Northern Busway and a new fly-over
to ease traffic gridlock on the airport
roundabout.
The project will be funded through
a combination of debt and equity,
according to a statement from
BrisConnections.
Leighton was a member of two of
the bidding consortiums, with its
Leighton Contractors part of the
losing Northern Motorway group, in
partnership with ABN Amro
Australia.
The other losing consortium
comprised Baulderstone Hornibrook,
Abigroup and Bilfinger Berger Civil
and Babcock & Brown.
The Queensland premier said
BrisConnections would build two
road tunnels and a new airport
connectionthe seven kilometre
Airport Link (mostly underground)
toll road, the 3 km Windsor to Kedron
section of the Northern Busway and a
750m fly-over above the airport
roundabout.
Of the cost of the airport link,
taxpayers would contribute $47
million because of the funding
agreement, she said. For the total
project, which includes land costs, the
state would contribute $1.5 billion
instead of the $2.37 billion for which
it had budgeted originally.
Construction will begin later this
year and all three roads are scheduled
to be completed by mid-2012six
months earlier than planned
originally.
At nearly seven kilometres, the
Airport Link will be the longest road
tunnel in Australia.

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cable-stayed bridge in the world,
recently opened for traffic.
The project qualifies for two records. Its a
given that this is the longest sea crossing by a
bridge. But it also rates as one of the most
complex engineering challenges in recent times.
An essential link in Chinas east coast
superhighway, work on the thirty-six kilometre
bridge began in 2003. But the start of
construction was itself the culmination of a
decade of planning by designers, engineers, and
scientists who undertook no less than one
hundred and forty feasibility studies before they
reached a final design.
Hangzhou Bay itself has long been a popular
tourist attractionvisitors come from far and
wide to see its spectacular tidal flows and surging
wave conditions. The gulf experiences extremely
high winds and tides that can reach up to three
and a half metres per second. At times the waves
are higher than nine metres and they change
direction without warning. In short, the locality
is a bridge builders worst nightmare.
To add to the complexities, there were a
number of geological concerns. The project site
was located right over the top of a number of
shallow natural gas pockets that raised the
worrying possibility of an eruption during
construction. A special study was conducted to
assess the distribution of gas, and the property of
the soil during and after a gas release, to avert any
problems whilst pile driving was underway. Last
but not least, the bridge design had to withstand
earthquake conditions of up to seven on the
Richter Scale, and be typhoon proof.
Because of the challenges that the sea and
tidal conditions posed, a unique concrete mix
involving a large amount of coal ash and slag
powder was developed, producing an unusually
highdensity concrete. This mixture provides
the one hundred year life-span sought in this
project, and is now recognised world-wide as the
Hangzhou research model for corrosion-
resistant concrete.
Since construction started the bridge has
withstood ten typhoons, enduring the
punishment and resulting in only slight delays
and rework. Now opened to the public, the
Hangzhou Bay bridge represents one of the most
important construction elements of the massive
Chinese superhighway system that stretches
thousands of kilometres from the northern
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Kirwan Barr
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1800 803 657
Jaques 424 Secondary Impact Crusher. Mounted on bogie
trailer with brakes, suspension, mudguards, lights. Deutz F6L912
diesel, Hyd folding discharge conveyor. Ideal to use in circuit with a
mobile screening plant. Phone 0419 501050. $135,000 + GST
Extec S5, 2004 model, 3,100 hours, 18x5 two deck (double
screen), three hydraulic folding stockpilers. Fitted with optional
two deck live head (vibrating grizzly). VGC available now. Located
in Brisbane. $195,000 + GST 0419 501 050
Precisionscreen Metro 843 Mobile Screening Plant, 8 x
4 two deck screen, three built-in stockpilers, 2003 model, low
hours, available now. Phone 0419 501050. Located in
Brisbane. $125,000 + GST
Finlay 883 Reclaimer. Heavy duty mobile screening plant. Hardox
apron feeder, 16 x 5 two deck screenbox. Two units available, 2003
& 2004 models. Phone 0419 501050 From $190,000 + GST
MSC Mobile Sand Screw model 30/36. Rated
capacity up to 100tph. Electric and Hydraulic drive
units Ex stock. Phone 0419 501050 POA
Extec Megabite primary jaw crusher, 1100mm x
700mm jaw size, Deutz engine, fitted with magnet. Phone
0419 501050. Choice of two from $295,000 + GST
SOLD
PRICE REDUCED
McDONALD MURPHY MACHINERY
(BRISBANE) P/L A.C.N. 092 663 271
Office contact: Neil Cockerell - 0409 630 103
49 Boundary Road, ROCKLEA 4106
ph: (07) 3710 8300 Fax: (07) 3710 8399
North: South: West: Email:
Dominic Barbe 0408 389 460 Bruce Duncanson 0408 714 462 Mike Barbe 0418 783 985 salesbris@mcdonaldmurphy.com.au
Bobcat 753, 2003 model, 3,350 hours, air
cab, 4:1 bucket, Priced to clear.
$27,000 Inc GST
Komatsu PC75UU, 2001 model, 4,770
hours, knuckle boom, std dig and batter
bucket, steel tracks. $33,000 Inc GST
CASE CX50B, 2006 model, 825 hours,
hyd hitch, 3 dig buckets, tilt batter,
rubber tracks. $78,000 Inc GST
CASE 85XT, 2000 model, 4,500 hours, air
cab & 4:1 bucket, Ex council.
$37,000 Inc GST
Hitachi EX220, 1990 model, 8,500 hours,
hitch and dig bucket. $42,000 Inc GST
CASE 60XT, 2002 model, 1,760 hours,
4:1 bucket. $35,000 Inc GST
CASE 40XT, 2003 model, 2,100 hours,
4:1 bucket. $31,000 Inc GST
Kobelco SK80MSR, 2004 model, 3,300
hours, tilt hitch, std dig bucket, steel
tracks. $68,200 Inc GST
FOR FULL STOCK LIST VISIT www.machineryshed.com
Iron & Dirt Magazine, Page 3.
Hastings Deering
Kerry Road, Archerfield Qld 4108
Call: 131 228
Fax: (07) 3365 9291
www.hastingsdeering.cat.com
Caterpillar D8T
EROPS, A/C, U Blade, MS Ripper
$685,000 + GST = $753,500
2005 Caterpillar 953C
966 hours, A/C, scarifier/ripper, MP bucket
285,000 + GST = $313,500
1995 Caterpillar IT28F
11,755 hours, A/C ROPS, Quick coupler, pallet forks,
GP bucket, MHA. $85,000 + GST = $93,500
2005 Up Caterpillar 247B
3 to choose from, OROPS, MP bucket.
From $43,000 + GST = $47,300
2007 Caterpillar 330DL
4 to choose from
A/C cabin, GP bucket and quick hitch.
Call for Price
2005 Up Caterpillar CS563 Rollers
4 Available May
From $120,000 + GST = $132,000
Hastings Deering
Kerry Road, Archerfield Qld 4108
Call: 131 228
Fax: (07) 3365 9291
www.hastingsdeering.cat.com
2004/2005 Caterpillar 226B
Under 1,000 hours, MP bucket.
Call for Price.
Caterpillar 815F
EROPS, A/C
350,000 + GST = $385,000
Caterpillar 930G, 732 hours, EROPS, air-con, 1 GP
bucket, 6 months/1500 smu warranty on lower train
and hyd. $165,000 + GST = $181,500 Ex Brisbane
CASE 580SR
EROPS, A/C, MP bucket, E-stick, forks.
$65,000 + GST = $71,500
2005 Up Caterpillar 140H
Arriving soon Ex Brisbane
From $325,000 + GST = $357,500
Caterpillar 432D
2 to choose from, EROPS, AC, 4:1 MP bucket,
4WD. $73,000 + GST = $80,300 Ex Brisbane
Caterpillar 953C Track Loader, 2000 model with
3,277 hours. Fitted with GP bucket and ROPS A/C
cab. New track chains fitted. Undercarriage stands
at approx 70% life remaining. To be fitted with a
Cat rear ripper. 4:1 bucket available (extra cost).
$195,000 + $19,500 GST = $214,500 (with Ripper Fitted)
CAT D5H Bulldozer, Powershift, 1,900 total hours.
Fitted with PAT blade, ROPS AC cabin and new rear
ripper. Excellent condition.
$130,000 + $13,000 GST = $143,000.
Multipac VP200 Multi-tyred Roller. 1997 model,
twin seat, A/C ROPS cabin,Ex shire. Excellent
Condition. Available for sale or hire.
$35,000 + $3,500 GST = $38,500
Frank Fleming & Sons (Earthmoving) Pty Ltd.
88 Mallee Drive, Tanah Merah, Qld, Aust, 4128.
Phone: 0418 719 299 Fax: 07 3801 4480 Email: mark-fleming@bigpond.com
Caterpillar D8N Bulldozer, 5TJ Series, 1993 model.
Fitted with differential steering, twin hyd pumps,
Semi-U blade, single shank 4 barrel ripper, ROPS A/C
cab, fast fuel, fire supression system, full mine spec.
Multi-shank ripper available for extra cost. Extensive
component history. Undercarriage stands at approx
60% life remaining. New extreme service grouser
plates have been fitted. Located near Emerald central
Qld. Can be seen working. Good Condition.
$250,000 + $25,000 GST = $275,000
Choice of 3, Kobelco SK259 6E Excavator complete with
Q/Hitch, standard GP bucket, Aux piping. $110,000 Inc GST
CHESTERFIELD
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AUSTRALIA
ACN 001 654 762 ABN 42 001 654 762
1141 Beaudesert Road SALES: Walter Kreis 0418 728 624
Acacia Ridge Qld 4110 Michael Royle 0417 300 545
Telephone 07 3277 1000 Matthew Mammino
Facsimile 07 3875 1713 0447 475 450
Email: sgertig@chesterfieldaustralia.com.au NTH QLD: Steve Argent 0417 744 593
Net: www.chesterfieldaustralia.com.au CAIRNS: Ron Kloprogge 07 4035 5093
Kobelco SK013SR, with rubber tracks & canopy, 300 &
450mm GP 1000mm mud, knuckle boom, hyd blade, half
hitch, expandable tracks. $21,000 Inc GST
Kobelco SK135SR, complete with blade, quick hitch, GP
bucket, Aux piping, one owner operator, Excellent
Condition. $93,500 Inc GST
Daewoo 130LC, 2000 model, Hydraulic QH, Hammer
piping, Standard GP bucket. $44,000 Inc GST
Kobelco SK80MSR- 1 Unit, 2003 model, 3,200 hours,
undercarriage overhauled, N&B lines, swing boom, new hyd
hitch, 650mm GP bucket, Worth a look. $86,000 Inc GST
Sumitomo SH300. 2004 model, needs pins & bushes, new
sprockets. Selling as is where is. $93,500 Inc GST
OTHER UNITS ARE AVAILABLE. PHONE 07 3277 1000 or CONTACT WALTER KREIS 0418 728 624, MICHAEL ROYLE 0417 300 545,
or Matthew Mammino 0447 475 450
Dieci 40.17 Telehandler, Ex demo, 60 hours, complete with Iveco
128hp direct injection engine, pre-arrangement, 3 way man basket
& forks, 4.ot 17m capacity, Aust Std A/C. $170,500 Inc GST
Kobelco SK13SR - Ex Demo Australian build, expandable rubber
tracks, B&N lines, half hitch, 350mm GP bucket. $37,000 Inc GST
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BT EQUIPMENT PTY LTD
6 FERNGROVE PLACE
SOUTH GRANVILLE NSW 2142
PHONE 02 9780 7200
WWW.BTEQUIPMENT.COM.AU
Daewoo 290LC-V Excavator, 2002 model, 8,000
hours, Quick hitch, Hammer piping, Digging and
mud buckets. $60,500 Inc GST
Sumitomo SH120-3, 2003 model, approx 4,700 hours.
Comes with 2 dig buckets, 1 mud bucket, hammer piped, hydraulic hitch.
Very clean and well maintained machine. $78,000 + GST
BT EQUIPMENT PTY LTD
10-14 ASHOVER ROAD, ROCKLEA
BRISBANE
PHONE 07 3277 5422
WWW.BTEQUIPMENT.COM.AU
Volvo L120, 1992 model, ex council machine,
GP bucket. $75,000 Inc GST
Yanmar Vio 50-2, 2004 model, ROPS canopy,
3,800 hours, quick hitch, near new rubber tracks.
$36,500 Inc GST
Sumitomo SH200-3, 2003 model, 7,100 hours,
quick hitch with hammer piping, new chains
& sprockets. $85,000 Inc GST
Yanmar Vio 50-3, 2004 model, 2,800 hours, ROPS
canopy, full set of buckets including 1200mm tilt
bucket & ripper. $47,300 Inc GST
McCloskey International arrives on the Australian Scene.
First machine in Australia proves a winner for Boral.
N
ot widely known in this part
of the world, but afforded a
strong international
reputation, McCloskey
International screens have arrived
on the Australian scene distributed
by George Barr and the team at
Mobile Screening & Crushing.
McCloskey, operating for over
twentyfive years, has been
manufacturing high performance
durable products that offer innovations
that have become industry standards.
Based in Peterborough, Ontario,
Canada, and recently opening a facility
in Northern Ireland, McCloskey
produce trommel screens, vibrating
screens, and stacking conveyors that
suit an extensive range of industries.
At work at a Boral quarry in South
East Queensland for over a month the
McCloskey S130 screen (pictured
above) has won a good deal of acclaim
from operators and especially from
Borals production manager Daniel
Ramsden. Put simply, this is by far
and away the most superior mobile
screen we have operated on this site,
and I reckon weve used almost all
major brands over the years. This
machine beats them all hands down,
He commented.
Boral have been using the S130 for
a variety of materials including
aggregates, raw feed, sand and
recycling concrete washout.
According to Ramsden the screening
performance on wet or dry material
with this machine is exceptional.
The S130 operates a high energy 14
x 5 screen box offering both adjustable
shaft speed and vibration from 10mm
at 950RPM, to 6mm at 1,130RPM, a
feature no other competitive machine
offers. Other features that appeal to
Boral are the very sizeable engine bay
allowing ease of access and
maintenance, caterpillar engine,
excellent service points, fuel fillers on
both sides of the machine, and
importantly the safety aspect of
guarding that the McCloskey design
team has taken into consideration.
Further, the S130 offers fixed
galvanised travelout walkways that
dont require disassembly for transport,
meet transport width requirements, and
afford maintenance crews a more stable
work platform and excellent visibility.
The main conveyor lifts away from the
screen box allowing easier screen cloth
replacement and fitted screen blankets
keep material feeding evenly onto the
screen box, eliminating spillage onto the
walkways or falling into the screened
material stockpile.
The final word. Ramsden claims
that with the S130 he can have it
packed up and ready for transport in
less than half an hoursignificantly less
time than the average two hours other
screens take to get ready for transport.
McCloskey currently offer seven
models of vibrating screens, and have
just announced additional screen
models, complimented by a range of
mobile crushers, all will be available in
coming months. For more information
contact MSC on 1800 803 657.
Kirwan Barr of MSC (left) and Borals
Daniel Ramsden (right).
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parts and services.
T
he ANDRA championship
drag racing series certainly
keeps the Ham Family busy
on weekends. If not at work at RD
Williams Excavator Parts, you will
find them maintaining their race
cars or competing at a race track
somewhere in Australia. Through
TSP Racing, Steven Ham is now
piloting a new alcohol funny car.
TSP Racing has been involved with
championship drag racing since 1999.
From humble beginnings with street
cars, the natural progression has seen
cars campaigned through groups two
and three, and the teams group one
category campaign will start after the
Winternationals this year. All cars have
been built and maintained in house by
Steven and Ian Ham, and are
supported by RD Williams Excavator
Parts, Lubricants Australia, D&M
Plant Hire, Cargo Transport Services
and BMI Engineering.
Steven completed his
apprenticeship as a diesel fitter with
RD Williams Excavator Parts and is
now their Sales Manager with fourteen
years experience. At RD Williams their
work motto is Strength through
Quality. TSP has adopted the same
attitude in the race team. With strong
sponsor support and Kendall oil
protecting the 3,000 HP supercharged
engines, success has been forthcoming,
but hard fought amongst a very tough
field of competitors.
After winning the Winternationals
last year, the team travelled to Sydney,
Perth and Willowbank raceway. With a
win and runner-up at Willowbank, a
top qualifier in Sydney and a win in
Perth, Steven is now ranked number
two in the overall championship for
competition eliminator. With the
Winternationals being the season
final, held from the 5th to the 8th of
June, Steven and his crew will be
focused on trying to win this
prestigious event and claim the
national title.
RD Williams Excavator Parts and the Ham family (TSP Racing)
A FORMIDABLE FORCE in the ANDRA championship drag racing series.
Penrith Office: (02) 4773 8733
Fax: (02) 4773 9014
Alan Burns: 0418 237 674
Clinton Burns: 0418 268 451
Russell OBrien: 0429 920 494
Website: www.alanburns.com.au
Email: sales@alanburns.com.au
PO Box 23, Wallacia NSW 2745
www.alanburns.com.au
Phone: (02) 4773 8733
Caterpillar 14H Graders x 2, 11,000 & 14,000
hours, 16ft blades, big rubber, History Available.
Tidy. From $295,000 + GST
Caterpillar 140H Grader, 1999 Man, 4,700 hours,
17.5 x 25 tyres, Tidy. $235,000 + GST
Caterpillar 615C Series II Scrapers x 5, 1994-
1995 manufacture, 5,500-8,000 hours.
From: $195,000 + GST
Caterpillar 966H Loader, 2006 Man, 1,000 hours,
ride control, supp steer, Suit new buyer.
$360,000 + GST
Caterpillar 950H Loader, 2006 Man, 50 hours
only, CAT quick hitch, forks and GP bucket. As
new. $285,000 + GST
Caterpillar D8R Dozer, 1996, 9,500 hours, single
tyne, semi u blade, U/C at 85% new, Very Tidy.
POA
Penrith Office: (02) 4773 8733
Fax: (02) 4773 9014
Alan Burns: 0418 237 674
Clinton Burns: 0418 268 451
Russell OBrien: 0429 920 494
Website: www.alanburns.com.au
Email: sales@alanburns.com.au
PO Box 23, Wallacia NSW 2745
www.alanburns.com.au
Phone: (02) 4773 8733
Caterpillar D8N Dozer, 1990 Man, 12,000 hours,
undercarriage at 85% new, equalizer bar and rams
re-sealed 0 hours, Very Tidy. $220,000 + GST
Caterpillar D7H Dozer Series II, 1994 Man, clutch
steer, transmission, heads, track frames and blade
group 0 hours, U/C at 90% new. $225,000 + GST
Caterpillar CP56E Roller, 2007 Man, 340 hours,
blade, As new. POA
Caterpillar 815F Compactor, 1997 Man, 12,000
hours, feet / scraper bars at 80% new. Very Tidy.
$245,000 + GST
Komatsu PC200-7LC, 1,900 hours, quick hitch, two way
flow, Australian delivery, One owner. $155,000 + GST.
Caterpillar 322CL, 2006 Man, 700 hours only,
quick hitch, two way flow, Australian delivery,
Suit new buyer. $185,000 + GST
COASTAL EQUIPMENT
SALES PTY. LTD.
ABN 38 068 178 969
6 OWEN CREEK ROAD, Phone: (07) 5445 2166
FOREST GLEN, QLD. 4556 Fax: (07) 5445 6505
Website: www.coastalequipment.com.au Mob: 0417 555 295
Email: sales@coastalequipment.com.au
Caterpillar IT38G, Air-con ROPS, ride control, quick coupler,
GP bucket & forks. Machine fully serviced & ready to go.
Two units available. $200,000 + GST = $220,000
JCB 3CX, 4x4, 2001, Air conditioned ROPS cab, 4:1 bucket,
sideshift, extendahoe, manual hitch and 3 buckets. Tidy ex Govt
unit. $63,000 + GST = $69,300
Komatsu GD405-2, Air-con, 10 mouldboard, scarifiers.
Machine to be serviced. $80,000 + GST = $88,000
CASE 90XT, Open ROPS cab, 4:1 bucket and pallet forks.
Unit operated only 850 hours, lifts 1150kg. As New.
$55,000 + GST = $60,500
Caterpillar D6R, Air-Con cab, ROPS bar, straight blade
with tilt, 4,400 hours. To be serviced and have new chains,
sprockets and rollers fitted. $200,000 + GST = $220,000
Terex TA 40, 6x6 Air-con ROPS cab, 6,000 hours. This
machine has been fully workshop prepared and serviced and
is ready to go. $250,000 + GST = $275,000
www.coastalequipment.com.au
Phone: (07) 5445 2166
COASTAL EQUIPMENT
SALES PTY. LTD.
ABN 38 068 178 969
6 OWEN CREEK ROAD, Phone: (07) 5445 2166
FOREST GLEN, QLD. 4556 Fax: (07) 5445 6505
Website: www.coastalequipment.com.au Mob: 0417 555 295
Email: sales@coastalequipment.com.au
CASE CX240 Hydraulic Excavator, Air-con cab, auxillary
piping, hyd quick hitch & GP bucket. Machine to be serviced
& prepared prior to sale. $100,000 + GST = $110,000
Hitachi ZX120 Hydraulic Excavator, Air-con cab, and to
be fitted with hydraulic quick hitch and GP bucket.
$100,000 + GST = $110,000
Caterpillar 928G, Air cond, ROPS, GP bucket. Unit only
operated 800 hours from new. $145,000 + GST = $159,500
Yanmar Vio 15 Excavator with blade, rubber tracks,
quick hitch, grab & 3 buckets. Ex Govt unit operated
1,300 hours. $17,000 + GST = $18,700
Sumitomo SH125X-3, Air-con cab, blade, to have
hydraulic quick hitch and 1 bucket, 2,150 hours. Tidy.
$95,000 + GST = $104,500
John Deere 570B, Air, ROPS, 12 mouldboard, rippers,
good tyres. To be fully prepared.
$75,000 + GST = $82,500
www.coastalequipment.com.au
Phone: (07) 5445 2166
Phone: (07) 3274 3678
Fax: (07) 3274 3604 Beatty Road,
Int Ph: (617) 3274 3678 Archerfield Airport
Int Fax: (617) 3274 3604 P.O. Box 152,
Alan Thomas 0412 745 093 Archerfield Qld
Ray Murphy 0418 154 467 Australia 4108
Jim Chainey 0431 027 625
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ACHINERY
Email: raymurphy@topline.com.au alan@topline.com.au
Komatsu D 85EX-15, 2005, 2,000 hours, SU Blade,
Ripper, A/C cab. $425,000 + GST = $467,500
CAT D6RXL-111, 2006, 1,400 hours, SU Blade, Ripper,
ROPS cab with A/C. $375,000 + GST = $412,500
Komatsu D275AX-5, 2001, 6,000 hours, SU Blade, 4
Barrel single shank Ripper. $585,000 + GST = $643,500
Komatsu D155AX-6 Dozer, 2006, 580 hours, Sigma Blade, Multi
Shank Ripper, Lock up convertor. $600,000 + GST = $660,000
CAT 824G, 1998, ROPS cab with A/C, S Blade
with twin tilt. $290,000 + GST = 319,000
Komatsu GD655-3, 2006-07, 10 hours, ROPS cab with
A/C, Rippers & Push block. $280,000 + GST = 308,000
Nordberg LT 1213 Impact Crusher, 2005, 1,900 hours,
side conveyor, magnet. $650,000 + GST = $715,000
Terex Pegson Premiertrak, 2005, 3,100 hours,
magnet, side belt. $475,000 + GST = $522,500
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advanced Tiltrotator on the market
today! Its low weight, low mounting
height, compact design, build quality,
durability and attractive pricing have
made this innovative attachment an
outstanding success in Europe.
Best described as the wrist of an
excavator or backhoe loader, the
Tiltrotator is, in effect, a connecting
joint that allows continuous and
complete 360
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For further details call
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Matthew Mammino 0447 475 450
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ACN 099 882 881
16 YASS VALLEY WAY, PO BOX 253, YASS NSW 2582
PH: (02) 6226 3434 M: 0418 679 783 FAX: (02) 6226 3424
QUALITY EARTHMOVING, CONSTRUCTION & MINING EQUIPMENT
email: apmyass@bigpond.com.au
VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.earthmovingsales.com.au
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Bomag BW225D-3 smooth drum 25 ton Roller. This Ex
Govt machine is one for the new machine buyer at massive
savings on new price. $135,000 + GST
Cat 773B Trucks, 4 units ranging from 1983 to 1989. All
in Excellent operational condition & excellent tyres and
bodies. Priced from $150,000 + GST
Komatsu PC1000 Excavator currently working in
coal at Lithgow. Bargain. $98,000 + GST
CAT D9N Dozer, A/C ROPS, SS ripper with pin puller, SU
blade, currently working in Northern NSW, Excellent buying.
POA
Cat 12E 17K Slopy cab motor grader. Rebuilt engine,
new starter motor, almost new tyres, an above average
example of these great motor graders. $35,000 + GST
Westrans Bogie tag float, 2000 build, hyd ramps, pintal
hook coupling, 7m deck with 1m beaver, bucket box.
This unit is in excellent condition. POA
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Prices Include GST, Exclude on road costs. www.allquipimports.com
email: sales@allquipimports.com
Check out our website for over 50 vehicles. If we dont have it, well get it.
1988 Tyota Dyna triple cab, seats 9 with
a 2 ton carry capacity, 2.5m x 1.6m drop-
side tray, 3.4D 5spd, PS, 175,000km,
Very rare truck. $23,950
Vacuum Tankers, all shapes & sizes from 1,800
litre to 7,000 litre. Tipping tanks with opening
hatch for discharge, Rootes blower system with
water filters, will suck any material wet or dry. 6 in
stock from: $29,950
1986 Hino GD D/Cab, Ex-Fire Dept, 6.7D
6spd, 16,000km, PS, tilt-Cab, full pumping
setup, 9 ton GVM, Good Cond, Will sell as
cab-chassis. Vin#0126
$21,000
1988 Isuzu FSR 5.5 ton Trayback, 6.5D
6spd, 150,000km, AC, PS, 6.5m x 2.2m
dropside tray, Ex driving school truck -
Never had a load on it! Absolutely Mint.
Vin#0061 $23,000
1988 Isuzu 4,600 Ltr Vacuum Tanker Super
Sucker with opening rear hatch & tipping discharge,
Rootes blower system that will suck anything, Rare
size truck that will not last. $79,950
1994 Nissan Atlas 1m3 Concrete
Agitator, 4.2D 5spd with only 34,000km,
PS, PW, Tidy truck ready to make $$s.
Vin#3246 $24,950
www.allquipimports.com
12 Sinclair Street, Labrador, Qld 4214.
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Prices Include GST, Exclude on road costs. www.allquipimports.com
email: sales@allquipimports.com
Check out our website for over 50 vehicles. If we dont have it, well get it.
1988 UD Condor Service body truck with PTO driv-
en pump & water tank, 6.9D 6spd, 80,000kms,
plenty of lockable storage compartments, great
roadspeed, tinted windows. Very tidy & looked
after truck. $29,950
1992 Nissan Atlas 3 Ton Trayback, 3.1m x
1.8m dropside tray with checker plate deck,
4.2D5spd, AC, PS, new tryes. Compact worker
thatll carry the weight! $16,000
1994 Nissan Condor Pantech, 19m3
body, 4.6D 5spd, 90,000 km, rated to
carry 3.2 ton but can be de-rated for car
licence. Very tidy truck. $23,950
Isuzu Elf Tipper/Crane Combos. 2
Available, 1.5 & 2 Ton carry capacity, 1 with
2.6m x 1.6m tray & other with 3.1m x 1.7m
tray in very good order. $19,950/$24,950
WE HIRE TIPPERS
2 & 3.5 TONNERS
AVAILABLE
SHORT OR LONG
TERMS
INQUIRE NOW!
CALL 07 5528 8055
1988 Toyota Dyna 2 ton tippers, 2 in stock, 1 with 3.4D
& 40,000kms, other with 3.7D & 90,000kms, both have
PS & 3.1m x 1.6m dropside trays with underbody hoists,
Very tidy trucks, done little work. $16,000
www.allquipimports.com
12 Sinclair Street, Labrador, Qld 4214.
HAUL TRUCK
HAUL TRUCK
Phone: (02) 4577 6577
Fax: (02) 4587 7560
Mobile: 0418 627 120
Email: get.parts@bigpond.com
PO Box 20, Windsor, NSW 2756
26 Fairey Rd, Windsor, NSW 2756
www.haultruck.com
www.haultruck.com
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Euclid R60, ROPS, GM 16V71, Disc Brakes,
Personal staircase, currently in workshop (not
actual machine). POA
Volvo L150E, serial #6679, Year:
2003, Hours: 12,000 approx,
ROPS, Air-conditioning, Scales,
Auto Greasing, Rotating Beacon,
Reversing Alarm. Available for
any test in our demonstration
yard.
$235,000 Inc GST
Logging Forks
(1) Quick hitch forks to suit Volvo L90 & L120
Series. $14,000 Inc GST
Volvo L120E NOWDISMANTLING, 2003 model. Used Tyres. *23.5R25 Michelin,
*23.5x25 Bridgestone,
*25/65R25 Michelin,
*1800 x 25.
Volvo L150D, serial #5200, Year: 2000, Hours:
18,000 approx, ROPS, Air-Con.
$119,500 Inc GST
Volvo 540 (36 Tonne), ROPS, Air-con, scania
engine, Allison trans, UHF radio.
$57,000 Inc GST
1998 Caterpillar 320B Hydraulic Excavator.
Serial #5BR01657. 8,232 hours, fitted with
enclosed ROPS, Atlas hydraulic quick hitch, Gtex
1500mm hydraulic tilt bucket. Includes a Leica
2D excavator system. $73,000 + GST ONO
Contact: Shaheed Muhammed
Phone: 07 3891 9772
Or Allan Archbold
Technical Support Manager for Machine Control
Australasia & Indian Sub Continent.
Phone: 07 3240 1969
Mobile: 0419 645 910
Email: allan.archbold@leica-geosystems.com
Komatsu PC30MR-1 Hydraulic Excavator. Serial
#16049. 787.4 hours, fitted with enclosed ROPS
canopy, mechanical quick hitch, auxillary
hydraulic piping, 1 x mud bucket, rubber tracks.
$30,000 + GST ONO
Includes Leica 2D Excavator System
Phone: 08 9259 6711
9 Woodthorpe Drive, Willeton 6155.
P.O.Box 1373 Canning Vale 6970.
Email: alltrak@yourtility.com.au
ABN 50 689 753 066
ALLTRAK
MACHINERY
CAT 320 DL Excavator, 2006 model, 1,253 hours,
air con cab, steel tracks, GP bucket.
$165,000 + GST = $181,500
Kobelco SK70SR, 2007 model, 284 hours, air con
cab, steel tracks / rubber pads, dozer blade, GP
bucket. $87,000 + GST = $95,700
Komatsu PC 200 LC-8, 2006 model, 2,267 hours,
$160,000 + GST = $176,000
CAT 320 DL Excavator, 2006 model, 1,239 hours,
$165,000 + GST = $181,500
Komatsu PC200 LC-8, 2006 model, 1,361 hours,
$165,000 + GST = $181,500
Kobelco SK70R, 2007 model, 753 hours, air con
cab, steel tracks / rubber pads, dozer blade, GP
bucket. $83,000 + GST = $91,300
ALLTRAK MACHINERY
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www.hustlerturf.com
The fact is, the XR-7 is the most versatile deck on the market, with high-volume side discharge, full
mulching capabilities, striping and catching options, and the muscle to wade through tall grass while leaving
behind an immaculate finish. A patent is pending on its FreeFlow design which virtually eliminates
clumping. Even in wet spring grass build up is minimized, as the Fusion blades hurl clippings through the
durable, moulded-rubber discharge chute. And best of all, the XR-7 deck adapts to the mowing job at hand,
configuring simply and easily, delivering as needed an ultrafine cut, even in taller grass. Only the Hustler
XR-7 deck can deliver the productivity, the finish, the versatility, and the rugged durability you need. Put it in your fleet today.
For Your Nearest Dealer Phone 1300 782 577

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