Cost-efficiency

If you’re involved in earthmoving, then you probably need at least some understanding of Ground Engaging Tools – or GET. It’s something we take very seriously because we have firsthand experience on projects where getting it right made the difference between just breaking even and exceeding forecast cost rates. The role of GET in your production rates While many projects get their GET right, there are just as many that don’t. Too often, we see plant hire agreements where th

For a while, it looked like we were seeing the end of scrapers on civil projects. The availability of 50T mine trucks, and the lower running cost of articulated units, combined with a shrinking pool of experienced operators, were making scrapers something of a secondary consideration. Nevertheless, good things tend to last and, in recent years, there has been renewed interest in using scrapers on civil projects. This is because people have realised their natural predator – t

Back when GPS kits were first being bolted on to diggers, we were all told how great it was going to be for trimming batters. This new technology was going to do away with manual methods like batter rails and, as a result, cut the cost of batter trimming (which had always been relatively high). The system was also meant to be so effective that we’d hardly even notice work was going on. Maybe it was meant to be so fast it would become one of those things that ‘just happened’ –