Trimble LAUNCHES AI-powered load scale FOR wheel loaders
Hitachi’s ZW250-6 is among the company’s wheel loaders that offers Trimble’s L3180 SmartScale as an option. Trimble says the Loadrite L3180 SmartScale system uses artificial intelligence for faster, more precise loading. And the company has joined with Hitachi Machinery Loaders in the northern hemisphere to offer onboard weighing system on select Hitachi wheel loaders. The […]
Gehl DL telehandlers come with all-in-one joystick control
Gehl has upgraded its telehandler line-up with its third-generation DL series, with all-in-one joystick control that emerged last year on Gehl’s RS5-19 model and now comes standard on all four models in the DL lineup. The joystick controls forward, neutral and reverse; boom extension and retraction; attachment tilt; and auxiliary hydraulics while the operator can […]
Wacker Neuson DW60 Dumper with dual-view rotating console
Barely two years since Wacker Neuson first unveiled its concept of a mini dumper with a rotating console, an updated version of this unique compact load mover is on its way to several northern hemisphere markets. The Wacker Neuson DW50 rotating console allows the mini dumper operator to face either the load or what was […]
Cat 918M loader ups capability with more options
Although it isn’t seeing any spec bumps or design changes, Caterpillar’s 918M is getting some capability boosts through the introduction of four more options that are now available on this popular compact wheel loader. Fusion Coupler First up is the Fusion Coupler. This Cat-designed system uses a constant pressure wedging mechanism that creates a “tight, […]
Cat 903D Compact Wheel Loader offers power and strength
Caterpillar has release the 903D for sale into Australia and New Zealand and this new model complements Cat’s existing compact wheel loaders the 906K, 907K and 908K. The 903D offers a comfortable operator station, a styling consistent with the Cat® compact wheel loaders range and an impressive combination of operating weight, power, and performance in […]
Hitachi ZW310-5 wheel loader allows Jeffries to lead the way
South Australian company Jeffries’ add a Hitachi hybrid excavator and wheel loader to help reduce on fuel emission. From humble beginnings carting horse manure for nurseries, South Australian company Jeffries has since grown into a specialised leader of organics recycling by developing world-leading organic recycling technologies. Today, specialising in the creation of valuable landscaping, gardening […]
Honda’s Aussie lawn mower an instant hit
In 1986, a small team at Honda Australia explored the idea of starting a lawn mower assembly and production line to produce mowers for the local Australian market. By late 1987, Japanese engineers arrived in Australia to assist with setting up the assembly line and soon after HMA (Honda Manufacturing Australia) was born. The original […]
Case IH CVT drive added to high power tractors
Case IH has taken its long-standing experience with CVT technology and produced a hydro-mechanical power splitting system for its tractors from 294kW (400hp). It is now installed in selected models of Steiger four-wheel drives and Quadtrac full-size track tractors, and all three sizes of the Rowtrac, which is equipped with wide-spaced narrow tracks to operate […]
Challenger MT700 Series small track king
A continuously variable transmission comes to the smaller of the two Challenger track tractors for the first time with the introduction of the latest generation MT700 Series. Accompanying the new Accu-VT transmission is a re-designed Mobil-trac undercarriage with enhanced traction belt guidance and suspension. Along with powertrain control technologies that promotes fuel-saving ‘low-speed, high-torque’ strategies, […]
New Holland methane fuelled tractor
Enthusiasm for exploring the practicality and cost effectiveness of likely alternatives to diesel is the motive behind the creation of a methane gas-fuelled tractor by New Holland. The sleek looking model, that may give some clues to possible future design language for commercial tractors, is based on a New Holland T6.180 and produces up to […]