FLEETS

Scrape twice as much at once

AN innovative tandem of scrapers towed behind a high horsepower tractor is helping Chisholm Earthmoving speed-up the removal and replacement of top soil at one of Cristal Mining’s mineral sands mines near Pooncarie in New South Wales.

Marion Lopez
Chisholm Earthmover was able to fill both scrapers in 20-30 seconds.

Chisholm Earthmover was able to fill both scrapers in 20-30 seconds.

Chisholm Earthmoving configured the boosting solution using two O’Bryan HD carry grade scrapers coupled with a Case IH 600 HD Steiger tractor, which has a 600 horsepower Iveco engine. The contractor...

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