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NZ Contractor magazine is a monthly magazine published principally as a membership benefit for six industry association groups including Civil Contractors NZ, Aggregate & Quarry, Crane Association of NZ, Heavy Haulage NZ and Ready Mixed Concrete Association.

Sneak preview of our January 2026 classic machine profile - on the Wabco 222 elevating scraper. Caption...
11/12/2025

Sneak preview of our January 2026 classic machine profile - on the Wabco 222 elevating scraper.

Caption: Replacing the C/222A in 1967 was the model C222F, now officially designated as a Wabco product. This is one of Goodman’s machines, seen in the sand at Waikanae in 1976. The heavy-duty front bumper is a Goodman modification, but the sun canopy is a standard factory option. A Michigan 180-wheel dozer waits to give assistance if required.

Archive deep dive back to 2008- check out the profile on the Clark-Michigan 110 scraper with factory cab and cutting edg...
11/12/2025

Archive deep dive back to 2008- check out the profile on the Clark-Michigan 110 scraper with factory cab and cutting edge teeth.

caption: Factory shot of a 1973 model 110-15 with factory cab and cutting edge teeth..

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11/12/2025

31 March 2025: Congratulations to our National Manager Occupational Health and Wellbeing, Jo Prigmore, for winning the diversity champion award at the 2025 Women in Extractives Awards in Christchurch. Jo won the Kristy Christensen Memorial Award, reflecting her work in helping make quarrying an attr...

10/12/2025

Nikau Group had its new fleet addition - a 2024 Mack Superliner, on duty yesterday. This unit came from Australia.

The Mack MP10 16 litre 685Hp engine is the most powerful engine in the world fitted to a conventional truck.

Thanks Jesse from Alpha Compliance for the heads up.

Nightcrawler hauled a Komatsu crane body through Mt Eden village yesterday.
10/12/2025

Nightcrawler hauled a Komatsu crane body through Mt Eden village yesterday.

Archive deep dive back to 2008- check out the profile on the Caterpillar J621 scrapercaption: This J621 is going through...
10/12/2025

Archive deep dive back to 2008- check out the profile on the Caterpillar J621 scraper

caption: This J621 is going through its paces near Abilene, Kansas in 1966. Operators found the J621 a docile machine to operate.

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Sneak preview of our January 2026 classic machine profile - on the Wabco 222 elevating scraper. Caption...
09/12/2025

Sneak preview of our January 2026 classic machine profile - on the Wabco 222 elevating scraper.

Caption: Scanned from a factory brochure of the C/222A dated 1964, the Hancock logo and model 222 can be plainly seen on the bowl of the scraper which held 21 cubic yards. At this stage of development, only a five-speed manual transmission was available for the machine, the Allison powershift becoming available later that same year. This was also one of the earliest appearances of the Wabco logo which can be seen on the top of the radiator surround.

Archive deep dive back to 2008- check out the profile on the Caterpillar J621 scrapercaption: One of the reasons why you...
09/12/2025

Archive deep dive back to 2008- check out the profile on the Caterpillar J621 scraper

caption: One of the reasons why you always loaded into the wind with an elevating scraper. This J621 tops off its load in a flurry of dust.

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08/12/2025

HEB Heavy Haulage 'Nightcrawler' hauls a brand new Kobelco 7120S crawler crane body through Mt Eden village on its way to HEB Construction's Mt Maunganui depot.

The crane is being fitted out before being moved on to Napier where it will be used on the construction of Tutaekuri River Bridge, part of SH2 Hawkes Bay Expressway Project.

Sneak preview of our January 2026 classic machine profile - on the Wabco 222 elevating scraper. Caption...
08/12/2025

Sneak preview of our January 2026 classic machine profile - on the Wabco 222 elevating scraper.

Caption: A surviving LeTourneau-Westinghouse C/222A in the United States, a machine which is to be fully restored in due course. This is a very rare example of one of the early C/222As. The canopy was a factory option.

Sneak preview of our January 2026 classic machine profile - on the Wabco 222 elevating scraper. Caption...
08/12/2025

Sneak preview of our January 2026 classic machine profile - on the Wabco 222 elevating scraper.

Caption: The very first 222’s were Model C Tournapulls with a Hancock 216 elevating scraper mated to them. As it turned out, a highly successful experiment. This photo is dated May 1962 and is of one of the very first C/222A machines.

Archive deep dive back to 2008- check out the profile on the Caterpillar J621 scrapercaption: Access to the left side of...
08/12/2025

Archive deep dive back to 2008- check out the profile on the Caterpillar J621 scraper

caption: Access to the left side of the engine was difficult so Caterpillar came up with the swing-away dashboard.
This concept was used on all 1960s era two-axle Cat motor scrapers.


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