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Leigh Brenton, owner of Bulahdelah-based
Guardrail Systems installs guardrail, wire
rope and safety barriers under contract to
local councils and major road authorities.
Leigh has combined a JCB 527-58C
telehandler and an Orteco post driver
hammer to create a machine that can
carry, distribute and install rail posts.
JCB Construction Equipment Australia
(CEA) worked with Leigh and his team of
specialists to customise the machine and
install a remote control operating system.
“When I started in this business in 2004,
Road construction company invents new machine
I had a standard tractor and a drop
hammer, like a farmer uses to put up a farm
fence,” Leigh said. “Two years later,
I realised it wasn’t the right way to do it.”
Leigh’s first attempt involved another
tractor and a pneumatic hammer. After
some research, he locked onto the idea of
combining a hammer with a telehandler.
“It was effectively a one-man, one-vehicle
operation and I thought this was the most
efficient way of doing it so I decided to go
down that route.
“There is a hammer
available that is mounted
on a track machine,
and it’s great, but all it
does is drive a post in,
nothing else. So I decided
to buy a hammer and a
JCB telehandler strong
enough to manage
loading and carrying a
pile of posts or a
1.5 tonne roll of wire, and
add one to the other.
Leigh’s telehandler can
be operated like any
other. In manual mode, it
loads and unloads trucks
and carries the posts. When he is ready
to start installing posts, he loads up with
posts and lifts the forks; for safety, the
remote control that drives the telehandler,
and allows for the operation of the
hammer, locks off the fork function.
“The remote control has two functions;
one is drive/steer and one is hammer.
When you’ve finished moving the
telehandler into position, you switch the
remote to hammer. So you hammer the
post in, switch back to drive, move forward
to the next spot.
“Most people will look at a machine and
say ‘that will help me so I will buy that’. I
look at it and say ‘what can I do to change
it to make it even more efficient’. I bought
a hammer and a machine and combined
them, and it cost less than buying two
machines. It is safer, too. If we drop the
controls, it will stop. It can’t run anyone
over. We have a safe machine purpose-
built for what we need.
“JCB was keen to help us. We knew we
would need help. Whoever was making all
the modifications would need support from
the original manufacturer."
Contact: 02 9609 6033 or visit:
www.jcbcea.com.auThe new compact Mitsubishi PREMIA
power pallet mover series (PREMIA -
PBP16-20N2 Power pallet series from
MLA Holdings) with a lift height of
135mm was awarded Red Dot award for
its high design quality and usability.
The Mitsubishi Europe design centre
in Finland paid special attention to the
key issues of durability, usability and
safety when designing these power pallet
movers.
Mitsubishi PREMIA power pallet
movers offer a comprehensive solution
to safe horizontal movement of pallets
minimising the risk of back injury
prevalent with the use of manual hand
pallet jacks.
Acceleration, top speed and braking
characteristics are fully programmable.
When the control handle is pulled all the
way down or up, the truck automatically
stops.
When the emergency button is activated
the truck immediately stops. For tight
Safety First with Mitsubishi
turning in confined spaces the truck has
a unique ‘handle-up’ operation feature
making it ideal for use in containers and
the back of trucks.
Mitsubishi’s power pallet
movers are easy to use.
Waterproofed features
allow for outdoor use in
all weather conditions,
while the lifting and
lowering levers and linked
castor wheels ensure easy
operation and stability.
Mitsubishi PREMIA
Power Pallet Trucks
have strong, endurance
tested and well-protected
construction, fewer
breakable components,
low energy consumption
and recyclable parts.
These features increase
product life cycle, reduce
need for maintenance and
decrease total cost of ownership.
Contact: 131 652 or visit website:
www.mlaholdings.com.auLeigh Brenton of Guardrail Systems uses a JCB 527-58C telehandler and an
Orteco post driver to install rail posts
Mitsubishi PREMIA power pallet movers offer a comprehensive solution to
safe horizontal movement of pallets
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