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The Rockhampton Regional Council has just received three new machines, which will provide a step up from the technology it was using previously.
Two graders and a loader are now at the Gracemere Depot to help fix and build the regionâs road network.
One of the new machines is a Caterpillar 950M Wheel Loader, with the other two being Caterpillar 150-14A Graders.
Mayor Tony Williams said the machinery was replaced at the optimum time of balancing productivity and machinery down time, helping optimise the councilâs operating costs.
âThe benefit of having new machines means more horse power, the addition of ergonomic operatorâs cabins, and increased productivity in the new graders which come with 14 foot blades (4267mm) as opposed to the previous models which were fitted with 12 foot (3658mm) blades,â Cr Williams said.