First impressions of Gaddum Construction’s new Hyundai HX140 forest roading excavator are that it’s a pocket rocket, says our Iron Test writer Tim Benseman: “Very powerful for its size, compact, strongly built and multifunctional with the rotating tilt, thumb, buckets and rake it travels with. The zero tail is obviously going to be a winner pushing through tracks and clearing slips where you have to frequently change positions from bulk-out to loading for end haul and water table reshaping.”
Our Iron Test team used the Hyundai HX140 to clear slip material but a few days before, Steve was clearing driftwood and debris off the road following the recent extreme weather events.
Gaddum's regular operator, Steve Drower, adds, “When we rocked up to this block to begin work the river was flowing around both ends of the bridge and debris was all over the road. We smoothed it off and cleared out under the bridge, then carefully built up rock abutments around the approaches to the bridge to make it more sustainable for the future. The Wedgelock thumb came in really handy for that rock placement as well as picking up driftwood and getting it off the road."
To read more, get your copy of the May 2023 edition of NZ Logger magazine, on sale from 1 May. Check the link on this page to subscribe to either a printed or digital copy
