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Displays

Earthmoving
Display

The modern muscle. Excavators, loaders, graders and dozers: the big current gear that shifts the dirt today, up close and working.

A Caterpillar D8R bulldozer with a ripper, working a hillside
A new Caterpillar 325 excavator on a residential site
A yellow Caterpillar 215 excavator on a muddy yard
A yellow Komatsu HD255 rigid dump truck on a grass yard
A 1956 Caterpillar D2 crawler pushing a pile of dirt
A Caterpillar 631C motor scraper in a clay cut
Earthmoving Grid A4
Modern Muscle

The Big
Current Gear

  • Excavators and diggers from compact to serious tonnage, tracks and all.
  • Loaders, graders and dozers: the machines behind every Central Otago build and road.
  • Live earthmoving demonstrations showing what modern hydraulics can really do.
  • Operators and dealers on hand, so you get a proper look at the gear that shapes the land.
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Already Entered

Iron on
the List

Crawlers, loaders, diggers and dump trucks already registered. Some of it older than the operators.

An unrestored Caterpillar D2 sitting in long grass
1956 Caterpillar D2
A yellow Caterpillar 951C track loader with its operator
1972 Caterpillar 951C
A Caterpillar 215 excavator side on, beside other machines
1977 Caterpillar 215
A Caterpillar D4E bulldozer on grass with pine trees behind
1987 Caterpillar D4E
A Komatsu dump truck and an excavator on a dusty site with hills behind
2001 Komatsu HD255
A line of diggers, dump trucks and a grader on a Central Otago subdivision
A Contractor's Fleet

Photos supplied by the participants who entered them.

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One Contractor's
Shed

Scrapers, dozers and diggers from one Central Otago line-up, all headed for Cromwell. There's more where this came from.

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Put It On Show

Contractors and operators: show off your gear to thousands over three days. Get in touch about a display or a demo slot.

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Watch Modern
Muscle Work

See the current gear dig, lift and shift alongside a century of vintage iron.

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