An increase in on-farm earthmoving works has encouraged a Ballarat based contractor to increase their offering to meet demand.
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Pitman Contracting, principal, Damien Pitman said he has seen an increase in demand for land levelling, drainage improvements and new foundations, which encouraged him to invest in new equipment and technology to service farmers in north western Victoria.
"My recent purchase has been a large 4.5 metre working width O'B Carry-Grade scraper that is manufactured in Swan Hill by Colin O'Bryan of Murray Valley Lasers," he said.
"It is a unique earthmoving machine that is drawn behind a New Holland T615 tractor that I purchased as it also offers increased flexibility of the roles it can perform."
Mr Pitman said as the scraper was fitted with a row of hydraulic breakout rear rippers without shear pins, allowing the machine to rip, break up, excavate, pick up and carry up to sixteen cubic metres of soil at a time.
"I've been delighted with the performance of the scraper on current on-farm projects locally," he said.
