August 8, 2019
Our contract mining fleet at Stockton Mine gets another two new Volvo A45G articulated dump trucks: #T76 built January 2019, #T77 built March 2019. This will bring our holding of A45Gs to four.
Pre-delivery mine specification checks.
Ready for...Read more
June 7, 2019
Caterpillar 777D dump-truck #16 (nominally 100tonne including 50m3 payload) was manufactured in the USA in 2002, bought new by us in 2004 and put to work at Stockton Mine carting overburden.
The engine (model 3508B EUI) is an 8 cylinder, 34.5L...Read more
April 4, 2019
Ash Oldham has plans to retire this year and through this website we wanted to acknowledge his work in the industry and as a valued member of the Doug Hood Mining crew.
Ash is responsible for the steel fabrication associated with building and...Read more
March 26, 2019
Recent output from our Westport Workshop is a rebuild of an EX1900 10m3 rock bucket.
After many hours digging rock at Stockton Mine our EX1900 rock bucket required refurbishment including new teeth, adapters, and wear package supplied by West-Trak...Read more
November 6, 2018
In September 2018 we purchased two Volvo A45G articulated dump trucks from TransDiesel Christchurch for DHML projects at Stockton Mine.
With tray capacity of 26m3 and 6-wheel-drive these trucks are generally utilised in softer and less developed...Read more
August 27, 2018
Quality management system certification revalidated against ISO9001:2015
First gained in 1997, ISO9001 certified management system is the backbone for company processes which alongside the maintenance and accounting functions ensures the company...Read more
March 1, 2018
In February 2018 we purchased a new 40 tonne excavator due to retiring one of our 36 tonne excavators having completed 14,000hrs.
When looking for a replacement we evaluated the major brands and models and decided on a Volvo EC380DL with a 2.4 m3...Read more
June 29, 2017
We recently celebrated an important milestone with our Westport Workshop crew achieving 3,000 days free from lost time injury. Further they have remained free from any type of injury for over 1,500 days.
This is a significant milestone when the...Read more
September 2, 2014
We have completed the refurbishment of a large scale mining fleet now available for hire or project services (gallery below).
For hire:
Excavators 180 – 200 tonne
Dozers D9 – D11
Rigid dump trucks 100 tonne
Loader 11 m3
Grader...Read more
July 11, 2013
We recently refurbished the PC1250SP-7 in Christchurch ready for the next big job.
Perfectly sized for large civil or mining work PC1250/2 has clocked up 14,500hrs as part of the DHML fleet.
Bought new from Komatsu New Zealand in 2004 the...Read more