What is earthmoving and mining like in New Zealand? Well Mack travels around the world to find out. On this episode, Mack sits down with Richard Clark, Brand and Events manager with Terra Cat to talk all about Mack's adventures in New Zealand.

We visit all the big dirt contractors and mining companies on both North, and South Island to learn about equipment, projects, mining, and culture in New Zealand.

Terra Cat hosted us at their facilities in Christchurch and aided in visiting the 789 haul trucks at Macraes Mine. Big thank you to their team for all the help and hospitality!

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How BIG is Ritchie Brothers spring auction? Well on this episode, we find out! Mack sits down with Mark McPyke, Edmonton yard refurb manager, and Rob Chappell, Regional Sales Manager for Ritchie Brothers to talk all about Ritchie Bros big spring auction in Edmonton Alberta

We learn about what it takes to move thousands of pieces of equipment through the Edmonton yard to buyers around the world. From inspections and refurb, to lining it all up for buyers to view, we cover it on this episode!

Learn more about Ritchie Bro's Edmonton auction here https://www.rbauction.com/lp/edmonton-ab

Find Ritchie Bros on social media @ritchiebros

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Arguably Cat's most iconic dozer, the D8, turns 100 this year alongside Caterpillar. Mack sits down with Sam Meeker, market professional for medium track type tractors (D4-D8 size), to talk about the next gen D8 which so happens to be in production the year Caterpillar turns 100 years old as a company.

You won't find a more genuine Cat guy than Sam. Mack and Sam talk about what has and what hasn't changed with the new D8, technology on the new dozer, Cat's unqiue "first cut" blade design, undercarriage, the new cab, and of course farming as Sam grew up in a farming family. Sit back, grab your favourite beverage or snack, and learn all about the new D8!

You can find Sam on social media, @yieldmap

Additionally you can find more info about the D8 on Cat's website: https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/dozers/medium-dozers/120120.html

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How are buckets designed and built? Mack sits down with Ryan Parker and Fred Duling of Hensley Industries to talk everything buckets and GET. They discuss the history of Hensley Industries, engineering/designing a bucket, what makes Hensley buckets unique, ground engaging tools (GET), metallurgy of GET, designing buckets for customer specific applications, and more!

Learn more about Hensley here https://www.hensleyind.com/

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Why is operator training so important for the modern day earthmoving or mining company? I sit down with Jay Collup of Collup Enterprises to talk everything operator training. Jay has an incredible background working for Caterpillar at Tucson Proving Grounds and other Cat dealers, which has made him an incredible resource for companies looking to train their people on all types and sizes of equipment. We cover Jay's story, what types of training Collup Enterprises provides, what style of training is effective, training green vs expeirnced operators, common operators mistakes, and 5 tips to become a better operator.

Learn more about Jay on his website https://collupenterprises.com/ or find Jay on social media, Jay Collup/@collup_withacameraphone

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Mack sits down with Ed Lingel, President of Daequip Premium Attachments, to talk everything buckets and entrepreneurship. The episode details the Daequip story products they offer, how they work with customers to spec custom buckets, the new Daequip quick coupler, their new facility in Abbotsford, Dormel Roll off bins, where the company is headed, and more!

Learn more about Daequip by visiting their website https://www.daequip.com/ or find them on social media @daequip

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What is marketing and why should earthmoving contractors market themselves? Mack sits down with Aria Morgan, marketing director for Plateau Excavation, an earthmoving company based out of Kennesaw, Georgia. They cover everything marketing for earthmoving contractors, from where to start, what value social media provides, websites, generating content on site, role of a marketing director, and more!

Learn more about Plateau Excavation on their website https://plateauexcavation.com/ or follow them on social media @plateauexcavation

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Revolutionzing the logging industry many years ago, winch assisted logging has enabled contractors to harvest previous unreachable timber resources. On this episode, Mack sits down with Kelway Cox, President of Timbermax USA, to talk all about the Timbermax product. They cover how/where the idea for winch assist slope work started, the origin of Timbermax product and how it is built, applications for Timbermax winch outside of forestry, and more!

To learn more about Timbermax, visit their website here https://timbermaxusa.com/

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Learn all about the largest earthmoving machines in the mining industry, the electric rope shovel! On this episode Mack sits down with Nicholas Voelz, Sr. Manager - ERS Product Management for Komatsu electric rope shovels. They dive into the history of the P&H rope shovel, current Komatsu ERS product line, application for rope shovels in mining, technology on these machines, and of course the P&H 4800 flagship of the Komatsu ERS product line.

Learn more about Komatsu ERS product here https://www.komatsu.com/en/products/electric-rope-shovels/

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On this episode Mack sits down with Ryan Haasen of Civil Craft Studio to talk all about how Ryan designs, builds, and delivers the incredible board room table dioramas he is most well known for.

Ryan has a long history in both construction and building things with his hands, originally starting wood working he soon found himself building construction dioramas and eventually the first board room table for Blue Con Excavating, was created! Ryan has since built many more large and small diorama.

Ryan has received worldwide attention for his work, you can find him on instagram @civilcraftstudio

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