First underground export sales to USA

Sale of first fully designed and manufactured, purpose built R1500 Load Haul Dump (LHD).  Machine no.1 is still operational and has returned to Burnie to be part of Dale Elphinstone’s collection.

Sale of the first Elphinstone 80C underground loader modified from a Caterpillar 980C wheel loader.

Elphinstone manufactured and sold the very first purpose built underground mining trucks, the AD13 (13-tonne capacity) and AD17 (17-tonne capacity) articulated dump trucks.

Design, manufacture and testing of the first purpose built Elphinstone underground mining dump truck.

Development and sale of the first Elphinstone underground mining loaders, which were modified Caterpillar 980B and 925B wheel loaders.

Development of the first Elphinstone underground support vehicles, the 920 Scaler and 925 Work Basket using a Caterpillar 920 wheel loader.

Sale of the first Elphinstone 79C underground mining truck, which was a modified Caterpillar 769C truck.

Dale Elphinstone began modifying Caterpillar equipment to suit underground hard rock mining  applications out of his Fathers shed on their Mooreville Road, Burnie (Tasmania) farm in 1975.  The Elphinstone name was destined to become synonymous with underground mining.

The Elphinstone RMT15F Railmax was released with significant control system upgrades to the previous RMT14D version, increasing the machines capability, safety and productivity.