Road Maintenance Equipment

Since the 1970's Catford Engineering has been involved with many facets of council work, road maintenance equipment, earth-moving and mining. We are a large engineering firm in South Australia whom councils entrust to design and maintain their machinery. We are also commissioned to build new designs for various council projects. Our aim is to satisfy the needs of Australian Councils and Contractors that require road maintenance equipment. We are experienced in managing and servicing many types of council related jobs.

Road Maintenance Equipment - Water Cartage:
Over the last two decades, emphasis has been given to the construction of water cartage concepts and methods. We manufacture two different types of water tanks. Catford rectangular water tanks are constructed from 8mm 250 grade plate with 25mm solid round reinforcing bar welded through the centre. The centre baffles are welded on an angle to deflect water into a circular motion. The round water tanks are constructed from 6 mm 250 grade plate with 25mm solid round reinforcing bar welded through the centre.

Road Maintenance Equipment - Spring Loaded Drawbars:
If you are involved in earth moving or council work Catford Engineering manufactures spring loaded drawbar cartridges that are used to reduce shock loading on the towing vehicle's transmission. Three sizes of drawbar cartridge are manufactured to suit machinery of various weights. Sizes available are: 3 to 7 tonne - 8 to 15 tonne - 16 to 20 tonne .

The cartridges consist of a heavy duty, spring loaded, dust proofed mechanism which markedly reduces shock loading on o clutches o transmissions o structural frameworks. It also considerably increases driver comfort. The cartridges are welded or bolted to existing heavy towed machines (mainly those used in road construction).

Road Maintenance Equipment - Rollers:
We also manufacture stone crushing rollers, combination rollers and flat drum rollers. Our website contains pictures and information on the equipment we have designed and manufactured. Click on Council road rollers to view the rollers we have built. To see detailed specifications download the PDF files from this section

The Catford stone crushing roller features the following specifications:

Heavy gusseted construction
Four inch double ball-raced bearings
1.46 metres in Height
2.44 metres in width and constructed from 16mm plate
Length of main draw bar 3.5 metres long and constructed from 150x150x9 RHS
May be offset both ways, plus intermediary settings
The stone crushing device is 75x75x10 angle iron which is hard-faced with two runs of hard-facing on each angle.
Draw bar jack.

Optional Extras:

Push pull draw bar cartridge
Swivel pull draw bar
Hydraulically operated draw bar shift
The roller is easily transported with the use of truck wheels that lock onto the wheel support housing.

Catford Combination Roller
The drum size is 1250mm diameter x 1800mm wide with drum thickness of 25mm, 32mm or 40mm. The drum can be raised or lowered by using tractor hydraulics. It has a spring loaded adjustable drum scraper and includes indicator and warning lights to motor vehicle registrar specifications. Our combination rollers are 12 tonne capacity and have a machined ball bearing race turntable. The roller includes a swivel draw bar. It has a 100 x 100 x 6.0 mm RHS top and bottom A-frame. A 300 kg winch is used to raise and lower the RHS top A-frame. It comes complete with 10 ply compactor tyres, oscillating rear wheel sub assembly, lock away tool compartment and a heavy duty wind up jack for the bottom A-Frame.

Optional Extras:

Twin split drum
In-cab on-the-run changing of tyres to drum
Scraper bar fitted to front and rear wheels
Spare wheel mounting
Internal power pack
Loose solid ballast
Rear tow hitch
Drum scraper at front of drum
Push pull drawbar cartridge

Our flat drum roller features heavy gusseted construction with the drum fabricated from 25, 32 or 40mm plate. The drum frame is constructed from 150 x 100 x 6mm rectangular hollow section. The tow pull may be of the spring loaded cartridge type or a standard swivel draw bar. Catford roller drums are made so they can be filled with cement or water. Four inch double row cylindrical roller bearings with special grade cast housings and a four inch shaft through the middle of the drum complete the roller. A 150 x 16mm high tensile spring loaded scraper blade is mounted at the rear of the roller.

Road Maintenance Equipment - Lifting Devices:
Are you a council looking for a special lifting or crane device? Why risk injury to your employees? When lifting, always use a Catford Loading Crane. We manufacture both front mount and rear mount loading cranes. These can be installed on both utes and trucks. They are easy to use. The front mount has four stages 500, 400, 300 and 200 kg and the rear mount has three stages 500, 400, and 300 kg. If you purchase the crane with electro-hydraulic 12 or 24V power pack, the main lift ram is operated by the power pack. The other option is to use a hand jack to operate the main lift arm. The telescopic boom is manually adjustable on both models. The cranes are designed to use minimal tray space when not in use and the slew rotates through 360 deg. A drop leg stabiliser jack is an optional extra.

Road Maintenance Equipment - Front End Loader Attachments:
Have you just purchased or do you use an industrial loader? Do you find it tedious changing from bucket to forks? Catford Engineering has just the answer. We can modify your agricultural or industrial loader with an attachment quick coupler for simple and speedy connection of attachments. The quick coupler can be with manual pin or a hydraulic in-cab hook-up. Other attachments are manufactured to suit your quick coupler. All Catford's require is your bucket.

If you are unable to find the product you require, contact us direct by phone on 08 8664-1566, fax 08 8664-1778 or email sales@catford.com.au One of our staff members will be happy to discuss your needs and find the product you require.

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