Mini excavators & skid steers for Ipswich
Queensland's oldest inland city and its biggest growth corridor, with black soil flats, coal-measure clay and big new estates.
Ipswich stretches from the heritage city centre out through Springfield and Ripley, two of the largest master-planned communities in the country, to rural towns like Rosewood, Fernvale and Marburg on the way to the Brisbane Valley.
Ground
Black cracking clay on the Bremer River flats, shale and coal-measure clay on the ridges, and alluvial soil in the valley. The black soil is fertile and awful to dig wet; dry, it opens into cracks you can lose a boot in.
Typical jobs
New-estate landscaping and retaining walls in Springfield and Ripley, shed pads and driveways on rural blocks, drainage after the wet, and dam work in the valley.
Machines that suit
The R18 PRO and R22 PRO have the weight for the clay; the RS10 skid steer suits rural properties moving bulk material. Delivery from Currumbin Waters is about 90 minutes via the Logan Motorway.
Machines that suit Ipswich
R18 PRO Excavator
R22 PRO Excavator
