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20 April 2012

Cat Trucks Are Here

CAT Trucks are here! Goughs has proudly launched the first Caterpillar branded On-Highway Truck to New Zealand.

With a top secret MI-6 Cat Transportation Test facility near Auckland Airport as the theme for the venue and James Bond, his Aston Martin, ‘Q’, Ms Moneypenny and of course Bond girls and villains all present, the CT630 was unveiled to much fanfare at a gala cocktail function for customers and Goughs staff in Auckland at the end of March.

20 March 2012

Cat Trucks Arrive in New Zealand

The first Caterpillar branded On-Highway Truck has arrived in New Zealand.

The Cat CT630, which was originally launched in Australia in 2010, is a conventional prime mover and is suitable for on-highway tractors and rigid truck and trailer applications. Karl Smith, Chief Executive of the Gough Group, which has the exclusive rights to market the Cat truck in New Zealand, said that the entire team is excited to be involved with the Cat On-Highway trucks.

10 March 2012

Quarry Cat, The Legacy Continues

Alan Rae has been operating heavy machinery up and down the South Island since the late 1970’s, and is now only months away from achieving 25 years of service for Fulton Hogan Canterbury at their Pound Road and Miners Road alluvial stone quarries on the outskirts of Christchurch.

20 January 2012

Fighting at the Front

Caterpillar skid steer loaders are on the front line of Nikau Contractors operation and three new 246C units recently arrived in Christchurch are playing a key role in the company’s deconstruction operation as part of the city’s rebuild.

15 December 2011

Goughs opens depot near Christchurch’s Red Zone

The Gough Group today opened a “pop up” branch on the edge of the Christchurch CBD red zone to help service the needs of contractors and the Alliance (Fulton Hogan, Downer Construction, Fletchers, MacDowell NZ and City Care) throughout the demolition and subsequent rebuilding of Christchurch’s city centre and infrastructure.

21 November 2011

Versatile Cat 336DL for Parkside

Parkside Quarries has a long association with the Caterpillar brand over many decades and that tradition continues with the acquisition of a new Cat 336DL excavator from Goughs.

26 September 2011

Cat D-Series Mini Excavators

With the New Zealand introduction of the Cat D-Series mini excavators, Goughs has expanded the capabilities and enhanced many aspects for the most compact excavators in the Caterpillar product line now available to the market.

And in the short time the new range has been available, Goughs has been kept busy with contractors throughout the country adding the popular new models to their fleets.

15 June 2011

First Cat AP500E Paver Arrives

Caterpillar products have served Blenheim-based TC Nicholls Ltd well since the company’s inception in the mid 1960’s, and expectations are high for its latest acquisition from Goughs – an AP500E paver, which is the first Cat model of its kind to be delivered in Australasia.

18 May 2011

Look Close. All Parts Are Not Created Equal

Look Close. All Parts Are Not Created Equal.

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