Western News: April 04, 2017
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8 Tuesday <strong>April</strong> 4 <strong>2017</strong><br />
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Fresh face for bulldozer<br />
• By Georgia O’Connor-<br />
Harding<br />
A run-down Harrington<br />
Park bulldozer that was<br />
once a workhorse in<br />
Antarctica has undergone<br />
a transformation.<br />
Retired panel beater<br />
Wayne Charney and<br />
resident Ken Twemlow<br />
have successfully pulled<br />
a team together to ensure<br />
the bulldozer was given a<br />
makeover.<br />
The DC4 Caterpillar<br />
in Harrington Park, near<br />
Paeroa Reserve, Riccarton,<br />
was once based with the<br />
US Navy at McMurdo<br />
Station on the south tip of<br />
Ross Island.<br />
The facelifted machine<br />
has now been returned to<br />
Harrington Park so children<br />
can continue playing<br />
on it.<br />
Mr Charney said he was<br />
pleased the bulldozer was<br />
finished and grateful for<br />
the generosity from the<br />
community.<br />
“Bit of a load off my<br />
mind, it took a bit of coordinating<br />
but we got there<br />
in the finish,” Mr Charney<br />
said.<br />
The Connect Group’s<br />
Commercial Blast and<br />
DONE AND DUSTED: The Harrington Park bulldozer<br />
has had a facelift. (From left) – Retired panel<br />
beater Wayne Charney, resident Ken Twemlow,<br />
Commercial Blast and Paint Centre technical<br />
salesman Ashley Mayo with Te-Potiki Ngaha and<br />
Hilda Roselight at the controls.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
WESTERN NEWS<br />
Paint centre was roped<br />
in, sandblasting and repainting<br />
the bulldozer for<br />
free.<br />
The centre’s suppliers<br />
New Zealand Coating<br />
Supplies also chipped in,<br />
donating paint for the<br />
project.<br />
The city council offered<br />
to pay about $600<br />
to Elevate Crane Truck<br />
Services, who transported<br />
the machine to and from<br />
the Connect Group’s Commercial<br />
Blast and Paint<br />
centre site.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>News</strong> learnt<br />
in August from mechanics<br />
at Gough Group, they were<br />
certain the bulldozer came<br />
to the city in the early<br />
1970s.<br />
It most likely looked<br />
after Williams Field, a<br />
airfield serving McMurdo<br />
Station and Scott Base.<br />
Mr Charney is now looking<br />
to make a plaque to<br />
place with the bulldozer.
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