Shutdown conveyor components
Component set placed inside a 6-hour window, avoiding a 14-hour haul road movement.
Mackay & WhitsundaysBlack Hawk
Helicopter Lifting · Parker Aero
Mining & Resources Helicopter Lifting in Queensland
Downtime is the cost. When a shutdown is running hot, the aircraft moves the component the crane cannot get to in time.
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The problem
Why this lift is hard the conventional way
On a resources site the value of a lift is measured against production lost per hour. Conventional access is slow precisely when speed is worth the most.
- Crane mobilisation to remote pits and camps takes days.
- Haul road movements interrupt production and require escorts.
- Shutdown windows are fixed; overruns cascade through the schedule.
- Exploration and pipeline corridors often have no formed access at all.
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How we do it
Aircraft, rigging, crew and duration
- Aircraft
- Black Hawk primary, H125 for lighter site support
- Rigging method
- Heavy long line, load cell, engineered spreader sets
- Crew
- Pilot, loadmaster, two riggers, site-inducted ground controller
- Typical duration
- Day-rate tasking, sequenced to your shutdown plan
- 01Scope reconciled against your shutdown or exploration programme.
- 02Site induction, permit to work and radio protocols established.
- 03Fuel and lay-down secured on site, hot refuel where approved.
- 04Tasking flown to the schedule, with contingency loads pre-rigged.
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Typical loads
What we lift, what it weighs, what it takes
| Item | Weight range | Aircraft | Typical time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conveyor idler frames | 300–1,100 kg | H125 | 6 min/cycle |
| Pipeline section | 900–3,200 kg | Black Hawk | 14 min |
| Exploration drill module | 1,400–3,600 kg | Black Hawk | 16 min |
| Pump and skid package | 800–2,800 kg | Black Hawk | 14 min |
| Camp and supply pallets | 300–900 kg | H125 | 5 min/cycle |
Indicative only. Working payload reduces with radius, temperature and density altitude; every load is confirmed against the day's conditions.
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The Lift Envelope
Check a mining & resources lifting job in 60 seconds
Lift calculator
05 questions · ~30 sec · no contact detailsAnswer 5 questions. Find out if your lift flies — and what it costs.
Enter the load, the weight, the region and the site access. The instruments on the right update live, and you get a written estimate you can download.
- 01Can it be flownfeasibility verdict
- 02Which aircrafthook capacity match
- 03What it costsindicative $ range
Question 02 of 05— How heavy?
40% completeQuestion 2 of 5: How heavy?
How heavy?
2,200kg
Structural steel — hook capacity across the fleet runs to 4,000 kg.
Payload vs hook
AT 20 mAirbus H125EXCEEDS HOOK
2,200 kg / 863 kgBlack Hawk59% OF HOOK
2,200 kg / 3,699 kgLoad chart — payload / radius
2,200 kg @ 20 m
Airbus H125
Hook 1,000 kg
EXCEEDS HOOK
220% of hook
Black Hawk
Hook 4,000 kg
GO
55% of hookRecommended
Load chart — payload / radius
2,200 kg @ 20 m
Airbus H125
Hook 1,000 kg
EXCEEDS HOOK
220% of hook
Black Hawk
Hook 4,000 kg
GO
55% of hookRecommended
Your result — pending
- Feasibility— — —
- Recommended aircraft— — —
- Indicative price range— — —
Answer all 05 questions to release the readout.
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Related work
Lifts we have flown
Exploration camp establishment
Full camp and drill support flown to a site with no formed access.
Mount Isa & North WestBlack Hawk
Pipeline crossing sections
Eleven sections placed along a gully crossing over two days.
RockhamptonBlack Hawk
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Site requirements
What you need ready on the day
01Site induction and permit to work completed for our crew.
02Nominated exclusion zones cleared of personnel and light vehicles.
03Certified weights, lifting points and engineered rigging plan.
04Approved fuel storage or refuelling arrangement on or near site.
05Radio channel and ground controller for the duration of tasking.
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Cost factors
What moves the number
Distance from base
Bowen Basin and North West tasking carries significant ferry time.
Days on site
Multi-day tasking spreads mobilisation across far more lifts.
Payload class
Most resources loads sit on the Black Hawk.
Standby requirements
Aircraft held for a shutdown contingency is billed at a standby rate.
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Questions
Mining & resources lifting — frequently asked
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Coverage
We provide mining & resources lifting across Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba & Darling Downs, Wide Bay, Rockhampton & Capricorn Coast, Mackay & Whitsundays, Townsville, Cairns & Far North Queensland, Mount Isa & North West Queensland, Moreton Bay & Islands and everywhere else in Queensland — mobilising from 0.3 hours in Brisbane to 5.8 hours in the North West.