A decades-long partnership and a willingness to leave no stone unturned for customers has resulted in a world first machinery application at a New South Wales landfill. For the past 18 months, one of New South Wales’ premier resource recovery centres has been putting a unique piece of Caterpillar® equipment through its paces. The Cat® G345 Sorting Grapple is an attachment used to help move, pick up and sort materials. In a bid to solve one customer’s challenges, the grapple has been installed as a dangling grapple under a Cat MH3040 drop nose boom and stick material handler – the first of its kind worldwide. The combined efforts of civil earthworks and infrastructure provider Morris Civil, Caterpillar dealer WesTrac and Caterpillar, the project has been described as a win-win by all stakeholders.