DICK BECKETT: Shell Rimula Wall of Fame Inductee 2025
Born in 1946 in Liffey, Tasmania, Dick Beckett began operating bulldozers after school and, at 18, bought his own TD18 to work for the Flinders Island shire and local landowners.
With his wife Faye, he started a logging business using a Flintstone Mack and a Caterpillar dozer, hauling timber until 1976.
One blistering cold winter, one of the Macks broke down in the mountains. Dick returned the next day to replace the diff, only to discover the engine block had split overnight when frozen water expanded.
After finishing with the logging, Dick purchased a D9 dozer and towed it to Savage River Mine with a trusty but brakeless Mack! The business expanded into dam construction, mining and civil works across Tasmania, Sydney and the Hunter Valley.
Dick has built a fleet of 100 Caterpillar machines and a collection of 30 Mack Trucks.
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