{"id":26307,"date":"2019-05-23T09:40:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T23:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/?p=26307"},"modified":"2022-06-27T16:02:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T06:02:29","slug":"diesel-dirt-turf-ddt-2019-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/diesel-dirt-turf-ddt-2019-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Diesel Dirt &#038; Turf 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Diesel, Dirt &amp; Turf (DDT) is an annual expo for all things construction, tractors and mowing, held in Penrith. It\u2019s been making waves in the construction industry for over 4 years and this year they didn\u2019t disappoint. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entry lines were backed up hundreds of metres, with the crowd so excited they chanted the countdown until it was time to open the gates. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With more than 200 vendors displaying their machinery, the Penrith showgrounds were full to the brim with contractors, dealers, sole traders, and (of course) plenty of kids! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a glimpse at this year\u2019s expo:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Diesel, Dirt &amp; Turf 2019 Overview\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AwHazHFhka0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Did DDT Start?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We spoke to Satch Santilli, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Semco Equipment Sales<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> CEO, and co-founder of the Diesel, Dirt &amp; Turf expo, to talk about the expo\u2019s success and how it came about. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cToday&#8217;s been a great day, it&#8217;s sensational. This expo has been running now for 4 years, it just keeps getting bigger and bigger.\u201d Said Satch. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor 2 years we [Steve Zivkovich, Norm Presch, Satch Santilli, and Chris Wilcox] thought about making our own show, then we decided to give it a try. The first year kicked on and we&#8217;ve gone from strength to strength. The first couple of years were tough, we didn&#8217;t make any money but that&#8217;s okay, it was an industry thing and we wanted to do it. And now we get visitors from all over the world: Japan, England, America, Sweden, and more.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The expo has gotten so big that even John Deere, one of the largest brand names in the industry, chose to announce their <\/span><a href=\"\/mag\/john-deere-launches-construction-machinery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latest news<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Australian customers at DDT. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRDO and John Deere chose DDT to launch their new partnerships. There&#8217;s nowhere else you could really do something like that.\u201d Said Satch. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Others Are Saying About DDT<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s clear that the expo has evolved over the years. So we caught up with some of the regular vendors to see what they thought of the expo this year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe came here on the second show, so it&#8217;d be 3 years for us now. The first show had smaller operators, and year on year it&#8217;s brought through a better and larger client base, a lot of end users and more small to medium businesses, which is great.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 James Fishburn, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/directory\/Roo-Attachments\/1055\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roo Attachments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re happy to be part of the DDT, it&#8217;s been a great forum for getting Ultro and Sany into the market. This is our first major expo anywhere, it&#8217;s been great and it&#8217;s a lot of hard work but it&#8217;s been fun. Meeting our client base face-to-face and having a chat with them is where we need to be. We&#8217;ll be back next year.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Matt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/directory\/Ultro-Plant-and-Equipment\/1735\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultro Plant &amp; Equipment<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDDT for us brings in the right demographic, it&#8217;s one of our largest shows we do around the country. We&#8217;ve found over the years that it&#8217;s attracting the right people. And we&#8217;re getting the opportunities we want to get out of here.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Rod Lapalmer, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kanga Loaders<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe reason why we&#8217;re here at DDT is to help support the industry. It&#8217;s an industry we&#8217;ve been involved in for 35 years.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 Alex, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moody Kiddell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019d also like to say a huge congrats to the winners of the 11 mega prize draws:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"DDT 2019: Machines4U Giveaway\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rHc_041SyO8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a look at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/browse\/construction-equipment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">construction machinery for sale here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or take a look at what <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/browse\/construction-equipment\/construction-equipment-auctions-4959\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">construction equipment is available at auction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Diesel, Dirt &amp; Turf (DDT) is an annual expo for all things construction, tractors and mowing, held in Penrith. It\u2019s been making waves in the construction industry for over 4 years and this year they didn\u2019t disappoint. Entry lines were backed up hundreds of metres, with the crowd so excited they chanted the countdown [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":26370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6438,33],"tags":[123],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-26307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction-news","category-machines4u","tag-construction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26307"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29174,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26307\/revisions\/29174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26307"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.machines4u.com.au\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}