work in a cost effective manner means increasing the size of the machines and their capacities in terms of lifting and hydraulic capacity to suit the applications.”


One of the new EC240C’s has been modified by the customer to accept a bespoke piling rig which includes the fitting of an Indexator rototilt hitch and a hydraulically driven sheet piling head of the company’s own design and manufacture. The two tonne head runs off the EC240C’s hammer shear circuit requiring up to 230 litres per minute in high mode and can handle sheet pile sections


up to 14 metres in length at a reach of 7 metres. The selector block and solenoids for the rototilt have been repositioned and located within the superstructure of the machine as opposed to the usual mounting point on the rototilt itself to allow piling operations below or close to water. All the hose connections to the piling head and rototilt are fitted with quick release couplings to facilitate quick and easy changeover to other attachments and buckets.


One of the two EC240C’s is on an overburden stripping contract at a local limestone quarry in the Fraserburgh area


David Smith Contractors provides a complete range of Civil Engineering Services from demolition and earth moving to petrochemical site maintenance and road construction. The company operates from Crimond near Fraserburgh and provides a comprehensive service throughout Scotland.


The other EC240C has had a bespoke piling rig fitted for David Smith’s recently formed piling division


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