Kinegar Qua
yarn from Glenfin quarry
A ripping Family run extraction business
Kinegar Quarries Ltd of Cockburnspath near Dunbar has opted
for a new Volvo EC380D excavator for its Glenfin hard rock quarry, continuing a twenty five year association with
Volvo Construction Equipment products.
Replacing a venerable Akerman EC300 which was originally built back in 1996 and clocking up 12600 hours of operation, the EC380D is in charge of ripping high quality greywacke sandstone from an arrangement of benches at Glenfin Quarry. This type of material has an exceptionally high PSV value of
around 72 which when crushed down to 10 and 6mm product is ideally suited for road surfacing with excellent anti-skid properties. Equipped with a hydraulic quick hitch and a bespokely designed ripper
tooth the thirty eight tonne excavator is well on top of the task in hand ripping the virgin material from bank. The ripped material is then loaded onto a resident Volvo A25D dumptruck which hauls it to the primary crusher.
We have tended to favour Volvo products from the outset when we bought our first Volvo L120 at the end of the eighties
explains co-director
Stephen Findlay who, along with his brother Arnold, now runs the family business.
“Over the years we have purchased various Volvo machines and they have a good track record for longevity and reliability so deciding upon our new EC380D wasn’t a difficult choice,” he continues. And to demonstrate this fact, Kinegar Sand and Gravel’s original L120 is still in daily use having clocked up a staggering 28,000 hours of operation as is a subsequently purchased Volvo L120C, bought at the same time as the old Akerman. Both shovels have benefitted from a replacement engine and transmission apiece and are still going strong.
THE VOICE PAGE 46 Akerman EC300 originally built back in 1996
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