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The TR70 has a six-speed transmission
Calcium carbonate and limestone processor uses haulers to move premium limestone and recycled materials around its quarry in Derbyshire
feed manufacturers to glass, plastic, adhesive and construction businesses. Known for its versatility, high purity limestone extracted from Longcliff e’s Brassington Moor Quarry near Matlock is an essential component of feeds for poultry, pigs and cattle. Calcium carbonate plays an important role in animal nutrition as a dietary supplement and an antacid. Founded by John Shields in 1927,
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Longcliff e is a family owned business focused on continuously achieving customer satisfaction, serving the local community and playing its role to protect the environment. Hidden in the heart of Derbyshire, Longcliff e’s quarry is home to one of the purest and largest limestone basins in Great Britain. Running an around-the-clock operation, the company extracts, processes and delivers more than one million tonnes of limestone and dolomite products annually. Helping to
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he UK-based supplier of calcium carbonate and limestone, Longcliff e, supplies a variety of industries from animal
keep production on site at an all-time high, Longcliff e is using Terex Trucks’ proven off -highway machines to move material around its site.
Breaking from the norm Longcliff e’s partnership with Terex Trucks was fi rst established in 2013 when it issued a tender to replace a dump truck in its fl eet that had come to the end of its lifespan. “T e company had been happily buying machines from a particular brand, but when I came into the business we were looking to replace a dumper and I wanted to see what else was out there,” explains Chris Wainwright, operations director at Longcliff e. “Terex Trucks and its dealer, TDL Equipment, came up with an off er that was as good as the one our existing equipment supplier was off ering. T is gave us the opportunity to try something diff erent.” TDL supplied a 55-tonne payload TR60 on site at the quarry near Matlock for demonstration purposes, and that’s when optimism within Longcliff e started to build. Although the rigid hauler impressed, Longcliff e required a machine with a bigger payload, which is where the TR70 found favour. “T e feedback on Terex Trucks’ rigid hauler was good, and following tests on fuel consumption, cycle times and carrying capacity, we
wanted to give the machine a try,” says Wainwright. T e Brassington Moor Quarry is split into two working areas that are connected by a tunnel, which was initially somewhat of a concern for TDL’s area sales manager, Gaz Bourne. Not leaving anything to chance, he was meticulous in ensuring that the TR70 was indeed the right truck for the site, triple-checking the dimensions of the tunnel against the rigid hauler.
Fit for purpose With one TR70 working well transporting blasted rock from the face of the quarry to the processing plant, Longcliff e took the decision in May 2014 to add another Terex Trucks machine to its fl eet. However, this time the business opted for an articulated dump truck in the form of the versatile TA400. “We were looking to replace another rigid dumper,” says Wainwright. “We’d always traditionally had rigids at this site but because of the application, which is more tip work and running overburden, we also had the need for a machine with low sides to work in unison with one of our smaller stock shovels. T at’s why we started looking at articulated trucks. “We quickly got in contact with
Gaz at TDL to get an idea of what Terex Trucks could off er. We did some
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