Major league machines for Marshalls
Marshalls, the UK’s leading hard landscaping manufacturer, has taken delivery of a package of machines from Volvo Construction Equipment for its quarrying activities throughout the north of England as well as its landscape product manufacturing operation located in Bedfordshire.
The list of Volvo machines includes two L110H and five L180H loading shovels; two A30G and two A40G articulated haulers; a 50 tonne EC480E excavator and the new 75 tonne EC750E excavator which was introduced at this year’s Bauma exhibition. Not only is the EC750E a first but Marshalls are the first company to take delivery of Volvo loading shovels featuring the Co-Pilot Load Assist feature which again was unveiled this year at Bauma and at Hillhead. This package of machines was selected following a competitive
tender process and represents both a replacement for existing plant as well as an increment to the fleet according to Senior Group Buyer, Jonathan Galvin. “Selecting the right machines for our various operations has involved a good many factors in the decision making process,” he says. “This has included site surveys, careful consideration for the machine specification and working closely with our potential suppliers. Whilst the offering from Volvo wasn’t the lowest cost in regards to the up-front purchasing price, when we looked at the lifetime owning and operating costs, the fuel efficiencies of the products, extended driveline warranties, the residual values and the detailed servicing agreements, Volvo emerged as the clear winner,” he continues. All the new machines have been supplied to a detailed and
high specification. For example the L110H and L180H loading shovels have been supplied on Michelin L5 XLDD2A wheels and tyres, the two smaller 20 tonne shovels which have gone to work at the company’s landscape product manufacturing operation in Sandy, Bedfordshire, having the benefit of the Optishift feature which automatically selects lock-up of the transmission for
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maximum fuel efficiency. The five new 30 tonne L180H shovels have all had Volvo’s
latest Co-Pilot Load Assist option installed at the factory. Load Assist is the very latest in weigh loading sophistication allowing the operator to calibrate either his bucket or block handling forks via the touch screen pad in the cab. Bucket loads and the number of buckets filled can be recorded in addition to the system storing a whole array of product menus. The Co-Pilot touch screen automatically becomes a rear view screen when the machine is put into reverse, interacting with the rear view camera. Furthermore, the Co-Pilot system is linked in with the Care Track system – Volvo’s telematics system which can feed back information to a remote location. Each L180H has been supplied complete with quick fit bucket and quick fit heavy duty block
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