RJT Excavations Ltd... looking to the long haul with Volvo Construction Equipment
RJT Excavations Ltd of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders has opted for new equipment from Volvo Construction Equipment based on the overall cost of ownership for its plant fleet.
The recent additions to RJT Excavations’ fleet are a new 50-tonne Volvo EC480E excavator rigged for mass excavation and a L180H loading shovel complete with a 4.6m3 rehandling bucket, both of which have been assigned to the company’s contract crushing division. “We have a long association with Volvo equipment and are still running six-year old A30 articulated haulers which have proved very reliable and productive,” says RJT’s Contract Crushing and Transport Manager, Les Pole. “We needed to replace existing kit for our contract crushing division and having looked carefully at the market and, more importantly, having analysed the total cost of ownership over a set period, coupled with our past experiences operating Volvo machines, the package on offer was too good to pass up,” he says. Both the excavator and loading shovel have been
supplied with an enhanced driveline warranty covering the next five years – or 10,000 hours – along with a Volvo Blue Service support agreement, meaning the machines will be regularly maintained by Volvo engineers at the correct service intervals using genuine Volvo parts. “When we looked at the lifetime cost of operating these machines, in particular the fuel savings and ultimately the
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residual values, everything stacked up,” says Les. “Not only that, the comfort and wellbeing of our operators is equally important – another reason for choosing Volvo.” The hydraulics in the EC480E is perfectly matched to
the engine and is controlled by an advanced system which provides on-demand flow and reduces power losses within the circuit. Volvo’s unique ECO mode contributes significant fuel savings without any loss of performance in most operating conditions. As well as improving fuel efficiency, this increases controllability for more precise performance. Additionally, Volvo’s integrated work mode system offers the operator a choice of five work modes according to the task, namely: I (Idle), F (Fine), G (General), H (Heavy) or P (Power max), for optimum efficiency and machine performance. When the controls have been inactive for a pre-set length of time, the excavator can be programmed to automatically reduce engine speed, or even shut down, to further reduce fuel consumption and noise. Operators can keep track of both current and average fuel consumption by means of a simple gauge in the cab. The EC480E has been supplied with a 6.5m mass excavation boom, a short 2.5m dipper arm, a hydraulic
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