“When we looked at the lifetime cost of operating these machines, in particular the fuel savings and ultimately the residual values, everything stacked up”
quick-fit and a 71-inch extreme rock-bucket making the machine well able to deal with loading blasted rock into a mobile crusher for RJT’s mobile contract crushing division. Besides the excavator, the company has opted for a
28-tonne Volvo L180H wheel loader which also joins the contract crushing division. The machine is equipped with a 4.6m3 rehandling bucket, L5 XMineD2 wheel and tyre assemblies, a RDS 8000 Loadmaster weighing system and all round visibility aids including an Ogden reverse alarm with automatic braking. The loading shovel also benefits from Volvo designed and
manufactured driveline components including Optishift with torque converter lock-up and reverse by braking feature – all designed to offer considerable fuel savings on every shift. Fuel savings are further enhanced by the Volvo Eco-pedal encouraging the operator to run the machine at its optimum rpm in the engine’s torque curve. In addition to the two new machines for the crushing
division, RJT Excavations Ltd has also recently added two 14-tonne Volvo EC140E excavators along with a DD25B tandem roller for its civils division which are deployed on typical building, construction and groundworks projects. Established in 1989 as an earthworks and general groundwork’s contractor based at Jedburgh in the Scottish
Borders, RJT Excavations Limited (RJT) has grown significantly to be at the forefront of offering specialised plant and equipment, bulk earthworks, groundworks, stabilisation, remediation, contract crushing, plant for civil engineering projects and other plant orientated activities serving the whole of the UK. ■
Key specifications: MODEL Engine
Nett Horsepower Boom
Dipper arm Bucket
MODEL Engine
Nett Horsepower Bucket
EC480E
Stage IV Final 13 litre engine 378hp
6.5m mass excavation 2.5m
71” extreme rock bucket L180H
13 litre Stage IV final
333hp in a relatively low rpm range of between 1300 and 1400 rpm
4.6m3 rehandling bucket
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