“Volvo’s L45H is spot on…”
So says Harry Parry, proprietor of Pwllheli-based HM & BP Parry about his loading shovel after nine months, having purchased it from SMT GB’s utility dealer for North Wales – Mona Tractors Ltd.
HM & BP Parry, trading as Gwrtaith Gwynedd, is a husband and wife team that has farmed the land around Pwllheli for many years. It was in 1998 that Harry Parry saw an opportunity to branch out and start recycling material to compost for his own farm and the recycling business has grown significantly since then and now recycles up to 25,000 tonnes of green waste per annum. The Volvo L45H is being deployed handling green waste, waste wood and road sweepings at Harry’s recycling business. “Prior to this, we used to run tele-handlers but found the maintenance costs quite high for this type of application,” explains Harry. “We’ve had a strong relationship with Mona Tractors for many years, since our other activity is farming, and so when they took on the franchise for the Volvo compact equipment we felt confident enough to give the Volvo loading shovel a try.”
Because of the ongoing telehandler issues, SMT GB in conjunction with Mona Tractors, arranged to loan HM & BP Parry a
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used shovel whilst awaiting the delivery of their new 8.8-tonne L45H. Harry continues, “The machine we borrowed had 10,000 hours on the clock but it still felt extremely robust with virtually no wear in the linkages and was a pleasure to operate. It really endorsed our wise decision to buy the L45H and having been running it since March, the machine hasn’t skipped a beat and is extremely economical on fuel – it’s really spot on!” The L45H is powered by a Volvo four-litre, four cylinder Stage-IV final engine developing 99.3 hp and a maximum torque achieved at just 1450 r/min. This in turn is directly linked to a fully hydrostatic transmission providing a maximum speed of 30 kph. The machine was equipped with a 1.5m³ general purpose bucket and 15.5R25 Nokian tyres specifically for HM & BP Parry’s recycling operation. “Getting the specification of the tyres right was crucial for our operation and these ones provide a high degree of traction, superb wear characteristics when working on the concrete pads yet are
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