Skipton Properties zero in on a Volvo ECR355E
Replacing a four-year-old conventional thirty-tonne EC300E, Skipton Properties has opted for Volvo’s recently introduced reduced swing radius ECR355E for its bespoke house building projects.
Skipton Properties is no stranger to owning and operating
Volvo construction equipment products, currently using compact excavators, a loading shovel, an articulated hauler and an ECR145D reduced swing excavator. “The EC300 we’ve just replaced with this new reduced swing ECR355E didn’t owe us a penny,” comments Plant Manager, Roger Sadler. “We had 5,000 hours of trouble-free performance and enjoyed a very high residual value on it. In addition, the smaller ECR145 has proved the reduced swing concept for us and basically set the trend to go similar with the larger machine, so in all, it made total sense to replace the thirty-tonne machine with another Volvo.” Specialising in bespoke house building projects, Skipton Properties requires the performance and specification of a
thirty-tonne plus machine for the initial bulk muck shifting on project starts, besides lifting 1,200mm retention pipes, manhole rings and concrete sewage pipe sections weighing up to 7.25 tonnes. “The new reduced swing ECR355E gives us an added dimension on most of the sites we work on which are often very confined spaces”, explains Roger. “Taking the optional dozer blade has been another good decision as it means the machine can clean up around itself and reduces the need for another machine on site.” The new Volvo ECR355E has been supplied on wider than standard 800mm track pads along with the optional factory fitted dozer blade specially extended to cover the width of the tracks. Thus configured, the rear tail swing of the machine’s
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