“They’ve got a ‘can do’ attitude…”
So says Joint Managing Director, Steven Igoe, of Middlewich based WPI Group, citing the aftersales support provided by SMT GB.
“That’s why we’ve taken the decision to broaden our experience of owning and operating Volvo wheeled pavers to also encompass Volvo branded excavators, ranging from fourteen to thirty tonnes in operating weight,” he continues. “We’ve had faultless support running our two wheeled pavers over the last five years, so we’re confident we will get the same level of support with these new machines.” “We were very impressed with the two machines SMT put into us on demonstration,” says Steven’s brother and Joint Managing Director, Michael Igoe. “The thirty-tonne machine we trialled had in the order of 7,000 hours on the clock, and we were impressed
with the distinct lack of wear on the equipment’s pins and bushes – it could have been a brand new machine!” he continues. “That, and the quality of the machine’s build and the all-round performance experienced in the demonstration, persuaded us to move away from our traditional brand and try Volvo excavators for the first time.”
In all, WPI has taken delivery of ten fourteen tonne EC140Es, four EC220Es an EC250E and a thirty tonne EC300E which represent an increment in the Group’s fleet of over one hundred excavators ranging from 1.5 to 50 tonnes in operating weight. The machines will be deployed on WPI’s core activities which are
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