In mass excavation trim, this heavyweight muck-shifter tips the scales at an impressive 104 tonnes. It has already gone to work at the Mercia Park project by J11 of the M42 in Leicestershire, along with a fleet of nine 60-tonne capacity A60H articulated dump trucks.
This 238 acre development site comprises one million cubes of cut and fill, with a 300,000 tonne top-soil strip in a project scheduled to last 27 weeks.
“The EC950F has been on our radar for some time,” explains Collins Earthworks Contracts Manager, Wayne Naylor. “We’ve enjoyed great productivity with our fleet of EC750’s on previous projects, but the EC950 has now raised our performance another notch – or maybe two.”
In productivity terms, the introduction of the EC950F, alongside three EC750’s and two EC700’s, at Mercia Park has already enabled the Collins Earthworks team to hit a weekly target of 100,000 cubes of material moved by week two of the project.
Even more impressive is the ability to do this with just
16 ADT’s – one third fewer trucks than previously used during the East Midlands Gateway (EMG) project. The Mercia Park project is using nine A60H’s, four A40s and three A30s. “This means fewer operators, fewer pieces of equipment and more material moved,” adds Wayne. “The efficiency gain is impressive, and we’re now looking to bring the earthmoving project to a close in fewer than 27 weeks. It’s unlikely this will be our last EC950.” Wayne goes on to explain that such a boost in productivity at this latest Collins Earthworks job is all about the better matching of larger equipment. “The EC950F’s 6.75 cubic metre bucket lets
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