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NEwS Balfour Beatty utility Solutions Puller/tensioner installing conductor Straining tractors used to raise or lower conductors during installation/ diversion work Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, one of the UK’s leading utility solutions providers, has invested more than £1.3m in 33 brand new John Deere 5M and 6030 Series tractors, all equipped with front loaders. The machines have been purchased to support ongoing overhead line projects and increase operational capacity. The company uses tractors extensively whilst installing and renovating overhead electricity lines. The new tractors will be equipped for one of two key roles; as either winch or tow machines. The winch tractors will each be fitted with a 2000kg winch to enable them to raise and lower insulators and other equipment to teams working on towers. Tow tractors are used to move equipment around sites as well as towing tensioners – machinery used to raise and tighten the main power cables – to and from site. In a change from the traditional green and yellow of John Deere tractors, Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions’ machines have all been finished in the 10 Tow tractor used for moving materials around site when not towing puller/tensioner August 2010 Tow tractor used for moving materials and conductor drums around site when not towing puller/tensioner invests in new fleet of tractors Puller/ tensioner Small winch tractors used to raise and lower insulators and moving equipment around site companies’ distinguishing blue, giving them a unique and smart presence at sites around the country. Rob Sonnex, Mechanical Plant Manager for Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions, said: “We always buy the best when it comes to our plant and vehicles, and this investment is no exception. John Deere has an excellent reputation for quality and safety, whilst the technical support and dealership back up offered by the company and its dealer, Agricultural Industrial Services, made our choice clear. The new tractors will increase TyPICAL PLANT RESOURCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS - NGT PROJECTS REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING TRANSMISSION LINE ON EXISTING TOWERS Aluminium working platform Erection winch used for landing and sagging conductor “everyone’s talking about it!” Small winch tractor used to raise and lower insulators and moving equipment around site our capacity for overhead line work and therefore give significant benefits to our clients, especially on projects where time is a factor.” John Deere’s agricultural marketing manager Chris Meacock said: “John Deere and AIS are delighted to have won this important contract to supply our tractors to one of the country’s major utility businesses. It underlines our continuing efforts to provide market leading technology solutions to a wide range of customers.”
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