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Precision work with a tiltrotator Martin Karlsson digs out the petrol and diesel tanks and pipes for the pumps with the utmost care and precision. “It’s quite complicated since the pipes run in all directions. The job would be impossible without a tiltrotator,” he says emphatically. When the new Coop Forum supermarket was being built in Ulricehamn, it turned out the Uno X petrol station was too close and needed to be moved. Lasses Entreprenad AB in Frillesås was hired to do the excavation work. The three fuel tanks could stay where they were, but the pipes and pumps needed moving slightly. Martin joined the company in January this year. Not only was he given an exciting task straight away – he also got to operate a brand new Komatsu PC138 fitted with an engcon EC15. “It’s my first new machine, so it was a very special feeling,” he says. Demanding job The excavation work lasted almost two weeks. It took slightly longer than expected because leaked diesel was found in the ground and had to be cleaned up. The actual excavation work was also demanding. It involved digging up the existing pipes that needed to be moved, as well as uncovering the upper side of the tanks so that new pipes could be installed to the new distribution point. engcon tiltrotators the trend 6 “There were five pipes attached to each underground tank. It was quite complicated, and would have been impossible without the tiltrotator,” says Martin. For Lars Gustavsson, who founded Lasses Entreprenad in 1990, tiltrotators are a must on excavators. He has a total of twelve excavators – mainly Komatsus – and ten of them are fitted with engcon tiltrotators. “They range from EC05 to EC30. The only Jemab in Jönköping has worked with construction and ground installation for over 40 years. A lot has happened in that time – and Mats Davidsson, machine supervisor at Jemab, sees a clear trend. “Tiltrotators will soon be standard on excavators weighing up to 25 tonnes,” he says. “They’re a must for machine owners and a requirement from clients.” excavators without tiltrotators are my two smallest ones, Takejob, but they’ll soon be getting tiltrotators too,” says Lars. The company has just over 15 employees. It does a wide range of work, but specialises in road and railway works, service operations, drainage and ground levelling. engcon tiltrotators are a given choice. “The equipment itself is great,” says Lasse. “But what’s equally important is that engcon’s Jönköpings Entreprenad & Markbyggnad AB, commonly known as Jemab, was founded in 1966. Today the company is a large, well-established actor in central and south Sweden, with roughly 40 employees. Although the business has several strings to its bow, roughly 70% of the parent company’s business consists of renting out machines with operators, and the rest consists of contract work. The company’s subsidiary, Jemab Rent, rents out smaller construction machines (up to 10 tonnes) without operators. “In Jemab and Jemab Rent, we have about ten excavators fitted with tiltrotators ranging from the engcon EC02 to the engcon EC30,” says Mats. “We’ve been using engcon tiltrotators for five years. They’re reliable, and engcon has an excellent aftermarket organisation for service and spare parts. This is extremely important, since time is money.” The parent company, Jemab, has 22 con- “engcon makes great equipment, and their service is by far the best,” says Martin Karlsson, who uses engcon tiltrotators in all sizes from EC05 to EC30. service is by far the best. Having ready access to the equipment is crucial. These days you can’t turn up for a job without a tiltrotator on your excavator.” Chuckling, he adds: “By the way, I’ve got an engcon vibratory soil compactor too. That also works like a dream, but we’ll talk about that another time.” struction machines and twelve trucks. Its projects include roadworks, foundation laying, fine levelling and water and sewerage. The company’s long list of customers includes Vägverket Produktion, NCC, PEAB, Jönköping Municipality and Skanska. The larger excavators used to be equipped with a different brand of tiltrotator – until about a year ago when Jemab fitted an engcon EC30 to a New Holland 305. “We’ve had excellent experience of engcon tiltrotators on our smaller machines, and wanted to try engcon on a large machine. So far we’re very satisfied,” reports Mats. He’s convinced that more of their larger machines will also be equipped with tiltrotators in future. “Many jobs like water and sewerage work, golf courses and reservoirs really can’t be done without a tiltrotator. And machine operators are increasingly expected to do the fine levelling during earth moving work.”
After a motorbike holiday in Germany last summer, Tord Eriksson came back to Sweden with lots of great experiences – and a big question: “How on earth do they manage without tiltrotators?” For Tord, an excavator without a tiltrotator is quite simply incomplete. Excavators without tiltrotators – a mystery to Tord For Tord Eriksson, engcon tiltrotators have been the given choice since 1994. “Tiltrotators are a must on almost all machines,” he says. are Jemab in Jönköping has excellent experience of engcon tiltrotators. “Many jobs really can’t be done without a tiltrotator on your excavator,” says Mats Davidsson, machine supervisor at Jemab. Tord Eriksson had no doubts when choosing his future profession. After leaving school and completing his national military service in 1978, he started work as an excavator operator at his dad’s company, Allan Eriksson Mark AB in Sala. At the time, the company had three employees. In 1994, he and his brother Mats took over the company, which now has almost 30 employees during the summer season. A whole adult life spent working in the construction sector leaves an indelible mark – even during the holidays. “I biked down to Germany last summer with some friends to watch a football match. There was a lot of construction work along the Autobahn, and as we crawled past the roadworks, I got a chance to take a good look. I saw several hundred excavators, but only a handful of tiltrotators. I couldn’t understand it… Tord can’t imagine working without a tiltrotator – and engcon is his obvious choice. “When my brother and I took over the business in 1994, one of our excavator operators, Göran Lund, suggested we get a tiltrotator. Although it seemed expensive, we bought an engcon EC20. We’ve never looked back – it saved us time, material and money.” Among the first At that time, the engcon tiltrotator was new on the market. The first model had been launched just the year before. Tord found himself acting as an unofficial representative for engcon. “People kept calling up and asking my opinion.” Today, Tord could be described as a voluntary ambassador for engcon. His company has eleven excavators in various sizes and nine engcon tiltrotators. “In the jobs we do – excavation work for district heating and broadband installation, as well as transmission lines and foundations for housing complexes – excavators would be useless without a tiltrotator attached,” he says. “Because tiltrotators are used almost every day, they’re a must on almost all machines.” Over the years, he and the company have remained faithful to engcon. Well, almost. Tord admits with slight embarrassment that they tried a competing brand a few months ago. “You have to try other brands too,” he says. But they’ll be sticking with engcon. “The machine operator didn’t like the new tiltrotator. It was too bulky and less manoeuvrable than engcon, and one of its pistons broke early on. Yes, we’ll definitely stick to engcon in the future.” 7
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