GOLD DIGGERS - CablePrice

TRACK & WHEEL
The new
Hitachi loaders
will continue
to increase the
processing yard’s
efficiency.”
Operations manager,
Rob Scurr
power with a maximum oil flow of 236L/min.
Both Rob and Matthew commented on the power, hydraulic
lifting ability, versatility and frugal fuel consumption of the
material handler, with Matthew adding that he has already
noticed increased intervals between filling the 500-litre fuel
tank compared with the earlier tracked machine.
With a 9.7m boom and 6.70m arm combination, the ZX360W-3
has a maximum working reach of 16.05m and height of 17.08m,
making it ideal for the sorting and high-stacking work DG Glenn
Logging chose the machine for. Having clearly noticed the
improvement the long boom and arm combination has given
him, Matthew comments, “…it just makes things so much easier –
It’s awesome.
Basically, I’ve got more reach – I’m tidier. The guys on the
wheel loaders, they have to come in and clean me out all the time
now, and if they don’t I can just carry on making new stacks.”
While Rob believes most main brand machines are “pretty good
machines”, all DG Glenn Logging’s excavators are Hitachi.
“We’ve never had another brand excavator that we’ve brought.
We’ve had machines from when we’ve taken over something and
ended up with other brands, but we haven’t kept them for long.”
Aside from Hitachi excavators, the company also runs John
Deere skidders and bulldozers as well as a Scania logging truck
– to complete the CablePrice trifecta.
With a history of solid performance and reliability from his Hitachi
excavators, Rob says, “We haven’t seen any good reason to change”.
What the company has seen of the ZX360W-3 has even been
enough to convince DG Glenn Logging to buy a second unit.
“The new Hitachi loaders will continue to increase the
processing yard’s efficiency,” says Rob. “Just the fact that he [Matt]
can be loading trucks at the end of the day – that’s something he
wasn’t doing before, so that’s an improvement.”
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