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TRACK & WHEEL
TRACK & WHEEL
The new generation ZAXIS models
boast lower lifecycle maintenance
costs, with lubricant requirements
down to 500 hours for connections
like the bucket and boom foot,
and consumables like engine and
hydraulic oils only needing to be
refreshed after around 5000 hours
as medium-sized machines with overall widths registering
between 3190mm and 3490mm, this hardy unit can still easily
access and work in narrow spots on-site.
Such tight conditions suit the new ZAXIS-5 range though,
boasting, as they do, excellent outward visibility, thanks to a new
compact console (which also gives the operator more legroom)
and the door pillar having been shifted rearward by 70mm,
meaning lateral vision for the operator has improved too.
The cab is all about user comfort in the ZAXIS-5s. A new LED
light turns on when the door opens; handy for those winter
morning starts. The front window is easily removed and stored
overhead using clever slide rails and the overhead window
can be opened up for extra ventilation, although Hitachi has
increased the air vent count in the cab, strategically-placed for
uniform air circulation even in the height of a Kiwi summer.
As Dick March would also acknowledge, the degree of
comfort a decently spec’d, consistently reliable machine adds to
any project’s bottom line can’t be ignored either.
The new generation ZAXIS models boast lower lifecycle
maintenance costs, with lubricant requirements down to 500
hours for connections like the bucket and boom foot, and
consumables like engine and hydraulic oils only needing to be
refreshed after around 5000 hours.
“We’ve always found Hitachi excavators to be very good
machines,” March concludes. “They’re very reliable overall.”
With the improved ZX240LC-5 and its ‘dash five’ counterparts
finding homes on a multitude of job sites around the country,
that’s an opinion set to be echoed throughout New Zealand’s
hardworking construction industry during 2013.
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