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First irst V VVolvo<br />
V olvo for for Hickman Hickman Bros Bros L LLandscapes<br />
L andscapes<br />
A new Volvo L45F wheeled loader has been supplied to Hickman Brothers' Landscapes for use at the company's recycling<br />
facilities at Fulbrook, near Burford, Oxfordshire. The machine is also the first compact loader to be sold by<br />
Volvo's utility dealer - SM Plant Ltd.<br />
Formed in 1990 from a partnership established<br />
in 1978 by brothers Fred and Tom<br />
Hickman, the company carries out commercial<br />
landscaping as well as environmental improvement<br />
work and plant hire. "Our business generates<br />
waste on a commercial scale," comments<br />
Terry Hickman (Tom's son and company secretary).<br />
"On all of our contracts we retrieve all the<br />
residual waste whether it's green waste, soils,<br />
rubble, concrete or wood so it's essential to<br />
have a robust and reliable machine to handle<br />
both incoming and outgoing processed materials."<br />
The 8.5 tonne L45F was chosen after a successful<br />
demonstration and a competitive evaluation<br />
process. Having replaced a telehandler, its<br />
primary duties will be processing all the incoming<br />
diverse range of materials, loading screens<br />
This new Volvo L45F compact loader has replaced a<br />
telehandler for work at Hickman Brothers' Landscapes<br />
and crushers, rehandling material on site and<br />
recycling centre in Oxfordshire.<br />
loading material out either by vehicles or into industrial<br />
sized bags for DIY and other outlets to the landscaping trade.<br />
The L45F has been supplied with a standard 1.3m_ general purpose bucket to handle the heavier material on site<br />
such as rubble, concrete and stones; a 2.0m_ light materials handling bucket for handling soils and a set of pallet<br />
forks. Utilising the loader's Volvo hydraulic quick hitch, these attachments can be interchanged very quickly. Hickman<br />
Brothers new Volvo is also equipped with a Groeneveld automatic lubrication system.<br />
CW Plant Hire has changed its entire fleet<br />
of mobile lighting towers to VT-1<br />
SuperLights which have vertical hydraulic<br />
Volvo Construction<br />
CW CW Plant Plant converts converts to to vertical vertical mast<br />
mast<br />
VT VT-1 VT -1 lighting lighting towers<br />
towers<br />
UK plant hire company Charles Wilson Engineers (CW Plant Hire)<br />
has bought a significant number of VT-1 SuperLight mobile lighting<br />
towers from TowerLight UK. During 2010 CW Plant Hire has completely<br />
disposed of its entire fleet of traditional horizontal, 'up and<br />
over', mast lighting towers and standardised on the VT1 SuperLight<br />
with its 9m vertical hydraulic mast.<br />
"The VT1 is fully compliant with all the health and safety<br />
recommendations - it eliminates the need for warning labels - which<br />
detail the dangers of falling masts, together with the requirement for<br />
mast safety pins," says Ray Caulfield, TowerLight's Sales Manager.<br />
"The VT-1 also has a number of additional environmental attributes,<br />
including a full bund for all fluids and whisper quiet noise levels of just<br />
65dBA."<br />
The 9.0m 360¡ rotatable vertical hydraulic mast on the VT-1<br />
features a single lever operation. This enables one person to safely<br />
erect the mast in less than 30 seconds. The complete unit has been<br />
tested in wind speed in excess of 75 miles per hour.<br />
With its relatively small overall footprint, forty VT-1's can be delivered<br />
on a single 40ft flat bed vehicle. The units have forklift pockets in<br />
their base frame to facilitate safe loading.<br />
TowerLight UK<br />
Page 10 CP&E <strong>Contractors</strong> Plant & Equipment Vol 1 No 8
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