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UK UK News<br />
News<br />
More More Liebherrs Liebherrs for<br />
for<br />
Lancaster ancaster Earthmoving<br />
Earthmoving<br />
Two of Lancaster Earthmoving's<br />
new Liebherrs at work on<br />
enlarging the Abberton Reservoir<br />
in Essex.<br />
Four more Liebherrs have been added to the fleet<br />
of Lancaster Earthmoving Ltd. This family-owned<br />
contractor, which is based in Kennett near Newmarket<br />
in Suffolk, has been operating Liebherr<br />
equipment since 1996.<br />
The four new machines comprise one<br />
34 tonne class R934C Litronic and two 44 tonne<br />
class R944C Litronic excavators and one 150kW<br />
(201hp) PR 734 LGP Litronic bulldozer. They<br />
have been working on a major contract to enlarge<br />
the capacity of Abberton Reservoir, near Colchester<br />
in Essex.<br />
At the Abberton Reservoir, Lancaster Earthmoving<br />
has been reprofiling of the banks through<br />
bulk muckshifting and adding large volumes of<br />
aggregates to increase the bank height by a further<br />
3m. A 2.0km road is also being constructed.<br />
and it is estimated that the total volume of materials handled will exceed 1,000,000m³.<br />
Lancaster Earthmoving's three new Liebherr excavators all have been supplied with super-long heavy-duty<br />
undercarriage with 750mm wide track pads. CCTV rear-view cameras with in-cab colour monitors, screen vandal<br />
guards, roof beacons, additional headlights and overload warning systems. The fully hydrostatic PR 734 LGP<br />
Litronic bulldozer is a low ground pressure <strong>version</strong> with an operating weight of around 25 tonnes.<br />
Mass Mass of of New New Holland Holland excavators excavators on on M621 M621 motorway<br />
motorway<br />
Liebherr<br />
Travellers on the M621 motorway near Leeds have recently been treated to the sight of no less than 13 New Holland<br />
excavators at work beside the carriageway. Eleven of the machines are 14.7 tonne E135BSR zero tailswing models<br />
and they, together with an 8.0 tonne E80 and a 5.0 tonne E50, have been deployed by Leeds-based civil engineering<br />
contractor K Rouse to work for Balfour Beatty.<br />
The machines have been working on a stretch of the M621 less than a mile long between two junctions near<br />
Leeds. They are assisting the removal of metal crash barriers and the installation of improved drainage prior to the<br />
erection of a new concrete central reservation.<br />
According to Jim McGibbon, the Plant Manager at K Rouse, the E135BSRs were the right size of machine to<br />
physically fit in the space available on a live motorway. The alternative of an even greater number of smaller<br />
machines was ruled out by the demanding nature of the work and the tight time schedule.<br />
Many of the machines are being used with hydraulic breakers to shatter the two and a half foot thick concrete<br />
sub-base. K Rouse saws a line down<br />
either side of the work area and has<br />
used a pulveriser to break up the<br />
middle.<br />
On this job K Rouse has been<br />
trialling Tiltrotators from Swedish<br />
manufacturer Engcon on two of the<br />
New Holland E135BSRs. These versatile<br />
hydraulic wrists have allowed<br />
operators to accomplish more tasks<br />
CP&E <strong>Contractors</strong> Plant & Equipment Vol 1 No 8<br />
The compact dimensions of these<br />
New Holland E135BSR zero tail<br />
swing excavators allowed mass<br />
deployment whilst keeping the traffic<br />
moving on the busy M621 near<br />
Leeds.<br />
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