A total of 30 Volvo ECR88D reduced swing excavators will join the fleet of CW Plant Hire
An initial batch of 10 machines has been deployed out of the company鈥檚 Crawley and Ashford branches. The remaining 20 units will be spread around the company鈥檚 13 other UK branches during the first quarter of the year.
The ECR88D is a 10-tonne compact excavator. Charles Wilson Engineers has eight tonne Bobcats and 海角社区apps and 13-tonne 海角社区apps in its fleet.
The Volvos were supplied by dealer Capital Plant Solutions with hydraulic quick hitches.
Deciding to purchase Volvo compact excavators for the first time and in significant numbers was a leap of faith for the company, according to general manager Damien West. 鈥淲e were looking to augment our excavator fleet with a quality brand that could offer a sound return on our investment in terms of聽 total cost of ownership, reliability and of course residual values. Taking these points into consideration and having listened to our customers as well as taking note of third party references, we decided to settle on the Volvo 产谤补苍诲.鈥�
He added that the Volvo ECR88D lends itself to heavy duty applications such as demolition and site clearance. 鈥淲hen we looked at the ECR88D we were impressed with the robustness of the machine and considered it an ideal medium tool carrier for demolition and similar applications requiring shears and sorting grapples which we tend to specialise in,鈥� he said.
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