Capital Equipment News December 2015

TRANSPORT

Andri Pretorius, designer from LCP Roofing and LCP Trucking.

The hydraulic crane can load 6 000 tiles onto the truck.

When not delivering roof tiles the truck is used for the transportation of small and medium diameter concrete pipes.

it was cognisant of the three most important factors to a fleet operator – these being uptime, payload and fuel consumption. “The P410 was available with a prefabricated brick carri- er chassis optimised for high payloads and excellent fuel consumption figures. It has a Scania 12 speed Opticruise Gearbox with retarder,” he continues. The P410 is used primarily to deliver and unload roof tiles across a vast area spanning most of the northern and eastern provinces of the country. A full load compris- es 6 000 tiles. The vehicle is fitted with a hydraulically powered crane for loading and unloading and serves as a delivery vehicle for concrete pipes when not running roof tile loads. The double-steering wheels in the front of the truck allow for a larger load capacity – a significant contributor to product delivery operations. The crane-gr- ab attachment enables a fast turnaround time as it can handle 240 individual tiles per grab – a 60 % efficiency improvement when compared with the previous method of handling concrete roof tiles.

The Scania P410 CB 8 x 4 MHz Brick Carrier reduces operational costs through increased uptime, heavier payload and fuel efficiency.

Photographs Richard Jansen van Vuuren

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