Capital Equipment News January 2018

EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT

Hidromek has pushed the envelope with its latest design iteration on its 20 t class size machine, the upgraded HMK 220 LC.

UNLEASHING THE ULTIMATE TOOL CARRIER

The first unit of the upgraded Hidromek HMK 220 LC excavator – which pushes the 20 t class envelope with an array of standard features that set it as the ultimate tool carrier – has been delivered to a South African contractor by Maximum Equipment in a deal that restates the significance of relationships and trust in buying decisions, writes Munesu Shoko .

V ersatility and flexibility have always been part of the excavator’s lexicon. Yet, Hidromek has pushed the enve- lope with its latest design iteration on its 20 t class size machine, the upgraded HMK 220 LC. This is a fully-spec’d machine that has a special design focus on increased versatili- ty through its ability to carry a full range of attachments. Standard hammer lines and an in-line filter – features that normally come as optional extras on competitive brands – are testimony to the machine’s ultimate tool car- rier attribute.

Maximum Equipment, the authorised dealer of the Hidromek range of excavators in South Africa, has since delivered the first machine of the upgraded version in South Africa to Sinethemba Construction, a KwaZulu-Natal based contractor, in a deal that further reiterates the significance of long-term relationships and trust in the equipment business. Allan Schonken, owner of Sinethemba Construction, first dealt with Vaughan Ellis, MD of Maximum Equipment, as far back as 1994 during Ellis’s working days as a salesperson, initially selling

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