Capital Equipment News March 2022

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CONTENTS Capital Equipment News is published monthly by Crown Publications Acting Editor: Mark Botha markb@crown.co.za Advertising manager: Elmarie Stonell elmaries@crown.co.za Design: Ano Shumba FEATURES THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

29 Ctrack leads the way with continuous innovation 30 How SA’s small businesses can cut costs with telematics 40 Transport and Freight Index records marginal increases mining news 31 Equipment supplier moves with the times 32 Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions converts data into action 33 Weir Minerals marks a great decade with Warman Dirty Water Pump CONSTRUCTION NEWS 35 How to turn your telescopic handler into a real crusher 35 New Cat ® D1 Mulcher features sloped hood styling, high-performance powertrain 36 New compact milling machine headlines at World of Asphalt 2022 TRANSPORT NEWS 38 FAW Trucks SA assembles its 8 000 th unit at Coega Plant 39 The new Euro 5 Quester and Croner NEWS

COMMENT 2 Challenges to the transport and freight industries post-covid COVER STORY 4 Liebherr-Africa introduces the new R 9600 mining excavator Transport 7 Scania’s service revolution is a profit solution for customers TRUCK BODIES 8 Truck bodies: changing the conversation on mine maintenance costs ELECTROMOBILITY 14 The rise and advantages of battery-electric capital equipment ADT s 18 Articulated dump trucks: earthmoving made smarter, safer and more economical TYRES 22 Maximise the ‘cradle to grave’ cpk of your fleet’s tyres PLANT HIRE 26 The plant hire industry in times of macro- economic uncertainty

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