Capital Equipment News May 2016

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Babcock is the exclusive regional distributor for Volvo Construction Equipment in South Africa. The A60H is the industry’s largest ever 6x6-configuration articulated hauler and was unveiled earlier this month at the bauma 2016 exhibition in Munich, Germany, where Volvo also celebrated the 50 th anniversary of its articulated hauler concept which saw the new A60H joined by its earliest prede- cessor, the DR631 from 1966, fondly known as ‘Gravel Charlie’. bauma is the biggest construction machinery and mining industry trade fair in the world, showcasing over 3 400 exhibitors and rep- resenting companies around the globe. This year Babcock attended the exhibition along with a number of its mining customers, in- cluding Burgh Plant Hire from South Africa, who become the first customer to place an order for not just one but three Volvo A60H articulated haulers, as well as one Volvo EC950E excavator. “It feels great to be the first customer for the A60H. It’s a good product – a magic ma- chine,” says Stanley van der Burgh, CEO and owner of Burgh Plant Hire, a leading earth-

cept we’ll be moving more product quicker. They’ll just fall into the usual fleet with no changes,” he added. “With all OEMs there are challenges but Vol- vo stands up and sorts the problem out with great backing and great service. We are very happy with the team we work with at Bab- cock,” concludes van der Bergh. b

moving equipment hire company located in the coal mining hub of South Africa. Burgh Plant Hire already owns a fleet of more than 100 Volvo machines – the majority of them articulated haulers – so has full confidence in the new model.

“We run a huge fleet of Volvo A40s and we don’t think there’ll be much difference ex-

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