Construction World September 2018

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A Scania for EVERY CONSTRUCTION APPLICATION It is hard to imagine a business more diverse and challenging than the construction industry. In such an industry, a one-size-fits-all approach is not in the interest of the customer and for Scania this approach does not exist. It is committed to providing trucks and services that enable them to drive the customers’ business forward. This means providing durability, reliability and drivability.

Robust, rugged and flexible Clients want the perfect truck, so Scania gives them every option to get this right: from the cab, to the bumper to the axels and to the engine. Everything is adapted to match the operational environment. The main aim is to optimise uptime and it understands the need to build trucks that last as this is the foundation on which client’s build their operation. This is the reason why the chassis of Scania trucks are built with effort, experience and expertise. This means that they are manufac- tured with bodybuilder preparations, as lightweight as possible (to optimise the payload), high ground clearance and a vertical exhaust – to name a few. Scania prepares the chassis to make bodybuilding easier: pre- drilled holes, sub-frame brackets and cut-to-fit frames, hydraulics and electricity. Tau Pele has three G460 truck tractors that they use as a bitumen hauler, a side tipper and as low bed application. “Then we have vari- ous P410 8x4 double steer trucks, which we use as a tipper, bitumen distributor as well as for continuous slurry mixer applications,” says Deetlefs. “Each Scania chassis for the specific application is performing very well,” says Deetlefs about the 11 Scania’s in its fleet. “Scania’s technical team also assisted each time with the selection of the correct chassis for the application.” Tailoring Scania has been on the road for more than a century. Vehicles are continuously tested to find ways to optimise and improve overall vehicle performance. This includes tests for it to withstand heat and cold, nonstop testing, tilt stability tests, shock tests, crash tests and all condition tests. In terms of productivity, the tailoring ensures maximum payload, optimum driveability and a truck that is correctly specified for the customers’ operating condition. Customers in the construction industry have engine options from 250 hp inline all the way to the Scania 730 hp V8. Scania’s optimal fuel efficiency is a result, not only of the Euro 6 engines that ensures high-torque output and low emissions, but of this tailoring whereby a balance is struck between performance and efficiency. Superior cabs Cabs are required to be flexible and comfortable as the driver will spend hours in the driver’s seat. In addition it has to be safe. Scania’s cabs are some of the toughest in the world and rigorously tested to meet European safety standards. Scania offers a range of cabs for the construction industry.

S cania South Africa relaunched its range of construction vehicles in 2015 and the unprecedented growth year on year is proof that this approach is welcomed in the local construction industry. It offers a range of vehicles for the construction industry, including vehicles used as tippers and heavy tippers, skip loaders or hook lifts, concrete mixers, concrete pumps, flatbed with crane, mobile cranes and heavy haulage transport. As Scania is basing its products on the modular system, it can easily change existing models. Scania provides more than trucks though. Besides the physical vehicle, it tailors complete solutions to support operations in the best possible way – customers will get what they need to support their operations so they can focus on the business. This is achieved with uptime, productivity and fuel efficiency. In terms of uptime, customers can expect a robust vehicle that will not let them down, supported by a service network to ensure uptime so customers get maximum profitability. A truck for the application An example of where Scania supplied vehicles for a very specific appli- cation is Bloemfontein-based Tau Pele. Established in 2004, Tau Pele specialises in the construction of new roads and the rehabilitation of existing ones. “While the company focuses on major national and provincial arterial roads and urban highways, its expertise extends to the development of urban infrastructure, as well as selected industrial projects,” says Joe Deetlefs, Tau Pele’s manager: plant and equipment. Tau Pele boasts a footprint across the SADC region, operating from its Bloemfontein headquarters across all of South Africa’s nine provinces and beyond the country’s borders to Namibia, where it is known as Tau Pele Construction Namibia. “We started buying Scania trucks for our Namibia operations because of the good footprint that Scania has in Namibia. We were happy with the whole package, and therefore extended the South African fleet with various Scanias,” Deetlefs explains.

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CONSTRUCTION WORLD SEPTEMBER 2018