Nifty Kubota Mini takes the hard work out of waste handling.

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• 1st November 2006
• Recycling
 

A versatile Kubota mini excavator fitted with a waste handling grab has turned waste handling into a one-man job at a South Wales recycling business.

The 2.8 tonne canopied KX71-3 has been put into service by Alpha Waste Recycling at its Bridgend waste transfer station. Its specially fitted Kinghofer waste handling grab is used to unload incoming skips full of waste material which it places on the floor inside the transfer station. The Kubota operator then uses the grab to separate out any wood, plastic, cardboard and metal from stone and soil waste and load them into bins that are sent off for recycling.

Alpha Waste Recycling’s Director Alvyn Evans said: "As there is restricted space inside the 2,000 sq ft building, we needed a small machine that could get in and out of all the tight corners with ease. The ultra-compact Kubota is perfect for the job."

Separating the waste material was previously carried out by a team of men working by hand and was quite backbreaking. It’s now an easy one-man job with the Kubota which has made the entire operation far more efficient. The Kubota was chosen by Mr Evans on the recommendation of a business colleague who operates several in his plant hire business. It was bought from local authorised dealer, Cambrian Plant Sales of Cardiff, which has considerable expertise in rehandling operations and sourced the waste handling grab. The mini excavator also came with a standard digging bucket and grading bucket should Alpha Waste ever need to carry out civil engineering or landscaping work

Kubota (UK) Ltd 
Construction Equipment, 
Dormer Road,   
Thame, 
Oxfordshire, OX9 3UN.    
Tel: 01844 214500. 
Fax: 01844 216685. 

Contact: Richard Harrison, 
Sales & Marketing Manager.