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Liebherr goes large at Hillhead
Liebherr returns to Hillhead to underline its credentials as the ‘first choice’ manufacturer with a line-up of quarry equipment that marries engineering excellence to market-leading fuel efficiency.
Spearheaded by the award-winning TA 230 articulated dump truck, the comprehensive collection showcases wheeled loaders, dozers and excavators as well as associated concrete batching and mixing equipment. And Liebherr’s reputation as a leader in reducing customers’ fuel costs takes on added significance in the wake of a double whammy of rocketing prices and the end of the rebate for red diesel used in construction equipment.
TA 230 dump truck
The TA 230 is making its Hillhead debut but has already made its mark with UK customers via several significant sales across the country. Scottish contractor Edward MacKay, for example, described it as “one of the best-looking and well-engineered trucks on the market”. Elsewhere, judges for the Red Dot Award for design excellence praised the “unique, edgy and yet dynamic lines” that impressed a jury of international experts.
Carrying a 28-tonne payload, the driver views the working environment through panoramic windows and over a short, inclined bonnet for the best outlook of the driving, working and articulated joint area. There is an array of assistance systems such as hill start, speed retention and automatic traction control while speed-dependent steering gives precise manoeuvring at low speeds and sensitive control at higher speeds.
Wheeled loaders
Liebherr’s XPower machines are the benchmark for high- production wheeled loaders in quarry applications. Power-split transmission as standard manages the interaction of the hydrostatic drive and mechanical drive, continuously adapting the mixing ratio of the two drive paths without noticeable switching and without interrupting traction. That means the power adapts to the specific requirements of the operation to achieve maximum productivity.
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