The
JCB 541-70 was the only telehandler of its type that could be used with
Clare Valley Waste's walking floor trailer because of its 7 metre lift
height and 4 tonne capacity16 August 2011
Clare Valley Waste, a regional waste management firm based in South Australia, has been using the JCB 541-70 telehandler for shifting, loading and unloading recyclables, cardboard and paper waste bales and general rubbish material at its Clare depot.
According to the company, the telehandler was purchased to complement a new walking floor trailer used at the depot, mainly for recyclables. As recycling materials come in to the depot they are unloaded from trucks, sorted and re-loaded onto the walking trailer for transport to Adelaide.
Clare Valley Waste's managing director, Gavin Mills said: "The JCB is used to push about 75% of each trailer load (of 15 tonnes) up the back end of the trailer inside the depot. We then move the trailer outside and the telehandler puts the remainder of the load - about 3 cubic metres of rubbish - over the top of the trailer, which is 4 to 5 metres high."
Mills added that the JCB's 7 metre lift height and 4-tonne capacity made the only telehandler suited to this application. In addition, the autoselect steering allows changes between four-wheel, two-wheel and crab steer at the flick of a switch, making it very manoeuvrable.
Clare Valley has custom-designed a bucket and clamp attachment for the 541-70 to prevent spillage during loading, as it operates under strict environmental guidelines.
According to the company, the configuration with its extendable boom, bucket and clamp, the telehandler and walking floor trailer had doubled the efficiency of loading and unloading waste material at the depot.
The Clare Valley Waste was formed in 2008 as a sideline to Mills Freight Line Pty Ltd's country transport operation, and has since tripled in size.
"In a radius of about 140 kilometres from Clare in the Mid North of SA, we now manage about 800 industrial waste bins, pick up council-issued recycle bins, receive waste from council rubbish collections and collect, bale and transport premium corrugated cardboard and paper loads,'' explains Mills.
The Clare Valley Waste depot
handles 25 to 30 tonnes of recyclable material every fortnight, and the
company says that it handles about 1200 tonnes of cardboard and paper
per annum.
The company says that the cardboard and paper recycling is a growing part of the business and that the JCB machine had replaced a loader to feed this material onto a conveyor for baling.
"We run a multi-faceted business now and we have found the JCB telehandler is a highly versatile machine that is well suited to our needs," Mills said.
"It is very adaptable and attachments are easy to switch. It is also really easy to drive, with a neat layout of instruments, although we do train our operators to get used to the left hand drive and off-set cabin."
Look out for Waste Management World's Collection and Transport correspondent, Malcolm Bates feature on the new JCB 550-80MW telehandler in the forthcoming September/October issue.
Clare Valley Waste, a regional waste management firm based in South Australia, has been using the JCB 541-70 telehandler for shifting, loading and unloading recyclables, cardboard and paper waste bales and general rubbish material at its Clare depot.
According to the company, the telehandler was purchased to complement a new walking floor trailer used at the depot, mainly for recyclables. As recycling materials come in to the depot they are unloaded from trucks, sorted and re-loaded onto the walking trailer for transport to Adelaide.
Clare Valley Waste's managing director, Gavin Mills said: "The JCB is used to push about 75% of each trailer load (of 15 tonnes) up the back end of the trailer inside the depot. We then move the trailer outside and the telehandler puts the remainder of the load - about 3 cubic metres of rubbish - over the top of the trailer, which is 4 to 5 metres high."
Mills added that the JCB's 7 metre lift height and 4-tonne capacity made the only telehandler suited to this application. In addition, the autoselect steering allows changes between four-wheel, two-wheel and crab steer at the flick of a switch, making it very manoeuvrable.
Clare Valley has custom-designed a bucket and clamp attachment for the 541-70 to prevent spillage during loading, as it operates under strict environmental guidelines.
According to the company, the configuration with its extendable boom, bucket and clamp, the telehandler and walking floor trailer had doubled the efficiency of loading and unloading waste material at the depot.
The Clare Valley Waste was formed in 2008 as a sideline to Mills Freight Line Pty Ltd's country transport operation, and has since tripled in size.
"In a radius of about 140 kilometres from Clare in the Mid North of SA, we now manage about 800 industrial waste bins, pick up council-issued recycle bins, receive waste from council rubbish collections and collect, bale and transport premium corrugated cardboard and paper loads,'' explains Mills.
The Clare Valley Waste depot
handles 25 to 30 tonnes of recyclable material every fortnight, and the
company says that it handles about 1200 tonnes of cardboard and paper
per annum. The company says that the cardboard and paper recycling is a growing part of the business and that the JCB machine had replaced a loader to feed this material onto a conveyor for baling.
"We run a multi-faceted business now and we have found the JCB telehandler is a highly versatile machine that is well suited to our needs," Mills said.
"It is very adaptable and attachments are easy to switch. It is also really easy to drive, with a neat layout of instruments, although we do train our operators to get used to the left hand drive and off-set cabin."
Look out for Waste Management World's Collection and Transport correspondent, Malcolm Bates feature on the new JCB 550-80MW telehandler in the forthcoming September/October issue.
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