view from the cab
GOING ELECTRIC WITH JCB AT SEAFORDE SCRAP METALS Seaforde Scrap Metals located just outside Downpatrick in County Down has a long and successful history dealing with a wide range of customers, from the general public right through to multi-national companies. A family run business established in 1920 by Peter Killen, it specialises in the reprocessing of ferrous and nonferrous metals and its continuing growth and success can be attributed to many things, not least its excellent high level of service, its ongoing investment in the most up-to-date plant and equipment and its commitment to the environment. Against that background, the company, headed up today by John Killen, recently acquired what was the first fully electric
JCB 35-22E Teletruk to be sold in Northern Ireland by dealers Dennison JCB, with whom they have enjoyed a long and productive business relationship.
The company has employed teletruks around the yard for many years; this latest JCB model is thought to be the fifth and it clearly hasn’t disappointed.
When we caught up with Seaforde Scrap Metals, the versatile JCB Teletruk was engaged in a variety of tasks around the busy yard, taking everything that was required of it comfortably in its stride – from loading up 40-foot containers to shifting scrap cars.
Utilised both indoors and outdoors at the expansive scrap metal yard, a certified Authorised Treatment and fully licensed Waste Management facility, the JCB Teletruk has proved to be an invaluable workhorse, one which the operators love.
“Acquiring the electric JCB Teletruk was a no-brainer,” admits John Killen without any hesitation. “It’s not only a lot quieter in operation than the previous diesel powered model, it is emission free, more environmentally friendly - and it has the same 3.5 tonne lifting capacity.”
THE FIRST FULLY ELECTRIC JCB 35-22E TELETRUK TO BE SOLD IN NORTHERN IRELAND BY DEALERS DENNISON JCB
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