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ELLIOTTS PURCHASES NEW DOOSAN EXCAVATOR & WHEEL LOADER Working in Elliotts‘ quarrying and recycled aggregate operations Elliotts (Cheltenham) Ltd., based in Bishops Cleeve, near Cheltenham in Gloucestershire in the UK, has been providing services to the area for well over 100 years. From early beginnings that started with deliveries by horse and cart, the company has now added the very latest in quality equipment with the purchase of a new Doosan DX380LC-7 40 tonne crawler excavator and DL320-7 wheel loader for use in the company’s quarrying and recycled aggregate businesses, respectively. As well as aggregates, Elliotts also specialises in skip and plant hire in the local area. The new Doosan machines were supplied by Kellands (Plant Sales) Ltd, based in Bridgwater in Somerset, the Authorised Doosan Dealer for West and South England. THE BEST PACKAGE ON THE MARKET
Nick Elliott, Managing Director of Elliotts (Cheltenham) Ltd., said: “We have been buying Doosan machines for a number of years and the new DX380LC-7 crawler excavator and DL320-7 wheel loader are the latest. We choose the Doosan brand because it is a guarantee of excellent, dependable equipment backed by the expertise and fantastic service and support provided by Charlie Cook and the rest of the team at Kellands. We believe it is the
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best package available in our market.” The new Doosan DX380LC-7 excavator is working at Perton Quarry in Tarrington in Herefordshire, which is owned by the Elliotts group. The DX380LC-7 works at the face loading blasted material into a mobile crusher to produce 6F2 aggregates. The DX380LC-7 is also combined with a breaker to reduce larger pieces of rock that come off the quarry face during blasting. The mobile crusher moves between Perton Quarry and Elliotts‘ main aggregates recycling operation based outside Cheltenham. Here it joins the new Doosan DL320-7 wheel loader to be part of the fleet of equipment used at the site, where construction waste such as raw concrete and rubble is sorted and processed to produce 6F5 aggregates. The DL320-7 is used to load lorries with aggregates for delivery to Elliotts customers. For the bulk supply of aggregates to the construction industry and general public, product can either be delivered by one of the Elliott’s vehicles, or collected from the company’s yard at Bishops Cleeve. All materials can be delivered in a variety of load sizes, either loose in one of the tipper lorries, or perhaps in convenient Bulk Bags or smaller 25 kg Handy Bags.
