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EXPLORE PLANT AND TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS COMMITTED TO XWATCH IN LEADING THEIR WAY IN SITE SAFETY Explore Plant and Transport Solutions is a nationwide plant hire and transport firm, headquartered in Worksop. The company is part-owned by blue-chip contractor Laing O’Rourke.
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xplore owns a 150+ strong excavator fleet made up of Komatsu, Caterpillar, and Hitachi, ranging in size from 0.8 tonne to 36 tonne. The company continues to grow and renew its fleet and is committed to leading the way in site safety through the continued development of new innovative technologies and software. Xwatch Safety Solutions XW series is the company’s preferred height and slew limiting system and has been mandated on the Explore fleet of machines weighing 13 tonne and above for the last two years.
Chris Gatheridge, Head of Operations at Explore Plant and Transport Solutions, explained why he chose Xwatch Safety Solutions over competitors in the sector. “Dan Leanney (Xwatch) approached Explore with a product that was relatively new to market around two years ago. We trialled the Xwatch system on one of our eight-tonne machines and we were very impressed with its functionality and ease of use – the system basically does 02 - Construction Equipment - MARCH 2022
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what it said on the tin! The system also represented excellent value for money and proved to be a good long-term investment with its reliability. As a general rule, we fit XWatch to all the machines 13 tonnes and above – we specify RCI (rated capacity indicator) as a minimum safety requirement, but we do have a number of machines with the full XW5 system which further adds height & slew limiters.” Chris added, “Our machines are working on many high profile Laing O’Rourke projects including Everton Football Club’s new football stadium, East-West Rail Alliance, and HS2, to name but a few, and reliability and ease of use on hire machines are key and the Xwatch safety systems deliver.” “The Xwatch system software is also very adaptable – for example – through a conversation with Dan we were able to adapt an XW system and it was installed on one of our 6 tonne cabbed dumpers.
