A greener future

LEADING THE WAY TO A GREENER FUTURE

UK’s first 3T fully electric Excavator available for hire

We were proud to be the first UK Plant Hire Company to take delivery of a 3T Volvo ECR25 Electric Excavator, with multiple machines now on the fleet.

We are passionate about our sustainability journey and building a greener construction industry — growing our Electric Fleet is one of the ways we can do this.

We trialled the Volvo ECR25 across three HS2 sites, to showcase benefits such as cleaner air and reduced noise pollution which resulted in positive feedback from Operators and our customer.

One of our Operators reported on the performance of the excavator, stating that: “the excavator is powerful, and you barely notice any difference to its diesel counterpart, with smooth hydraulics, grading, tracking and slewing. It is a very good machine.”

3T Electric Excavator working at West Ruislip Portal.

The benefits of this fully electric machine include: ■ ZERO emissions ■ Reduction in noise pollution ■ Lower vibrations for greater operator comfort ■ Maintenance free battery ■ Fast-charging option ■ Zero tail swing for work in confined spaces

Chris Gill, Director, explained the reasons why we chose to invest in Volvo Electric Excavators, commenting that: “We are proud to be the first plant hire company in the UK to be running this size electric machine, and we look forward to seeing them on our customers job sites, creating great output, with zero emissions! We are focused on our sustainability plan, and our carbon footprint as a business. We spoke with SMT GB in 2020, and as soon as we knew these products were available, we expressed interest in trialling it. We received fantastic feedback from operators and customers on the 3 separate trials we carried out. To place a multiple machine order with SMT GB, makes complete sense."

This continues our legacy of supplying the first 1.5T full electrics to the project in 2019.