SECOND LIFE FOR CAT 836

The recycling and waste management firm FCC Environment has given Finning the green light to complete the UK’s first certified machine rebuild on a Cat 836 landfill compactor. The 15-year-old machine is expected to have another 15 years of work left in her, while the rebuild will cost approximately half of the price of a brand new replacement, particularly if remanufactured major components are used. Rebuilding a machine instead of buying new can have significant environmental benefits. One estimate suggests that the process saves 85% in energy costs, uses 85% less water and generates around 60% fewer greenhouse gases.

MORE CRUSHERS & DUMPERS FOR MCHALE

McHale Plant Sales is now an official distributor in Ireland for the Jonsson Crushers range of mobile crushing equipment. Jonsson is now owned by Metso, whose products have been distributed by McHale since 2015. The Jonsson range includes tracked jaw and tracked cone crushers, together with an electric-powered tracked double crusher.

In other news, McHale now sells and supports the Prinoth range of tracked all-terrain vehicles in the Irish market. Their six-model range of dumpers offer payloads from 5715kg to 13,200kg. In addition to increasing use of tracked dumpers across several land-based industries, the broader range of Prinoth configurations are also suited to specialist applications, such as electric transmission, pipe-laying, drilling, forestry and crew transportation vehicles.

Worsley Now Oilquick Dealer

Worsley Plant is now an official UK dealer for the OilQuick fully automatic quick coupler system, which allows hydraulically-powered attachments to be changed directly from the driver’s cab in just 10 seconds. Worsley already offers crushing and screening buckets from REMU and MB, as well as demolition attachments from Rotar, magnets from Dynaset and Montabert breakers.