DH has been working for 21 years at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, near Didcot, where it is the preferred main contractor, carrying out a range of civils work at the facility, including maintenance of all of the roads and pavements within the 280ha site. At a facility on the site, DH crushes and recycles asphalt and concrete, reducing the amount of waste material that has to be taken from the site.
The SVL75-3 was selected with a full range of attachments, allowing it to feed the company’s mobile crusher, load and stockpile crushed material ready for re-use, load into site dumpers and, when equipped with forks, to unload road transport bringing materials into site. Once the planer and sweeper attachments arrive, the SVL75-3 will also be used to plane sections of road and walkway, ready for relaying.
“I want to get everything that we can for the machine and then we can get the most use out of it,” said operations manager Joe Avery-Harris. “We’ve spoken about a skid steer or a compact tracked machine for a long time. For jobs like pothole repairs it will be perfect. For the type of operation that we have here it’s ideal. I can take it to the smallest areas to load and carry.”
The SVL75-3 is a new model for UK dealers and customers. Weighing 4,271kg, the loader is powered by a Stage V Kubota diesel engine delivering 56.4kW (74.2hp). The hydraulic system is equipped with an advanced multifunction valve that ensures smooth operation of all hydraulic functions and electronic torque management optimises pump flow for smoother operation. A High Flow circuit provides up to 112 litres/min to power a wide range of attachments.
The compact loader is equipped with a comfortable sealed cab, with standard air conditioning and a reversing camera. With a maximum loader pin height of 3,177mm the machine has standard self-levelling, to ensure maximum material retention. Operators can also specify travel response sensitivity, with three track response settings and auto-shifting. Maximum travel speed is 13.7km/h.
