PHPD talks to Takeuchi’s Marketing Manager, Holly Cooke about Takeuchi excavators and how they can help with groundworks.
PHPD: What’s the best way to start groundworks?
Holly Cooke (HC): For initial groundworks you can always make a big start with a 15- tonne Takeuchi TB2150 with offset boom or TB2150R with fixed boom. These are both powerful machines for deep excavating or reduced level digging in the early stages of a project where machine power is critical. The breakout force and power make these models ideal for tough ground or heavy soil strata like clay.
PHPD: What machines can be used for larger sites?
HC: For larger housebuilding sites – of 50-plus plots, for example – a wheeled excavator on site provides real versatility. The new Takeuchi TB370W provides a dynamic site ready option. It is a multiutility vehicle with different attachments for lifting in and around site. At 7.5 tonne, it is both powerful and compact.
The 2-piece boom makes travelling around site easier and more compact and offers added in-field lift capacity. With three different working modes – Std, Eco and Eco Plus – operators get the best efficiency. Simply switch to cruise control for consistent travel speed while operating attachments and the auto digging brake for safety and efficiency during stop-start tasks.
PHPD: What machine is best where space is an issue?
HC: Where access might be limited, short tail options provide a viable alternative in getting access where others can’t The unique FR design on a TB280FR, or TB257FR, provides for parallel trenching right next to walls and buildings. Its side-to-side STS offset boom can be positioned anywhere across the front of the machine without any reduction in dig depth or ground reach. Operators no longer need to reposition the tracks for the optimum excavating angles; they simply let the STS offset boom do all the work for them.
At the smaller end, the classic Takeuchi mini excavator is the 1.6 tonne TB216. It comfortably trailer-tows to get to site and provides proven capability. Very popular with housebuilders, it remains the most popular weight class for Takeuchi and is seen in just about every hire shop.
PHPD: What is Takeuchi best known for?
HC: When you ask operators it has to be smoothness and precision control – along with reliability. For backup, the Takeuchi dealer network provides local support when you need it. There are more than 20 dealers nationwide with multiple depots and engineers to support customers. Excavating and groundworks remain a critical part on any housebuilding project and investing or hiring in power performance excavators is essential to get the job done well. Good groundwork is down to skilled operators combined with high quality machines – this combination goes hand-in-hand.
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