A civil engineering contractor on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides has bought two Volvo EC140E excavators to service a 21km utilities contract on Stornoway.
Macaulay Askernish took delivery of the machines, supplied by SMT GB, which join a larger EC200E ordered by the company last summer.
The EC200E is currently working on various civil engineering projects, whilst the two new EC140Es have been deployed on the utilities contract, which will take two years to complete.
“Both sizes of machine fit in well with the typical contracts we undertake,” explained operations manager Callum McDowel. “In particular, the larger EC200E has plenty of capacity for general site clearance and muck shifting duties.”
Both machines are powered by a Volvo Stage V-compliant 4 cylinder engine. They have been fitted with an integrated work mode control, designed to reduce fuel consumption.
