HIGHAM Groundworks has added an HD Hyundai HX145A LCR excavator to its growing fleet. The company, which celebrated 10 years in business during summer 2024, has three of the 15.4-tonne compact radius machines, along with four conventional tailswing HX140A L diggers.
Working exclusively for housebuilder Snowdon Homes, the company operates on sites throughout the East Midlands and East Anglia. It has grown to employ more than 50 staff, completing a range of groundworks and civils projects.
All of the HX145A LCR and HX140A L excavators have been supplied by Willowbrook Plant. The specification includes full safety rails, auxiliary piping and HD Hyundai’s Advanced Around View Monitoring (AAVM) system, which employs four cameras positioned around the machine to give the operator a 360° view of the working area. This also includes Intelligent Moving Object Detection (IMOD) that informs when people or objects are detected within the working range.
Higham’s all-white counterweight design helps the machines stand out on site. Two of the company’s HX145A LCR models have been equipped with an optional dozer blade, to provide additional stability when lifting. The excavators are used with a range of attachments, including pallet forks to unload road transport on site.
“The zero tailswing design really helps on some of our more confined sites,’ said groundworks director Adrian Webster. “We’ve gone from working on sites with three or four houses, to much larger sites with 40-plus. They are a really good machine.”
The HX145A LCR is a 15.4-tonne reduced swing radius crawler excavator. Powered by a 100kW (134hp) Stage V 3.8-litre Cummins engine, the machine boasts HD Hyundai’s EPIC (Electric Pump Independent Control) hydraulic system, with a dedicated lifting mode. Auto engine shutdown, an Eco gauge and Eco report are included.
The reduced radius machine boasts the same cab as all A-Series excavators, which is 13% larger than on previous models.
