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Londonderry Garage has recently been awarded a £2.5 million RCV contract by North Tyneside Council which includes eight Garwood Dualpacts.
A key advantage of the whole Garwood range is its ability to operate at very low engine revolutions of about 750rpm with resulting low exhaust emissions which make the smaller models ideal for working in confined urban environments.
Even full operation for the larger models only requires about 1050 rpm and this capability means improved fuel consumption and lower maintenance costs.
All Garwood products are manufactured from Bis 80 High tensile steel to give a longer working life and can be fitted with a single or wide comb bin lift for handling bins up to 1,100 litres capacity. Integral leachate tanks are attached to the hopper to stop liquids leaking which makes them ideal vehicles for the collection of food waste.
Londonderry Garage has won a contract to supply United Utilities specially adapted Mercedes Benz Unimogs and Axors for the construction and maintenance of overhead power lines.
Two Unimog U5000Ls with Hiab loader cranes, are already in service with a third currently being built. Two Axors also fitted with Hiabs, joined the fleet in April. The vehicles will be working in an area from the Midlands to the Scottish borders.
When fitted with the Hiab XS144-4 Hi-Pro the Unimog is capable of carrying up to 13 metre long poles each weighing up to 750kg, as well as specialist tooling.
United Utilities transport manager Graham Davies said: “The Unimogs and Axors are ideal as they can carry all the tools we need to complete a job. This is vital in our work as if we need to interrupt a high voltage network the cost to us is £200 per minute, so we obviously need to be as quick as possible.”
Charles Pugh, Londonderry Garage’s product sales manager for Hiab, said: “These are completely bespoke vehicles and fitting in all the equipment certainly posed us a challenge but I am delighted with the results. Looking ahead, we are discussing with United Utilities fitting a basket to the Hiab to add even more operational flexibility.”