Shantui Bulldozer Working in the Niger River side

Niger River is the largest and longest river in West Africa, total length is 4160 km, which is the third longest river in Africa, second only to the Nile and the Congo River.

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The Shantui bulldozer working site locates at Niamey, which is the capital of Niger. Niamey early May is the hottest season of the year, the river bed has dried up, awaiting for the arrival of the rainy season, to nourish this piece of land. However, the rainy season often means flooding, it would endanger the safety of Niamey. So the Niamey government decides to build the dam in upstream before the rainy season to prevent flood damage to the city. Shantui bulldozer SD22W take on the arduous and glorious mission.

Shantui manufacturers’ representatives who arrive project sites around 11:00, the surface temperature has reached 40 degrees. It is said that the surface temperature can reach up to 50 degrees at three or four o'clock in the afternoon.Local soil has serious desertification, the job site is full of blowing dust.

Bulldozer working in this environment has worked for over four hours, both water temperature and oil temperature maintain at 100 degrees. It is in this harsh environment, Shantui bulldozer SD22W which produced in April 2013, has been working for more than 3000 hours, still maintain a very good working condition. According to the working conditions, local users install air pre-filter onto the bulldozer, so as to effectively prevent dust from entering the engine inside, to avoid the premature wear of the engine occurs.

Local users are very satisfied with Shantui bulldozer performance, which lay a solid foundation for the next cooperation.