TSL Contractors Ltd adds more Volvos to the fleet

Having purchased their first Volvo excavator 12 months ago, Argyll based construction company TSL Contractors Ltd has made a significant investment in purchasing further Volvo Construction Equipment products, all of which are incremental to the fleet.

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This recent package of machines purchased by TSL Contractors Ltd will be utilised to deliver contracts awarded to the Company which is currently undertaking substantial hydro-electric projects over a wide geographical area of the country from Gairloch in the North West to Callander in the South. The new additions include a brace of fourteen tonne EC140D’s, three - twenty two tonne EC220E’s, an EC300E 30 tonne excavator and two A25G articulated haulers.

“Since we purchased the EC300D last year, we’ve been very impressed with the machine’s performance and reliability especially on heavy duty rock breaking applications which are commonplace on the typical work we undertake,” comments TSL’s Managing Director Andrew Knight. “With our expanding portfolio of hydro-electric projects for both the private and public sectors we needed to make a significant investment in new equipment, so based on our experience with the one year old machine together with a competitive package on offer, we opted for more Volvo equipment,” he continues.

The new machines have been spread across Scotland working on a variety of hydro-electric schemes. The main activities include the construction of access roads to these remote job sites and preparing trenches for laying large bore water pipes in the ground. Typically this involves a good deal of rock breaking on site and consequently, the EC300E and EC220E’s have been supplied complete with hydraulic hammers. The twenty two tonne capacity A25G articulated haulers are deployed on hauling crushed stone to construct the access roads and move overburden on site. One of the trucks has been supplied with optional 750/65R25 floatation tyres giving the benefit of reduced ground pressure which is ideal for coping with more boggy conditions and minimising the impact on fragile ground. 

The EC140D machines have been supplied with Steelwrist Tilt Rotators and are used primarily on re-instating the ground around the pipelines once the water pipes have been laid and covered. The ability for both the machine and tilt rotator to accomplish re-instatement of the surrounding area including profiling and finishing simultaneously instead of using a variety of equipment to do the job makes economic sense and more importantly, lessens the impact on the environment according to Andrew Knight.