Tulloch Developments, a large civil and marine engineering contractor in Shetland, off the north coast of Scotland, has purchased a new Doosan DL450-5 wheeled loader.
The machine arrived from the Scottish mainland’s Inverurie-based Balgownie, an authorised
A family company, Lerwick-based Tulloch Developments is using the DL450-5 at its Staney Hill quarry. It replaces a DL400 wheeled loader for loading and stockpilng material - drainage aggregates, concrete aggregates, hardcore and sand - produced by the quarry’s crushing and screening equipment.
Tulloch Developments also provides an established ready-mix concrete service, available to Shetland businesses and the public, using the company’s fleet of specialised trucks. The DL450-5 wheeled loader is kept busy filling the material bins used to supply the ready-mix concrete system at the quarry.
“The new machine is a lynchpin for us as it works for extensive periods in both our aggregates production area and in the ready-mix concrete plant,” says George Smith, a director at Tulloch Developments. “The DL400 was a good performer but I have great confidence in the benefits that the DL450-5 Stage IV machine will bring in productivity and the fuel efficiency and reliability of the new
The DL450-5 is powered by the Scania DC13 6-cylinder engine producing 257kW of power at 1800 rpm. There is generous torque at low rpm meaning up to a 10% reduction in fuel consumption and excellent response. The engine meets Stage IV emissions regulations without the need of a diesel particulate filter, through the use of cooled exhaust gas recirculation and selective catalyst reduction aftertreatment technologies.
In addition to the Scania DC13 Stage IV engine, the DL450-5 features a new external styling that is common to all of the new DL-5 Stage IV wheeled loader range. There is a new high comfort cab, smooth and responsive hydraulics, a ZF powertrain, axle cooling and auxiliary hydraulic connections.