German waste handling company BTU Hartmeier has been operating a new Hyundai HL960A wheeled loader in its fleet since the start of 2020.
The 19-tonne HL960A is powered by a Cummins QSB6.7 Stage V (168 kW) engine, and features a tipping bucket with 7m3 high-lift and 3.3m3 capacity.
BTU Hartmeier has its headquarters in Unterschleissheim, which is just north of Munich. The group was founded in 1996 and is split into two divisions, Waste Disposal and Service. The Waste Disposal division works at Unterschleissheim and the Service division at Augsburg and in total employs 120 staff. The company disposes of waste from construction sites in a radius of 50km around Munich and ensures that the recycling of waste materials and recyclables are correctly classified. The company’s annual output is 130,000 tonnes, and in the region of 7,000 containers and skips are needed to manage this volume of materials.
A large fleet of construction machines work on loading and feeding the crushers on the 15,000m² treatment site in Unterschleissheim and at further sites, in and around the area, belonging to the group. The company has four Hyundai wheel loaders which have been operating since 2010.
Johann Hartmeier Jun., whose responsibilities include the fleet of twenty construction and transfer loading machines and 80 trucks, said he opted for the new Stage V machine from Hyundai because of its power, fuel consumption and ergonomics.
“The superb, rapid service from Hyundai Construction Equipment service partner Fischer & Schweiger was another deciding factor in the purchase,” he added. “Features on the machine include solid rubber tyres, which make for easy working in often sharp-edged recycling material. The high-lift tipping bucket is also required for loading high-edged and walking floor semitrailers. The tipping height of the high-lift bucket is 4,200mm.”
The machine will be in use for around 2,500 operating hours per year. Hyundai authorised dealer Fischer & Schweiger from Zusmarshausen near Augsburg provides provide service care on all of the company’s wheel loaders and some of its transfer loaders.
Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) says it launched the new A-series at the bauma 2019 show due to the sustained strong demand for large wheeled loaders in the European market.
