Scottish company Tayside Contracts has purchased its first new Doosan wheeled loader and excavator as part of a fleet of machines used in its quarrying, recycling and construction operations
The Dundee-based company bought a Doosan DL350-5 wheeled loader and DX255LC-5 crawler excavator from Balgownie, the local authorised Doosan dealer headquartered in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
The construction division of Tayside Contracts is a major civil engineering construction organisation in the Tayside area employing over 400 people with a turnover of over £34mn. The new Doosan machines work mainly in its two quarries – Boysack Quarry near Friockheim in Angus and Collace Quarry in Perthshire.
Boysack Quarry produces Type 1 materials which are used internally and are also available for sale to external customers. Much of the product from Boysack Quarry goes to Collace Quarry, which manufactures a range of asphalt mixes including hot rolled asphalt, asphalt concretes, stone mastic asphalt, pre-coated chips and cold-mix for base/binders.
The Doosan DL350-5 wheeled loader has a bucket capacity of 3.5m3. It is intended to meet a wide range of material-handling needs from loading and transporting granular material (such as sand and gravel) to industrial and quarrying applications. Powering the DL350-5 wheeled loader is a Doosan DL08 diesel engine, with an output of 202kW at 1800rpm. The DL350-5 at Tayside Contracts has a five-speed ZF transmission with lock-up and a hydraulic differential-lock front axle for low fuel consumption and excellent productivity in all conditions.
The Doosan DX255LC5 excavator is said to offer comfort and controllability with a focus on increased power, robustness and agility. While overall dimensions are similar to the previous DX255LC3 model, Doosan says the DX255LC5 combines higher power with a 500kg increase in operating weight. This results in up to 17% more lifting capacity over both the front and side and a 1 dBA sound level reduction.
The two machines can be moved around the various facilities run by Tayson Contracts, including both the quarries and the four recycling centres located in Arbroath, Forfar, Dundee and Collace.
A key objective of the construction division is to maximise the use of recycled material and minimise waste to landfill. As a result, all the recycling centres accept construction waste to produce a recycled sub-base and a recycled crusher run for further use.
