Australian civil and demolition company DECC recently bought a Terex Trucks TA400 articulated dump truck to work on a landfill site just outside Brisbane, and has praised the vehicle's ability to perform in tough conditions.
The articulated hauler is used at a site in Swanbank carrying out a variety of jobs from remediation of landfills to stormwater management.
DECC specialises in demolition, environmental, civil contracting, earthworks, remediation and decontamination services, as well as project management and consulting services within the construction industry.
The company has a fleet of over 100 machines, including articulated dump trucks, excavators, skid steer loaders and road trucks. With so many jobs to do at the Swanbank site, the company was recently in the market for another articulated truck.
“We have pretty rough conditions in demolition, so we choose equipment that’s tough, reliable and efficient – but without that hefty price tag,” says Josh Cutts, DECC’s national plant manager. “We do lots of landfill jobs from design, construction, monitoring, remediation and post-closure management. The TA400 dump truck is performing a lot of these landfill jobs for us. It has been giving us heavy-duty and efficient performance in the various conditions that it has been used in so far.”
The TA400 was trialled at the site for two weks prior to purchase. Apart from the landfill jobs where it is being used currently, DECC plans to use this machine across various other sites and jobs in the future.
Since April 2017, Terex Trucks has partnered with construction equipment supplier Porter Group to exclusively represent the company throughout Australia. The Porter Group supplies major construction equipment brands through sales and hire throughout Oceania. The company serves customers in a variety of industries including construction, quarrying and mining, recycling and landfill, demolition, forestry, road building and agriculture.
The TA400 is the largest articulated hauler on offer from Terex Trucks, with a maximum payload of 38 tonnes (41.9 tons). It has a heaped capacity of 23.3 m3 (30.3 yd3). Powered by a high performance, fuel efficient engine that develops a gross power of 331 kW (444 hp), the TA400 is designed to meet the demands of the most extreme operations including quarries, mines and large-scale construction projects. For the Australian market, the TA400 is fitted with a fuel-efficient Tier 2 engine to meet local emission requirements.
However, the trucks can be fitted with a globally emission compliant engine that meets the requirements of EU and North American legislation without the need for a diesel particulate filter (DPF). This is achieved via the latest generation selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology, combined with exhaust gas regeneration (EGR) and a variable geometry turbo (VGT).
Lee Irving, regional business manager for APAC/Oceania at Terex Trucks, said: “Since Volvo CE acquired Terex Trucks, we’ve made substantial investments and improvements in our people, processes, products and facilities. These improvements can be seen in our latest products, the TA400 and TA300, two robust and reliable off-highway dump trucks.”
