P&L Barton was established in 1972 when Peter Barton invested in his first digger, a JCB 3C, and set up P Barton Plant Hire. Today almost 50 years later, P&L Barton remains a family run business which ensures existing and new customers continue to receive a consistent high-quality service.
Based in Carnforth, Lancashire, North-West England, the company has evolved and expanded working on a vast array of projects with clients in private households and businesses, to local councils and large multi-nationals. P&L Barton provides plant and services on a sub-contractor hire only basis, offering a wide range of services to the construction, groundwork, civil engineering, quarrying, recycling and haulage industries.
P&L Barton operates a diverse selection of modern well-maintained equipment to ensure clients are supplied with reliable and efficient hire solutions, and in recent years EvoQuip has become part of the fleet. They took receipt of their first EvoQuip Colt 1000 from Blue Central in June this year. Since then the machine has been on hire contacts in multiple configurations to suit the required job sites.
One recent application has been to produce limestone walling stone for one of their regular clients where space was limited. P&L Barton set about reconfiguring the Colt 1000 so that both conveyors discharged out the same side into segregated areas, maximising the area available, eliminating double handling and showing how versatile the Colt is.
Commenting on the Colt’s performance, Richard Barton, Plant Manager at P&L Barton, said: “The Colt 1000 is the perfect machine for us due to its flexibility. Being suited to scalping and fine screening and the ability to quickly convert from 3 way to 2 way split and to swap conveyor configurations means it’s suitable for many applications and job sites.”
In the short time that P&L Barton have owned the Colt 1000, the machine has been out working on various projects, “we have been able to run the machine in 2 way split on one project then convert it so that mids and fines are discharged on the same side on a really compact site, and in the standard set up on another site. With the range of media options available, I don’t think there is any job she can’t do” continued Barton.
Gabrielle Stewart, EvoQuip product manager, said: “The Colt 1000 is one of our best-selling products, customers regularly comment on being impressed by the performance of the aggressive screen-box and have found it to be excellent in multiple applications.”
The highly adaptable Colt 1000 Scalping screen is able to operate in both heavy duty scalping and precision screening applications and will manage the most difficult of materials. The Colt 1000 achieves a compact footprint maintaining the ethos of the EvoQuip range while achieving versatility and mobility. Flexibility is enhanced with configurable conveyor options and two-way split conversion. Featuring an aggressive double deck screen, variable screening angle with numerous screen media options, broad fines conveyor, quick set up time and tall discharge heights ensures the Colt 1000 distinguishes itself amongst its competition.
