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PAVE CORNER 2 CORNER IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY WITH AN AGRIMAC |
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Hennie Langeveldt owns Pave Corner 2 Corner, a contract layer of cement interlocking bricks.
“I really wanted to improve the company’s productivity” said Hennie “and when Marius Schutte the MD of Shamrock Handling called to the office one day to introduce the Agrimac 4x4 forklift, I realised the potential for improvement in my work process”.
“Our normal brick laying system involved 17 wheel barrow operatives servicing 6 bricklayers and 2 cutters and I was going through 80 wheel barrows per year!”
Hennie invested in 2 Agrimac TH210 models and fitted them with Abel Brick Grabs.
“The result was amazing” enthuses Hennie“ the operation requires only 3 wheelbarrow operatives now to service the same laying team, and I don’t need to keep buying dozens of wheelbarrows!” |
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CULTERRA MAKES HUGE REDUCTIONS IN ITS DISTRIBUTION COSTS |
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Culterra has supplied the Nursery Industry with their quality products for over four decades. Customers recognise the famous hand brand bags which contain soil ameliorants, potting media, lawn dressing and top dressing.
The products are delivered as pallet loads of 100 bags and with sales of 20-30000 bags per week throughout the country, distribution costs are a serious issue.
Johan Griffioen owns the business with his brother and had invested in 16 trucks and 54 personnel to distribute the products. Each truck was completing only one delivery per day and this became a major problem in the high season from September to December every year when deliveries increase fourfold.
Then Johan read about the benefits of delivering goods by Moffett, the truck mounted forklift.
“I met with Marius Schutte from Shamrock Handling” says an enthusiastic Johan “and when I realised the potential of delivery by Moffett, I invested in a unit to test the operation.” “It didn’t take long to convince me that my distribution costs would reduce but I was in for a pleasant shock !”
Johan changed the configuration of his fleet to 2x 14 tonners, 4 tri-axles and a super link and having invested in 7 Moffetts the savings were extraordinary.
The transport fleet reduced from 16 trucks to 7 and the personnel numbers decreased from 54 to 16.
“Arriving with your own offloading mechanical equipment just eliminated all of the waiting time due to manual labour and generated several loads per day instead of one” said Johan. “The Moffett enabled me to offload the pallet loads in a matter of minutes and place them where the customer requested”. |
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BUILDERS WAREHOUSE INVESTS IN A NATIONAL FLEET OF COMBILIFTS |
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Builders Warehouse has taken delivery of 24 Combilift CBsfor its stores throughout the country during the first half of 2011.
Commenting, a delighted Marius Schutte, MD of Shamrock Handling Concepts, the National Distributor for Combilift stated “This is the largest contract we have received since we commenced in business over 17 years ago”.
Builders Warehouse Manager Johnny Baeta commented “The machines are very reliable and work well both inside and outside the stores. Their ability to easily manoeuvre makes them a winner”. |
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One sided off loading - no longer a problem |
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MOFFETT, the largest manufacturer of truck mounted forklifts, has launched a new type of machine, equipped with a highly versatile and revolutionary telescopic boom as part of a worldwide licensing agreement with its developers, Combilift, based in Clontibret, Ireland.
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Agrimac rough terrain forklift has success in brickyards |
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Billy Te Water operates a brickyard on the family farm in Trichardt. Manufacturing 120 000 bricks per day for low cost housing demands reliable machinery.
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