New Doosan wheeled loaders at two Breedon quarries

894 Breedon Group, the largest independent construction materials group in the UK, has bought new 411 Doosan wheeled loaders for two of the its operations in the east of Scotland.

The DL550-5 and DL450-5 Stage IV loaders are for the Edzell Quarry, near Brechin, Angus, and Tom’s Forest Quarry in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, respectively.

They were supplied by Inverurie, Aberdeenshire-based Balgownie, the local Authorised Doosan and 4772 Bobcat dealer.

Breedon Group operates nearly 60 quarries; 27 asphalt plants; just under 200 ready-mixed concrete and mortar plants, and three concrete block plants throughout England, Wales and Scotland, employing more than 2300 people.

At Edzell Quarry, it produces aggregate and ready-mix concrete products, and the same products are available from Tom’s Forest Quarry, with the addition of asphalt products.

Breedon Group has strong asset backing, with over 750 million tonnes of mineral reserves and resources, and its strategy is to continue growing through consolidation of the UK heavyside building materials sector.

“Both of these quarries are very busy operations, placing big demands on the equipment we purchase for material handling applications,” says Bob Hare, regional production manager Breedon Northern.

“The new Doosan wheeled loaders are used to load and stockpile the large quantities of materials produced by the quarries’ crushing and screening equipment. They are also kept busy filling the material bins used to supply the ready-mixed concrete systems at the quarries.”

The DL550-5 and DL450-5 are powered by the 661 Scania DC13 six-cylinder engine producing 283kW and 257kW of power, respectively, at 1,800rpm.

The Scania DC13 engine meets Stage IV emission regulations without the need of a diesel particulate filter (DPF), by using cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and selective catalyst reduction (SCR) after-treatment technologies.

The DL550-5 and DL450-5 also feature new external styling that is common to all new DL-5 Stage IV wheeled loader range; a new high comfort cab; smooth and responsive hydraulics; a 6960 ZF powertrain; axle cooling, and auxiliary hydraulic connections.

As well as the full range of Doosan wheeled loader models, Balgownie is responsible for sales and servicing of the Doosan crawler and wheeled excavator and articulated dump truck ranges in Aberdeenshire, Morayshire, Angus and for much of the Highlands and parts of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.