The L85 was supplied by Fides, the Bobcat authorised dealer for Trentino Alto Adige.
The new L85 is said to be the ideal choice for carrying out a variety of tasks at the Fiumeter plant in Denno for processing and recycling demolition rubble for reselling. Construction and road contractors deliver the rubble from their sites to the Denno plant and buy it back from Fiumeter once it has been sorted and processed.
At the plant, the new L85 meets multiple needs, utilising its high-performance hydraulic system, a powerful Bobcat engine and approved attachments that turn the machine into a multi-task machine. The loader also comes standard with Bobcat's easy-to-use and powerful Quick-Tach attachment system, which allows the operator to quickly mount and remove attachments.
Equipped with a 190cm bucket, combined with its high stability and excellent breakout force, the L85 works continuously at Denno, moving around the plant and handling inert materials (sand, aggregates and gravel). The L85 offers speed and high performance, taking the materials from their respective heaps and loading them on to trucks for transport to customers.
With the sweeper attachment mounted, the L85 is used to clean and maintain the access and internal roads at the plant, removing both small and large surface debris.
For work in the snow season, which is a constant in Trentino from October to May, Fiumeter has purchased a snow blade attachment, which transforms the L85 loader into a powerful snow plough thanks to the fact that it can be equipped with a high flow option, capable of providing a hydraulic flow of 100l/min.
Finally, when equipped with pallet forks, the L85 can also handle bulky loads such as the bins for rubble and diesel tanks.
To take on all these tasks, the L85 incorporates Advanced Attachment Control. This revolutionary system enables the operator to switch to an alternative machine control pattern at the touch of a button. This offers independent control of the engine speed (and maximum auxiliary flow) and the machine travel speed. Thanks to the 7-pin connector, the operator can control even the most complicated attachments intuitively and effectively.
Stefano Borghesi, vehicle manager at Fiumeter, which was founded by his father Rinaldo Borghesi, said: "We chose and eagerly awaited the new L85 loader because of its many strengths, which convinced us right from the start. First of all, we were attracted by its compactness and design. As the only compact machine in the plant, the L85 is able to perform many functions thanks to its manoeuvrability, speed and agility, even when space is limited. It also doesn't go unnoticed by our customers when they see it in action. They are so impressed with it that they ask us all the time about its performance.
"Equally important is its exceptional visibility. Thanks to the new cab with two all-glass doors, the L85 offers a much better front and side visibility than any competitor's model, and it provides us with a full view of all the phases of pallet loading with the forks. This is a huge advantage for us in terms of ease of use and safety at work."
