Stokey Plant Hire, based in the Midlands region of England, has praised the fuel efficiency of
Stokey, of Albrighton, near Wolverhampton, took its first delivery of three Tier3b-compliant Bell B40D trucks at the end of 2011, and has since purchased six more B40Ds to add to its 30-plus fleet of trucks, loaders, excavators and dozers.
“Fuel consumption is extremely important, and our customers specify Bell trucks because of their fuel consumption,” says Stokey director Stewart Cox.
“Word about the fuel efficiency of the Bells has spread fairly rapidly. Fuel consumption is especially important where the muck shifting work is heavy going,” he said. “And the other ADTs we’ve used in those conditions burn much more fuel.”
Cox claimed that the Bell ADTs were burning between 4-8litres/hour less fuel than some rival trucks, and that Bell’s advanced in-built GPS-based Fleetmatic management software was a huge benefit in terms of accurate data gathering.
He added: “I’m very pleased with the overall performance and reliability of the Bell ADTs. And the Fleetmatic system is extremely useful for gauging productivity on both our customers’ contracts and our own.
“The entire buying process and personal touch that you get from Bell is also creates a much better experience than you might get from some other manufacturers.”
The Bell ADTs have worked on a variety of contracts over the past few months, including an open-cast coal operation in Scotland; rock pit in north Wales; a landfill site in County Oxfordshire, England; sand and gravel quarry sites, and general muck-shifting work.
Nick Learoyd, sales and marketing manager for Bell Equipment UK, said: “The wide range of work that is typical of a successful contracting and plant hire operation means that the machines must be highly versatile and up to the job, whatever job that may be.
“The fact that Bell remains confident that the fuel efficiency of its ADTs is by far the best on the market, means that we have a very important additional tool in our box.”
Recent independent tests run on simulated quarry conditions at Millbrook Proving Ground, in County Bedfordshire, are said to have shown that the Bell B30D truck was 17.6% more fuel efficient than the equivalent model from a rival manufacturer.
