The UK’s largest privately-owned landfill operator, Valencia, is acquiring a record number of large plant attachments from Ulrich, including the manufacturer’s largest-ever high tip high-discharge bucket.
So far this year it has purchased five high tip buckets, bringing the total to 16 since its parent company, Frank Solutions, acquired Viridor two years ago.
The most recent high tips range from 10m3 to Ulrich’s largest-ever – a 14m3 capacity bucket, big enough to hold 20 of Ulrich’s factory workers – that was required to complement the larger dumper trucks the operator has also been acquiring due to an expansion in recycling facilities, with six new waste transfer sheds currently under construction.
“This creates extra shovel work and larger operations mean larger dumpers which equates to larger shovels to move the waste quicker,” said Valencia’s national fleet and plant manager, Mark Smalley.
“We probably will purchase more Ulrich attachments this year as we have some older non-Ulrich buckets in the fleet that we inherited from the Viridor takeover that will be replaced along with any more Volvo shovel acquisitions. Again, these will be used for waste handling,” added Mark.
“Plant quality is paramount to us and Ulrich products are quality with service. With them, everything is done correctly and in a timely manner. They are our go-to supplier.”
Rugged, yet simply constructed, the high tip is manufactured from high-quality materials for long life, with the option of Hardox for more aggressive applications. The buckets can be direct pin-mounted to the loader arms or via a quick coupler bracket on the loader.
