Kobelco keeps SA moving

As several multi-million dollar projects kick off around South Australia, dealerships such as Australian Construction Equipment (ACE), which specialises in the Kobelco brand, are predicting a spike in heavy machinery sales.

With projects such as the Torrens Road to River Torrens artery; O’Bahn City Access and the Northern Connector currently underway, ACE sales executive Darren Morrow says numerous Kobelco heavy excavators are already at work on project sites.

"The ongoing and planned projects are going to bring a bigger demand to the heavy excavator market and help build the economy," Morrow says.

"It’s something we’re really excited about being involved in, and seeing our customers involved in, too."

After speaking to several owner-operators, Morrow says one of their biggest outlays is fuel usage, and they have chosen Kobelco to help reduce fuel consumption.

Kobelco's machines feature a Geoscan monitoring system that tracks a machine's fuel efficiency as well as displays service schedules and working hours that enable businesses to make informed decisions about machine use and staff allocation.

The Geoscan monitoring system comes standard on all Kobelco medium and heavy excavator models.

One of ACE’s customers, long-established equipment hire business ACT Hire, specialises in the short and long term dry hire of equipment. ACT Hire's Managing Director, Brian Findlay, says he recommends Kobelco machines especially for long term jobs because of their low fuel consumption.

"It's that efficiency and reliability that particularly makes the Kobelco excavators stand out," he says.

Findlay says with South Australia entering a busy infrastructure period, ACT Hire is looking to purchase a new Kobelco 30-tonne machine.

"We've been talking to ACE about getting some more heavy excavators. The South Australian infrastructure projects are only going to get busier and we will need that reliability we get from Kobelco."