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New long arm excavators reach Europe

THE NEW CAT 352 LRE EXCAVATOR
®
WELCOME
EXTENDS ITS LONG REACH INTO EUROPE

TO EUROPE

Ever since it arrived at the end of last year, Europe’s first Cat
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352 LRE excavator has been working hard at the Type B Gloten
landfill site in Switzerland. Where the machine’s long boom
and stick, with a reach of up to 16 meters and a digging depth
of up to 14 meters, has been impressing everyone on site.

The proud owner of the new excavator is And that’s not all. Stefan can also see how the new
Stefan Eberhard AG, a Swiss company addition to his fleet is impacting his business’s bottom line.
offering a host of services ranging from “By having a central lubrication system for all bearings,
recycling management to landfills. including bucket pins, you’re gaining a significantly longer
service life. Also, the hydraulic oil is biodegradable, which
Stefan Eberhard, the CEO, explains why, “After is good for both the operator and the environment. I would
an evaluation phase, we decided only a crawler also recommend the user-friendly controls and the ability
excavator with a long reach would be suitable for to quickly adjust depth and grade by hand on the joystick,
use at the landfill site. The Cat 352 LRE excavator as it makes precise excavations much quicker to execute.”
met all our technical requirements and was an
ideal replacement for not one but two of our old The Cat 352 LRE excavator was bought from Avesco,
excavators in the 20- and 30-ton weight class.” with whom Stefan Eberhard AG has had a long-standing
business relationship. It was then modified to their
Despite it still being early days, Stefan is full specifications that included adding extra counterweights
of praise for the machine. “I’m impressed with so they could use bigger buckets, which also meant
the increased safety the excavator offers with shortening the stick slightly and adding heavier linkage.
a 360° camera system, in addition to the rear- One final alteration was to respray the whole machine
view cameras. It means the driver always has in the blue and green livery of the Zürcher Kies und
an all-around view of the entire vehicle. It’s also Transport AG brand, which is the subsidiary of Stefan
incredibly comfortable with air-conditioned cab Eberhard AG that is operating the excavator. Which goes
and the air-suspended premium driver’s seat.” to show just how far Avesco will go to please a customer.

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