Leeds-based waste firm LSS Waste Management has completed a £400,000 investment in two Liebherr 550 loading shovels and a Liebherr TL441-7 telehandler to handle an increase in tonnages at its Cross Green facility.
The new machines have arrived at the site this month, and cap an investment of over £3.5 million in vehicles and plant on behalf of the company in the past 12 months.
LSS Waste’s general manager, Ian Grimes with Liebherr’s, area sales manager Andy Foster at LSS’ Cross Green Industrial Park headquarters in Leeds
LSS handles commercial and domestic waste from its skip hire service at the site in the East of Leeds.
The new Liebherrs mean LSS now operates five loading shovels and three Liebherr 934 waste rehandlers which are all used within the company’s recycling facility. The Telehandler has been purchased to feed a new biomass plant.
Investment
The delivery of the three new Liebherrs comes quickly on the back of the purchase of additional Scania Skip and Hook Loaders to the fleet, all helping to cope with continual growth, according to LSS.
Nigel Woolford, LSS Waste’s managing director, said: “The amount of recyclable waste we are handling has grown by 20% over the last couple of years, and with our new biomass plant scheduled to come on-line in the summer things are only going to get busier. As a result, I didn’t treat these purchases lightly, but more as a business necessity.
The new Liebherr TL441-7 Telehandler in operation at LSS Waste’s Biomass plant
“Liebherrs are one of the most expensive machines on the market, but cost is the last thing we consider when making a purchase that will be instrumental to the future growth of the business.
“Instead we look at build quality, fuel efficiency and back up from Liebherr after sales service, while also taking into consideration the feedback from our machine operators who operate them on a 24/7 basis – and absolutely everything pointed to once again spending that bit more and buying Liebherr.”
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