Liebherr is making a major step in the bulldozer market with the launch of its new PR 776 model. This is the firm’s biggest ever bulldozer and also the first hydrostatically powered crawler tractor in the 70tonne weight class.
The firm claims that the machine offers significantly lower fuel consumption than other bulldozers in this class, while its hydrostatic drive also helps reduce wear and tear on tracks and chains, a key cost saving. The dozer has been designed to make it easy to use with a joystick co
Liebherr is making a major step in the bulldozer market with the launch of its new PR 776 model. This is the firm’s biggest ever bulldozer and also the first hydrostatically powered crawler tractor in the 70tonne weight class.
The firm claims that the machine offers significantly lower fuel consumption than other bulldozers in this class, while its hydrostatic drive also helps reduce wear and tear on tracks and chains, a key cost saving. The dozer has been designed to make it easy to use with a joystick co
Günter Papenburg has developed a cooling feature for asphalt plants that it says shortens the time normally needed for a plant’s coal dust-fuelled burners to reach operating temperatures. The cooling technology has been licenced from LOESCHE, a German producer of coal milling systems. GP managing director Carsten Weiss claimed that the firm’s burners consume more of the fuel than rival types, which only burn 90% of the coal dust. “We get an asphalt temperature of 170°C with low emissions and high efficiency
