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First Doosan DX210W-5 wheeled excavator arrives in Scotland

Currie Contractors has purchased the first Doosan DX210W-5 21tonne wheeled excavator in Scotland. The new Doosan wheeled excavator has already worked in England, first on a new solar power installation near Andover where it worked alongside another Doosan DX225LC-3 excavator owned by Currie Contractors.
December 15, 2017 Read time: 1 min
Currie Contractors has purchased the first 695 Doosan DX210W-5 21tonne wheeled excavator in Scotland.


The new Doosan wheeled excavator has already worked in England, first on a new solar power installation near Andover where it worked alongside another Doosan DX225LC-3 excavator owned by Currie Contractors.

As well as meeting the latest Stage IV emissions regulations, the DX210W-5 is powered by the 6-cylinder, turbocharged Doosan DL06P water-cooled diesel engine, providing 141.2kW at 1900 rpm, a massive 17% increase in engine power over the previous generation machine.

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