Plant Equipment and Hire July 2017 | Seite 18

new equipment 50 tonnes in 50 years: Volvo’s new A60H ADT By Robyn Grimsley Fifty years after the first purpose-built, series-manufactured articulated dump truck (ADT) — the 10t 4 × 4 DR 631, nicknamed ‘Grus-Kalle’ (Gravel Charlie) — was introduced in 1966, Volvo Construction Equipment launched another first, this time the world’s first 6 × 6 configuration 60t ADT. The world’s first 6 × 6 configuration 60t ADT. 16 JULY 2017