ON THE GROUND
From left: Octo-Logistics warehouse manager Dudley Wilskut, managing director
Kevin Davy, and warehouse supervisor Corné Cordier.
Versatility
“Then we took on small parcels of
chrome. For this application, we needed
to go into the container. We have mobile
ramps to offload containers. The Dezzi,
with a bucket load of chrome, goes
straight up that ramp, at an approximately
15-degree angle, straight into the
container, and tips it,” says Davy. “The
low profile was designed for applications
where height restrictions are an issue for
machines with a full cab,” adds Gutzeit.
But with the harsher application, came
a new challenge. “The bolt-on cutting
edges on the bucket were wearing,
because the application is like sandpaper
load the bulk directly into the container,”
explains Davy.
The loader does very well in
these applications, where normally a
conventional skidsteer would be used.
“The Dezzi low profile is fitted with a
0.9m³ bucket, so with every scoop, you’re
getting triple the loading than you would
with a large skidsteer,” says Carl Gutzeit,
managing director of Dezzi Equipment.
“The cost of the Dezzi, versus hiring
another machine, saved us over
R10 000 per month, and at the same
time doubled our loading capacity. At
our top warehouse facility, on a good
day with the Dezzi, we can load 25
containers on the conveyor system,” says
Davy. “We are able to load 34 tonnes in
half an hour into a tipper truck — that’s
where the 1200’s big bucket comes into
play,” he adds.
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and the bulk density is heavy — this was
eating through the cutting edge. Gutzeit
solved the problem by redesigning,
through sourcing a stronger metal, a
new and stronger cutting edge for us,”
says Davy.
Cordier elaborates: “Generally, we get
around 800 hours on a cutting edge, even
with a hard application. But with the very
course, bulk-dense application, we were
getting around 350–400 hours. The new
cutting edge solves that.”
Expanding on investment
As a clear testament to customer
satisfaction, Octo-Logistics bought their
For their application loading requirements, Octo-Logistics built a conveyor belt with a
big hopper, and the containers reverse right up to it.
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