ON SITE
F
or large equipment
connoisseurs, South African
giant Bell Equipment’s range of
solutions continues to provide
enough to discuss for at least another
year, or until Bell unleashes its next
trendsetter.
Bell’s open days for customers,
which was attended by Plant
Equipment and Hire, included a
walk through the factory at the
facility in Richards Bay, as well as a
visit to the famous farm where it all
began just after the first World War,
when Irvin Bell started repairing old
farm machinery on the outskirts of
Empangeni in KwaZulu-Natal.
The two open days were attended
by a large group of Bell’s clients in
the quarrying, mining, construction,
timber and agricultural sectors. They
described the event as ‘insightful,
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informative and hugely successful’.
Not only did the open day give Bell’s
customers, some as far afield as
Zimbabwe, an opportunity to interact
with the Bell sales team, but it also
provided valuable networking time.
Moreover, clients could test drive new
equipment and the Bell team brought
them up to speed on upgrades, new
designs, ideas and new technology.
Six different areas were set up
on the farm property where a range
of different products were on show
– with technicians and the sales
team on hand to provide answers to
further questions. Product specialists
gave customers a walkaround of
new equipment and explained
new features. The product range
included Bell ADTs, Bomag’s drum
rollers, Kobelco excavators, John
Deere graders, Matriarch’s forestry
equipment and Finlay’s conveyors and
cone crushers.
The highlight for many was test
driving the Articulated Dump Trucks
(ADTs) and with Bell introducing
their new Mark 3 upgrades, there
were many questions to answer.
Three ADTs (B30E, B50E and B60E)
were put through their paces around
the challenging test ground. Plant
Equipment and Hire was given the
opportunity to test drive all the ADTs,
the new generation 10 Kobelco
SK300LC excavator, the new John
Deere 620G Grader, Bomag’s BF300P
Paver and BW120AD Single Drum
Roller, the F-series Logger and a static
model of Matriach’s TimberPro. Over
the course of the following months,
Plant Equipment and Hire will run a
number of articles focusing on these
products.
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