PRODUCT FOCUS
Dezzi Equipment offers a variety of attachments for fitment with its range of equipment. Seen here is a cane grabber for use in the sugar industry.
offers different configurations for all
applications such as trenching, scaling, and
excavating.”
Dezzi Equipment, on the other hand,
proudly mentions that the OEM focuses
on bespoke equipment generally and
Gutzeit, adds: “We offer all types of
attachments built by us for our own
machines; therefore, when there is a
problem, we are correctly geared to sort
the problem quickly. We build log grabs,
cane grabs, brush handling grabs, forklift
attachments, sweeper attachments, silage
rake attachments, and compost turning
attachments, all proven for many years.
Customers that use our grabs are in a
spectrum of industries, from timber and
sugar, to mushrooms.”
Liebherr prides itself in being customer-
centric and takes close note of trends and
requirements. If a customer approaches
the OEM with a special request for
a modification and/or a bespoke
attachment, the request is elevated to the
manufacturers. “If we cannot source such
an attachment externally from an OEM,
24
OCTOBER 2018
we would look at it from REO to assess
meeting the customer’s requirements,
as long as it’s in line with what we are
currently undertaking. We have never had
a request for bespoke attachments,” he
adds.
Of all the working tools available
through Liebherr, Rudolph claims
that generally, ditch cleaning buckets,
hydraulic breakers, backhoe buckets,
wood grapples, and five-tine grapples for
scrap handling are the attachments most
in demand, with crawler excavators as
the carrier machine, while Gutzeit says
that its Dezzi D1700 and D2500 wheel
loaders and its 883 4 × 4 TLBs are most in
demand for use with attachments. Van der
Merwe adds, “I would say our rippers and
crusher buckets are the most in demand
when it comes to our attachments.”
Warranties
Warranties being affected by using
different attachments on carrier machines
is not an issue, generally, as Van der
Merwe claims: “Our attachments do
not affect the warranties of the OEM’s
excavators,” and Heslop agrees: “Using
different attachments should not affect
a machine warranty at all, because the
correctly sized attachment will function
within the machine’s capabilities. Some
OEM machine suppliers have their own
attachments and using cheaper generic
ones may cause a reaction, but this should
easily be overcome.” Other OEMs, on
the other hand, have strict procedures
around the use of work tools from other
manufacturers. One is Liebherr.
Human error is always a possibility in
all aspects of construction, and attaching
tools opens itself to this likelihood — with
the potential of attaching a tool incorrectly
or using the incorrect tool for the desired
application. Liebherr’s Rudolph adds:
“Interchanging OEMs’ tools has no effect
on warranties, as long as the specific
working tool is approved for use on the
designated carrier by Liebherr and it is
configured correctly.
“If the tool has not been approved, we
have a checklist with the specifications of