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Babcock is the exclusive regional distributor
for Volvo Construction Equipment in South
Africa. The A60H is the industry’s largest
ever 6x6-configuration articulated hauler and
was unveiled earlier this month at the bauma
2016 exhibition in Munich, Germany, where
Volvo also celebrated the 50
th
anniversary
of its articulated hauler concept which saw
the new A60H joined by its earliest prede-
cessor, the DR631 from 1966, fondly known
as ‘Gravel Charlie’.
bauma is the biggest construction machinery
and mining industry trade fair in the world,
showcasing over 3 400 exhibitors and rep-
resenting companies around the globe. This
year Babcock attended the exhibition along
with a number of its mining customers, in-
cluding Burgh Plant Hire from South Africa,
who become the first customer to place an
order for not just one but three Volvo A60H
articulated haulers, as well as one Volvo
EC950E excavator.
“It feels great to be the first customer for the
A60H. It’s a good product – a magic ma-
chine,” says Stanley van der Burgh, CEO and
owner of Burgh Plant Hire, a leading earth-
moving equipment hire company located in
the coal mining hub of South Africa. Burgh
Plant Hire already owns a fleet of more than
100 Volvo machines – the majority of them
articulated haulers – so has full confidence
in the new model.
“We run a huge fleet of Volvo A40s and we
don’t think there’ll be much difference ex-
cept we’ll be moving more product quicker.
They’ll just fall into the usual fleet with no
changes,” he added.
“With all OEMs there are challenges but Vol-
vo stands up and sorts the problem out with
great backing and great service. We are very
happy with the team we work with at Bab-
cock,” concludes van der Bergh.
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