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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
JANUARY 2016
10
CONSTRUCTION
T
erex Trucks has supplied Davis Gran-
ite with its fourth rigid dump truck
after its existing trucks proved their
value, working at granite aggregate quar-
ries in Bulawayo and Harare, Zimbabwe.
Leading Zimbabwean granite aggregate
producer Davis Granite has recently added
a TR45 to its fleet of four Terex Trucks rigid
haulers. Now operating at its Bulawayo and
Harare mines, the fleet includes two TR45s
and two TR60s. The machines are hauling
approximately 80,000 tonnes per month of
stone products, 12 hours a day, five days a
week, with the robust TR45 maximum pay-
load of 41 tonnes proving ideal for the job at
the Bulawayo quarry.
Headquartered in Bulawayo, Davis Granite
has been in the business for over half a cen-
tury handling the extraction, production and
supply of stone, builders aggregate and sand
for road building and other civil applications
throughout Zimbabwe. As the nation’s larg-
est producer of granite aggregates, Davis
Granite depends on Terex Trucks rigid dump
trucks to haul its high-quality stone from the
pit to the crusher. The addition of the second
TR45 will increase productivity and uptime
for the company’s Bulawayo operation.
“We have operated Terex Trucks rigid haul-
ers for three years and they consistently de-
liver a powerful and reliable performance,”
said Ben Louw, group production director at
Davis Granite. “When looking to purchase a
new truck for our Bulawayo quarry we were
confident that an additional TR45 would be
a safe bet once again.”
Davis Granite has operational quarries in
Bulawayo, Harare, Hwange, Marondera and
Gweru, as well as a mobile mining con-
tracting and crushing plant which can be
installed as per customer requirements for
larger orders.
“We’ve found Terex Trucks rigid haulers to
be reliable and cost-effective, with very little
downtime and offering good fuel efficiency,”
said Ken Gerrard, chief executive of Davis
Granit Group. “What we particularly like
about working with Terex Trucks is the excel-
lent support that is available within Zimba-
bwe and regionally in South Africa, and this
was really what made Terex Trucks stand out
from the competition.”
Built on 60 years of hauling heritage, the
Terex Trucks TR45 and TR60s are power-
ful, efficient, and dependable machines that
continue to prove capable of handling the
most extreme quarrying operations.
“Terex Trucks rigid haulers perform well, es-
pecially in terms of their capability to haul
heavy loads uphill. The cab is spacious and
comfortable, with good seat suspension,
which is a great advantage while working for
long hours on the rocky quarry roads,” said
Sambuwa Mtambanashe, operator at Davis
Granite Group.
TEREX TRUCKS PROVIDES ROCK-SOLID SUPPORT
at Zimbabwean quarries