Pit & Quarry, February 2019

MOBILE EQUIPMENT The reason we continue to use Hitachi equipment is that theyre cost effective Steve Robertson of the year Boxley Materials keeps its ZX350LC 6 working year round The machine is equipped with a quick coupler so operators can easily switch from the breaker to a bucket for other applications In the winter months when its cold up here in the mountains we try to do our stripping and overburden removal Robertson says Well use the Hitachi with a bucket to take care of it As a lifelong heavy equipment fan Robertson is a hands on superintendent and enjoys operating the excavator He admits the new machine took some getting used to though The hydraulics on the 350 are a little bit faster than what I was operating before he says It took me a week or two to get used to them and now I like them No going back now COST EFFECTIVE RELIABILITY Boxley Materials has owned and operated Hitachi equipment for 23 years starting with an EX700 shovel The company continues to add to its fleet The reason we continue to use Hitachi equipment is that theyre cost effective Robertson says The Hitachi 350 for us Specialized Steel Solutions for the Mining Industry For more than 50 years Astralloy Steel Products has been providing innovative and cost effective wear impact and abrasion resistant steel solutions We offer superior customer service with readily available inventory of proprietary and quenched and tempered steel grades ASTRALLOY PRODUCT LINE Specialized Plate Astralloy V Astralloy 8000 Astralloy 4800 EB 450 Trip L Tuff Rol Man Alloy Plate AstraWear 550 AstraWear 500F AstraWear 450F AstraWear 400F A 514 Round Alloy Bar Astralloy V Round Bar 4330 V Mod Round Bar 4145 H Mod Round Bar www astralloy com Toll free 18665876970 Sales 7242305100 sales@ astralloy com Astralloy Steel Products is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nucor Corporation the largest producer of steel in the United States Fresh off the production line After Boxley Materials ordered its ZX350LC 6 excavator company representatives had the opportunity to see their new machine emerge from the production line at a Gold Key event at the Deere Hitachi Construction Machinery Corp facility in Kernersville North Carolina Each Hitachi excavator produced in Kernersville is made to order and available for customization Customers are invited to the facility to experience their machines firsthand through Gold Key events Among those who attended from Boxley Materials were superintendent Steve Robertson director of mobile equipment Mike French and operator Danny Scarce The Boxley Materials team met with Deere Hitachi management touring the facility for a behind the scenes look at how their machine came to life I was extremely impressed with how clean the facility was Robertson says I was also impressed with the process that if a weld didnt meet the standard the employee who welded it was required to come down to the inspection point to repair it It was really cool too that I was allowed to tram the machine off the assembly line 58 PIT QUARRY February 2019 pitandquarry com