Kelston Sparkes choose RDS Technology again
South West plant hire company take delivery of two Loadmaster on-board weighing systems
Kelston Sparkes, the plant hire and sales group founded in 1952, have taken delivery of two Loadmaster 8000iX systems fitted to Volvo L110G loaders. Kelston Sparkes are long-term customers of RDS South West who supplied their very first Loadmaster 5000 system to Kelston back in 1994.
Loadmaster has benefitted from more than 17 years of continual development at RDS Technology’s headquarters in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and the latest 8000iX model benefits from additional standard features including temperature compensation to enhance system performance particularly on loaders with a wide variation in operating temperature and angle compensation providing an additional level of precision which is said to be beneficial on most sites.
The Volvo L110Gs will join a fleet of 20 loaders and be put to work within Kelston Sparkes’ crushing and screening division deployed on a wide variety of sites including one of the company’s specialist areas, serving the South West quarrying industry particularly in the Mendip Hills.
The Loadmaster system brings a range of operational benefits. Commenting on the systems effectiveness and service from RDS South West, Alan Sparkes, managing Director said: ‘Loadmaster is an integral part of the ‘load out’ process. Trucks are accurately loaded at the face eliminating return trips from the weighbridge and therefore maximizing productivity. I have a positive working relationship with Roger Hawker at RDS South West, he knows what we want and is always available on the end of the phone.’
