Murphy Ltd choose Volvo mini excavators again

London-based Murphy Ltd, utility services suppliers, have augmented their fleet of compact excavators with 31 new Volvos, 21 of which being Volvo EC17Cs (1.7 tonnes), along with four ECR88 Plus excavators (8.8 tonnes), a brace of EC20Cs and EC27s, an EC55C and an ECR38 short swing radius machine.

The new arrivals are both replacements for some of the older units but overall are incremental to Murphy’s fleet and have been supplied by Capital Pant Solutions, Volvo’s utility dealer for the Home Counties.

Michael Hayes, Murphy’s plant and transport director, said: ‘We choose the Volvo product in particular as they prove to be highly popular with our operating gangs. We’ve been operating Volvo’s for 16 years now and we can definitely state that the machines have more power and a superior reach over competitive makes and we certainly enjoy the back up and support we receive from Capital Plant Solutions and Volvo nationally.’

This is particularly important to Murphy Ltd who have major contracts across the whole of the UK and although the company carries out its own maintenance programmes from eight regional depots across the country, the knowledge that they can draw support from any of Volvo’s customer support centres and 13 independent utility dealers is a definite plus.

All the latest machines have been supplied with cabs, full sets of buckets and each unit has been fitted with a security key pad and tracking device. Additional safety features have been added to safeguard the operator as well as personnel working in the immediate vicinity of the machine and these included seat belt warning and added visibility aids. Most of the new arrivals will be deployed on contracts underway in Yorkshire and Cumbria.