Sorting the wheat from the chaff
April 1st 2009 Windsor Komatsu and
Access has delivered eight
lift trucks and two pallet
trucks to farm machinery
manufacturer, Simba, on
a five year contract.
Simba originally called
Windsor for a short-term
forklift, required to cope
with its busy peak season.
The firm was impressed
with Windsor's speed of
response – and the
drivers liked the Komatsu
forklift. So when the longterm
contract came up for
renewal, Windsor was
invited to quote, and in
doing so showed Simba
not just forklift options,
but where it could
improve site efficiency.
Improvements included
replacing two larger
forklifts with one SMV 16t
compact unit (this
reduces the time loading
Simba's press machine
from two hours using two
operators, to half and
hour with one man).
Yard trucks were also
standardised (six
Komatsu BX50 FD25s) to
enable interchangeability
between departments,
with Windsor fitting solid
tyres to eliminate
punctures. The firm also
replaced an unsuitable
pallet truck with a three
wheel electric.
Simba estimates
savings of £5,000 per
annum in puncture repair
costs, not to mention
downtime. The BX50's
'dual floating structure'
means the solid tyres
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