Copes with anything the customer can throw at us - KWR Hire
KWR was founded more than 10 years ago, with the intention of providing equipment, groundworks and drainage support to the area’s many farms. Having suffered from the cyclical demand of the agricultural sector, founder Kevin Russell decided to diversify into more mainstream plant hire, contracting and earthworks, and quickly established a formidable local reputation. “We worked in a wide range of locations and applications and we soon realised that we needed to carve ourselves a niche if we were to truly compete in the plant hire sector. We decided to offer our customers a broad range of excavator-mounted attachments to help them tackle the many and varied duties they are required to undertake.” Russell says that he originally saw the Dig A Crusher attachment more than three years ago. “We immediately saw the potential of this machine not only to tackle recycling duties but also to expand the versatility of our excavator fleet. Even though it represented our biggest single capital investment, I was determined to add a Dig A Crusher 700 to our fleet. That market is highly specialised but the attachment has more than paid for itself. Unlike many other crushing machines, it has absolutely no problem with products containing steel reinforcement such as sleepers, lamp-posts and concrete posts.” Russell says that before he purchased the Dig A Crusher attachment, he was often required to hire in a large, track-mounted mobile crusher, at considerable cost. “The hire of a dedicated crusher can really eat into your profit margins. But by using the buckets, we can utilise the excavator that’s already on site to recycle any demolition material at a fraction of the cost. Now we can go onto a site with a screening bucket, rotating grab and a Dig A Crusher bucket and cope with just about any work the customer can throw at us.”
9th Nov 2008
