New Heil Powerlinks for Rural Collections
Heil Europe has supplied Tynedale Council with 5 new Powerlinks which have been fitted with rear steer chassis for ease of manoeuvre in rural areas. The new refuse collection vehicles are being used for the collection of household refuse and recyclable waste and have been supplied by Londonderry Garage, who will be servicing the support requirements of the Heil equipment.
Tynedale looked at various chassis/body combinations and eventually specified the rear steer chassis option for ease of access into more ‘harder to reach’ rural locations. The Heil Powerlink has more flexibility than most other RCV’s and is available in a number of body sizes; Tynedale specified a Powerlink 21m3 body which offers a shorter vehicle length ideally suited for country lanes and rural areas with no lost available legal payload.
Tynedale Council is one of six district councils in Northumberland and with 857 square miles it has the largest rural district council area in England.
Philip Hindmarsh, Head of Waste and Transport Management for Tynedale Council said: “We chose to purchase the Heil Powerlinks because of delivery, warranty, quality of product and the support of a dealer with local engineers. We have been extremely impressed with the new Powerlinks.”
The environment is of great importance to Tynedale Council which was another reason why the Heil Powerlink was the obvious choice. The newly designed hydraulic system offers unique and unparalleled performance; reduced downtime; lower maintenance costs and less risk of environmental pollution.
The Powerlink, manufactured by Heil, provides flexibility to any RCV fleet. With its full-cycle compaction mechanism, it produces less friction than conventional channelled compaction systems thus ensuring that a greater force is directed into the load. The reduction of friction increases durability of materials, improving whole life costs.
Heil offer a variety of options for body sizes on the Powerlink with cubic capacities of 16 to 26m³.
The new Heil Powerlinks make up a total fleet of 8 front line refuse collection vehicles; 6 of which are Heil. Factory training courses have already been booked Tynedale engineers at Heil’s factory in Fife, maintenance of the new Powerlinks will be carried out in-house.