Gulepa TP's new E385B excavator from new Holland Construction
After having invested in an E215B with a triple joint boom, Guelpa TP decided to replace a tracked E385 hydraulic shovel with a new E385B.
The company, located at the foot of Mont Blanc in France, specialises in large-scale earthmoving works, roads and services, civil engineering, quarries and carcase work such as that done for water reservoirs, and it operates a busy fleet of some 40 pieces of New Holland equipment.
For over 30 years, New Holland Construction has been providing support to Guelpa TP, and it is an "ongoing relationship that has over time turned into a solid partnership between the company and Etablissements Payant," a New Holland Construction dealer in the Rhone-Alps, Auvergne, Bourgogne, Franche-Comté and Aquitaine regions.
Intended for large-scale earthmoving projects, quarry extraction and rock fill jobs, the New Holland Construction E385B hydraulic excavator weighs in at 38tonnes and offers 211.8kW of power, but "is sensitive to the slightest command of the operator's fingertips." Laurent Falco, equipment manager at Guelpa TP, says he appreciates the new cabin that complies with the ROPS/FOPS/TOPS standards specially developed for protecting the operator in case of tip over, and the control screen dedicated to the rear view camera.
Isolation against noise and vibrations has been heavily reinforced in the cabin, with the controls grouped together on the joysticks.
The Etablissements Payant agency in La Roche sur Foron is responsible for commissioning and periodic revision of the machine, together with the technical staff at Guelpa TP.
