The council, based around Armidale in the New England region of northern NSW, has a range of Komatsu equipment, including a 10-year-old PC220-5, a WB97R backhoe, a PC128-2, a PC50MR-2 and a WA250-5 fitted with a profiler unit.
According to fleet manager Andrew Levingston, Armidale-Dumaresq’s excavators and the backhoe are used for a range of construction and maintenance works, water services and general utility work.
The WA250-5 is used for civil construction and maintenance duties, along with general loading works and road maintenance – for which the profiler attachment is particularly well suited.
"The service and support we’ve had from Komatsu has been very good," said Andrew.
Andrew said the council decided to stick with Komatsu for several reasons.
"It’s the size of the company, suitability of the machine’s specifications for our requirements, and the product support we get," he said.
"Some of our purchases are replacing Komatsu and other machines, while others are additional purchases to give us increased capabilities."