Land drainage firm invest £250k in new machinery
A leading land drainage firm in Norfolk has invested £250k in two new machines to help cope with the volume of projects underway following the recent months of temperamental weather.
Tracked Gravel Cart and Trackway Recycling Machinery
William Morfoot Ltd based in Shipdham has added a Tracked Gravel Cart and Trackway Recycling Machinery to its fleet and will be used primarily with the firm’s agricultural clients.
The state-of-the-art Tracked Gravel Cart, which can carry up to 15 tonnes of gravel in a single load, will be used on land drainage projects. The cart will ‘follow’ the trenching machines, rather than travel beside them; minimising crop damage particularly when undertaking drainage operations ‘in crop’. Its low ground pressure status means that it can access soils which are typically unfit for wheeled equipment.
The Trackway Recycling Machine has been acquired to help support the firm’s trackways projects, enabling farm roads and tracks to be ripped up, pulverised and recycled then relayed leaving a consistent and even surface for vehicular traffic. An adjustable, three-way hydraulic blade enables roadways to be shaped creating a camber at surface level so water can run off the surface as necessary, minimising pothole creation.
Benefits of using the trackway recycling process include utilising existing hardcore already contained within the roadway, therefore minimising the need to import large quantities of hardcore. The specialist nature of the machinery means that considerable daily outputs are possible ensuring that the many miles of tracks that are present across the farms are restored efficiently.
Tim Sisson, Managing Director of William Morfoot Ltd comments: “Investing a quarter of a million pounds in state-of-the-art equipment is a fundamental part of producing our high quality craftsmanship and with these new machines within our fleet we’re able to manage an even wider range of integrated operations in-house.”
For more information about land drainage, ditch systems of watercourse management visit www.williammorfoot.co.uk or call 01362 820 371.
