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“But that’s the work of 10!’ People exclaim, when I tell them our one SDLG LG938L Loader has successfully worked day and night for 50,000 hours.” – Balvindar Singh, Owner, JST Company
Balvindar Singh is a man of few words. But when he speaks, people listen. “Material handling is tough – you need to continuously learn and improve – the margin for error reduces with each passing job,” he says, “That we have been around for 40 years in the business helps.” Balvindar Singh runs Jaswant Singh Transport Company – a family concern based out of Chandrapur in Maharashtra. The Firm bears a strong reputation in the area for handling the most challenging assignments with consummate ease. A case in point is coal handling at the Ballarshah Paper Mill. “We have been entrusted by this Company for one tough job – coal handling,” says Balvindar Singh. “It’s a matter of pride for us to be their Chosen One for this job for years now.”
Assisting JST Company in their day to day operations at the Ballarshah Paper Mill is a single SDLG LG938L Wheel Loader. Bought in 2010, the Loader has been at work, sometimes over 20 hours a day non-stop, hauling coal up to distances of 200 metres. Balvindar Singh estimates the machine has already logged in more than 50,000 hours output. “‘But that’s the work of 10!’ People exclaim, when I tell them our one SDLG LG938L Loader has successfully worked day and night for 50,000 hours,” he says with a smile.
The first two units were delivered to Swayam Shipping Services Pvt Ltd at Mundra Port in Gujarat. “We are delighted to be the first customers of SDLG Excavators in India,” says Keyur Thakrar, Director, Swayam Shipping, “It’s really reliable because it’s backed by Volvo.” Swayam Shipping has been with SDLG for 10 years now – they already have a fleet of 17 SDLG wheel loaders. A few machines have even clocked 40,000 hours of output and still going strong. The E6135Fi Excavators delivered to Swayam Shipping are customised with log grappler attachments to suit the customer’s specific need – handling large volumes of logs at the Port in quick time with ease. “That’s very typical of SDLG,” says Keyur Thakrar, “They go out of the way to deliver more than they promised in performance and service. It’s an experience and partnership we will always cherish.”
The SDLG E6135Fi Excavator is ideal for a wide variety of demanding urban and rural tasks – from road construction and foundation laying works to trench digging, canal building and beyond.
Jesal Vora, Dealer Principal of West India also adds, SDLG brand has been well accepted for its balance of reliability and cost effectiveness. We are confident that with the given expanded offering of Excavators it will serve the needs of the fast changing Construction Equipment needs across all work segments.
While the 13 ton excavator market is large, the competition is stiff. But Surat Mehta is unfazed. “More the merrier,” he says, “It gives us more opportunities to differentiate a quality product from the pack and get to the top of the game in no time – like we did with our Loaders.”