Leeds Welding standardises with Doosan13 September 2019

Leeds Welding is predominantly a subcontract manufacturing company, fabricating steel, stainless steel and aluminium products and components for a broad range of industries and applications – from construction, transport, and oil & gas to commercial vehicles and mechanical handling equipment.

As a rapidly expanding business, it has invested heavily in cutting-edge technology to drive the fast and efficient processes needed to manufacture precision-made products. However, moving heavy loads of sheet-steel, components and work-in-progress between cutting, forming, fabrication and finishing processes is tough work, requiring a reliable fleet of counterbalance forklift trucks.

After operating a mixed forklift truck fleet for many years, the firm decided to standardise on a single supplier when contracts came up for renewal.

Doosan’s range of standard heavy-lifting counterbalance models were selected – five Doosan G30GP 3.0 tonne four-wheel trucks, one Doosan G20SC-5 2.0 tonne capacity machine and a Doosan G35C-7 3.5 tonne forklift. All are gas powered for continuous shift indoor operations.

As standard gas-powered trucks, the models came equipped with Doosan’s swing-out and down gas bottle handling unit for easy change over. Also included in the list of standard features was Doosan’s oil-cooled disc brake system. The sealed units protect against outside elements, such as water, dust, dirt and shrink-wrap, offering reliable braking performance.

Richard Eaglen, MD of Leeds Welding, says: “Our experience with Doosan has been very good, with consistently high uptime on vehicles and a fast call out on an engineer when you require one. You get the service you expect and need. And that’s important to a customer centric business like ours.”

Adam Offord

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