Leeds waste management company expands its fleet

This expansion comes ahead of LSS's relocation to its purpose-built 3.6 million Material Recycling Facility (MRF), due to open in October 2004.

LSS has purchased six CH18PR Power-Reach units, mounted on an 18-tonne gvw Scania P94 chassis. The Telehoist Power-Reach equipment has extendable arms so skips can be delivered, collected, positioned and transported more easily than with traditional fixed arm skiploaders.

One of six Telehoist CH18PR Power-Reach units supplied by Trio to LSS Waste Management

Nigel Woolford, managing director of LSS said transporting more than one skip at a time is made possible by the Telehoist equipment: “The biggest advantage we find with the Power-Reach is that it allows up to double-up lightly laden skips and transport them two at a time. Of course, the extendable arms enable us to deliver up to seven empty skips at once, but it's having the ability to collect them in pairs that gives us a competitive advantage.”

The company now has total of 18 Power-Reach skiploaders, including 16 on 18 tonne chassis and two on 13 tonne chassis.

“Our drivers are also extremely keen on the Power-Reach facility as it makes their lives much easier. From their point of view, it helps them when it comes to picking up skips in difficult positions, such as on an angle or pushed up against a wall,” said Mr Woolford.

Trio is the sole UK agent for Telehoist skiploading and hook-loading equipment, but also sells and hires out a variety of waste and recycling vehicles and equipment.

MRF
The new MRF has been entirely funded by LSS, and will be situated on an eight acre site on the Crossgreen Industrial Estate in Leeds. The main type of waste will be inert builders' waste which will be processed and recycled along with the other recovered materials. Residual waste will go to landfill. The facility will include blowers and magnets to separate the waste and will process around 300 tonnes of waste per day.

Mr Woolford, said: “The facility will take all kinds of waste: general builders' waste as well as commercial and industrial waste.”