A new Bobcat SC200 Sand Cleaner attachment is being
used to clean river beach areas in Portugal.
The fluvial beaches are authorized for bathing and lie
alongside the spectacular Douro River in the Gondomar Municipality to the east
of the city of Porto.
The SC200 sand cleaner provides a more comfortable and
efficient means of cleaning sand on beaches or river banks and is being used
with a Bobcat T590 compact track loader to carry out the work.
One of the advantages of the new Bobcat sand cleaner
is that it can be used on both dry and wet surfaces. The sand on fluvial
beaches has a different constitution to that found on maritime beaches. River
beaches can also suffer from the presence of deep rooted undergrowth.
With a
working width of 1900 mm, a working depth of up to 200 mm and a bucket capacity
of 350 l, the Bobcat sand cleaner is a high performance attachment which allows
the loader operator to quickly sift sand/soil and collect debris and waste as
small as cigarette stubs. As well as cigarette stubs, the sand cleaner can also
pick up other small debris such as bottle caps, broken glass, pieces of wood,
cans, stones, rocks, plastic bags, syringes and seaweed.
Capable of
covering a large area at a rate of up to 15,000 m²/h, the high productivity
offered by the Bobcat sand cleaner is complemented by the high discharge
capability. This is provided by the lift arms on the loader and the hydraulic
hopper gate on the attachment, allowing the debris to be easily dumped into a
waiting truck.
The SC200 sand cleaner is compatible with both the
standard and high flow versions of the Bobcat T590, T650, T770 and T870 compact
track loader models.
Like all
Bobcat compact loaders, these models are equipped with the quick-change
Bob-Tach attachment mounting system. This allows them to be combined quickly
and safely with several hundred different Bobcat attachments, delivering
versatility and time-saving efficiency across a huge range of different
applications. The Bob-Tach system can quickly and easily replace a bucket with
pallet forks, a landscape rake, a backhoe, an auger, a grapple or a host of
other attachments.
For more information about Bobcat and Bobcat products,
visit www.bobcat.com
