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07/01/2011
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The biggest accident unit ever built on a four-axle chassis by Roger Dyson has now taken to the road with Kent operator NY Recovery.
 Neil Yates, managing director of the Snodland-based recovery company, explains that his new Hydraloader HR8000 SLa (super-low approach) has an 8,000kg capacity sliding steel bed that presents a loading angle of just five degrees.
Based on a DAF 8x2 rear-steer sleeper cab chassis, it has also been equipped with a 4,000kg second vehicle lift and a 50-tonne/metre PM50025 five-extension crane that extends to 14.35 metres and works with a Dyson Hydra clamp damage-free lifting frame.
Other interesting points include a 14,000lb sliding platform winch and extra rear stabiliser jacks- all of which is under remote radio control, along with the second vehicle lift, crane and winch.
Yates concedes that his new truck is "completely over the top" for regular vehicle recovery, but says its versatility means that it will still be a highly productive fleet addition.
"It's totally unnecessary, and I'll be the first to admit it," he laughs. "But we have a strong image and I like trucks that are a bit different and 'in your face'," he says.
And he explains: "The crane has a phenomenal reach and lifting capacity – so from a recovery point of view we'll never use it to anything like its full potential. However, we also operate a plant transport division that does a lot of crane work, much of which involves moving big generators. Its all-round capability means we'll be able to utilise our new Dyson equipment on this side of the business as well."
This is the seventh Hydraloader SLa in less than a year for NY Recovery – so he clearly likes them.
"The SLa slideback's loading angle is certainly the major attraction, because it means we can recover the lowest of sports cars without any risk of damaging them. I even sent an 18-tonne Mercedes up to Roger's factory in Droitwich at one stage, so he could remove a body with a loading angle of 17 degrees and replace it with a five-degree Sla," comments Yates.
"The finish and build quality is superb," he continues, "and so, too, is the service support. We had a couple of niggling faults early on but I live in the real world and I understand that these things happen. What impressed me, though, was the fact that they were dealt with immediately."
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Brian Tinham
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