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Bobcat spreader attachment

Girona-based Construcciones Bagudanch Serra has purchased the first new Bobcat soil and asphalt spreader attachment in Spain. Mounted on the company’s Bobcat T650 compact track loader, the new soil and asphalt spreader provides Construcciones Bagudanch Serra with an alternative to laying asphalt by hand. 

The new soil and asphalt spreader has an operating weight of 675kg and a standard operating width of 1,900mm or optional width of 1,960mm. Designed to save time and labour costs, the Bobcat soil and asphalt spreader can be used to lay asphalt and other materials to create pavements; to widen and repair existing roads; to backfill, pave over and cover trenches and to lay sub-base materials. Thanks to its offset feature, the new attachment can also lay asphalt without the loader needing to pass over the spread material – thus ensuring an unblemished and smoother finish, says Bobcat.

The new attachment works with an average working speed of 50-120m/min, requiring an oil flow of 45l/min and an operating pressure of 250bar. It offers manually adjustable thickness of layer materials from 0-100mm and for a perfect finish, it has hydraulic side shift and adjustable side wings to guide materials. The soil and asphalt spreader also has a lockable, floating transverse tilt up to 5 degrees to compensate for sloping terrain.

David Bagudanch, Managing Director at Construcciones Bagudanch Serra, commented, “Since we took delivery of the new attachment, we have carried out work to replace deteriorated asphalt surfaces on streets and housing estates with very good results. The compact size of the equipment allows it to be used in areas such as gated communities, without having to close off access and use of local roads. The advantage offered by the Bobcat T650 compact track loader in tandem with the soil and asphalt attachment is that you do not have to limit yourself to just carrying out a single task such as spreading asphalt on public and private roads and to carry out road repairs.”

According to Bobcat, the spreader is easy to use, clean and look after, with a simple design that is key to the low maintenance requirements for the attachment, increasing uptime, consistency and providing more time on the job. The new attachment also provides comfort and productivity with a relatively low weight for transport purposes and maximum efficiency due to a much more compact design compared to that of larger, dedicated machines for spreading soil or asphalt.

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