Scholko鈥檚 EC220E with lift cab is already being used on multi-storey demolition projects. (Photo: Volvo CE)

The company, a provider of general demolition, C&D waste recycling and specialist contamination and dismantling services, added the new version of the 25-t model to improve safety and efficiency on its sites.

Fitted with a Stage V-compliant 129 kW (175 hp) D6 engine, the EC220E can be used with a range of attachments and its lift cab can be raised up to 4.7 m high. 

The higher position of the cab provides the machine operator with an improved view of the working area, improving safety when carrying out demolition works to multi-storey structures, and when loading C&D waste onto haulers for recycling.

While Sebastian Scholko, managing director at Scholko, had been searching for a crawler of this size with a lift for some time, he had been unable to find one. As the company already owned a Volvo EC160E excavator, Sebastian went ahead and bought the EC220E in its standard configuration instead.

Sebastian Scholko, managing director of Scholko. (Photo: Volvo CE)

Fortunately, three weeks after taking delivery of the standard crawler, his long-time equipment dealer Schults Nachf contacted him with the news that Volvo had just introduced a lift cab version of the same machine, and that they would arrange to exchange the models for him.

Athough Sebastian said his new standard EC220E was 鈥渞eally powerful鈥�, according to Volvo he was excited about swapping it for the new configuration.  

鈥淚t was not a simple matter of course either,鈥� said Sebastian. 鈥淪o it shows just how customer-oriented and flexible our Volvo contact partner, the Schultes company, is here in the region.鈥� 

The Volvo EC220E is Stage V-compliant and can be used with a range of attachments. (Photo: Volvo CE)

Scholko is now using its EC220E with lift cab for a range demolition tasks, as well as the loading of construction and demolition waste as part of its recycling activities.