Lynch holds quick-hitch roadshows

30 November 2009

L. Lynch Plant Hire has marked its switch to dual pin capture quick hitches by calling on other construction industry personnel to help improve site and equipment safety, and to prevent serious injuries and fatalities. Lynch, based in Stanmore, is holding a series of Quick Hitch Safety Roadshows to highlight the benefits of its new hitches and to address safe on-site working practices, particularly when using different types of quick couplers.

The hirer is currently investing approximately £1.4m replacing the fully automatic hitches on its entire 500-strong excavator fleet with Auto-Loc 3 dual pin capture quick hitches manufactured by Ireland-based Hill Engineering, through Hill’s ‘new for old’ exchange scheme, and will complete the upgrade by February 2010.

Hill is supporting the roadshows to explain how its Auto-Loc 3 works, by not only doing away with the need to manually insert a locking pin, as with semi-automatic hitches, but also providing fully independent locking. This means that, if the operator fails to connect the attachment properly with the back pin, the front pin will remain securely locked in place, ensuring the attachment does not accidentally become detached.

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