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Heming to sell Kovaco’s electric skid-steer

Family-run Cotswold company Heming Engineering Ltd has been named as a dealer for Kovaco's new electric skid-steer loader. The company – which has been in business for 52 years and is based in Willersey, near Broadway – is adding to its burgeoning sales portfolio by becoming sole dealer in five counties (Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Oxfordshire) for the state-of-the-art Elise 900 loader made by Kovaco Electric Company, which is headquartered in Prague in the Czech Republic.

The Elise 900 loader operates for more than eight hours on one charge, says its maker. It can be driven manually by way of two in-cab joysticks or remotely via a mobile phone supplied with the machine as standard – or via an optional 433 Mhz two-joystick control set. The Kovaco Electric Company has made two battery types available to its customers to ideally suit all operations and budgets. The first battery (240Ah) affords the operator up to six hours of continuous operation and the second bigger battery (400 Ah) will allow usage of eight hours and upwards. These batteries can be charged to 100% in 3.5 hours. 

Peter Heming, MD of parent company Heming Group, said, “The beauty of the Kovaco Electric machines is that you get all the performance of diesel vehicles without emissions and noise. As there are only electrical motors in the machine service costs are set to a minimum, while operational cost savings compared to a conventional loader are dramatic and should pay for the machine within the first years of operation.”

The Elise 900 is ideal for use on poultry, pig and fruit farms, as well as in factories, builders’ yards and the construction industry – especially in confined spaces. It is also perfectly suited to the landscaping, amenities and equine sectors.

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