Liebherr R 944 C goes to a stone yard in Peru

A stone yard near Arequipa, Peru, was loading with two 30-tonne excavators, which could not keep up with the feed rate of the crushing line, so they wanted to replace them with a machine of over 40 tonnes.

In the end they bought a 2015 Liebherr R 944 C with a rock bucket. The machine had worked in a European quarry; the undercarriage and stick show clear signs of use, and there are no cracks in the structural parts. Before shipping we carried out dye penetrant inspection on the main welds of the boom and stick, and the report was sent to the customer together with the other documents.

The customer was worried that parts would be hard to buy. Liebherr has a dealer in Peru, and after asking them the customer found that common filters and bucket teeth are available locally. We also gave the customer the serial number of this machine so they can check parts with the dealer.

The machine was loaded onto a ro-ro ship at the port of Shanghai and takes about 35 days to reach Callao. The bucket and counterweight were removed and shipped separately, and were refitted at the customer's site after arrival.

Now one R 944 C keeps up with the crushing line, and one of the original 30-tonne excavators has been moved to another job site.