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When Iowa-based Manatts Construction Company needed to increase productivity while ensuring accuracy on a highway construction project, they turned to Leica Geosystems and its new SP technology for bulldozers. SP is revolutionizing the way contractors move dirt and fine-grade. The innovative SP technology opens new opportunities for dozers, combining ease-of-use, unrivalled flexibility, and the highest precision at the fastest speeds available in the market. Contractors can now boost their productivity and performance even more while benefiting from new ways to use existing equipment. SP technology provides improved hydraulic control that allows faster grading with outstanding precision at high speeds, dramatically increasing machine utilization and productivity. Bulldozers can now take on even more fine grading jobs, completing work with less heavy equipment on site and helping contractors finish their projects ahead of schedule and under budget. “We ran a Caterpillar dozer in first gear prior to SP; now with SP we are in third gear placing the rock to grade. So you can just imagine how much quicker your dozer’s moving,” says Chris Sawin, project manager, at Manatts Construction Company. SP technology speeds up the trimming process. “We still typically trim to get the tolerance we need which is a couple of millimeters,” he says. “By getting it close enough, with the dozer equipped with SP technology, we’re shuffling a lot less rock ahead. And the less cut you have with the trimmer, the faster you can move.” “Operators really like the machine,” says Chris Sawin. “It’s just less work for them. They do not have to do as much grade-checking for themselves.” All dozers equipped with Leica PowerGrade 3D and GPS can easily be updated to get the full benefit of SP technology. No additional complexity is added compared to a regular control system in regards to installation or operator usage.
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SP Technology Helps Manatts
