HX145A LCR sets Berti Sisto on the road to success in Tuscany
The new HX145A LCR crawler excavator has been chosen to construct a major road junction in Tuscany by site management and roadworks construction specialists Berti Sisto from Firenzuola.
Operating in Florence since 1962, Berti Sisto & C. Lavori Stradali has worked on a huge range of major projects in Tuscany including the construction and maintenance of roads, motorways, port areas such as Pisa airport, bridges, viaducts and gas pipelines, as well as numerous river and reclamation projects.
In addition to its vast experience in the highways sector, Berti Sisto is also known for its high-quality and up-to-date machine fleet, supplied through Toscomeccanica, the official Hyundai distributor in Tuscany.
“Our collaboration with Toscomeccanica arose from our need to renew our machine fleet and the careful evaluation of what was available on the market. Gabriele Papi, Sales Manager for the Hyundai dealer, recommended four models including the HX145A LCR excavator, which immediately won us over with its features and its optimal quality to price ratio. Support and after-sales service undoubtedly played a part in sealing the deal,” explains Nicoletta Berti, one of the owners of the Tuscan company.
Characterised by a new, short tail swing exterior design, additional safety features and simplified maintenance, the HX145A LCR is part of the new generation of Hyundai’s HX series compact crawler excavators, specifically developed to operate in constrained spaces, such as the laying of urban distribution networks, roadworks and building construction, offering maximum productivity and reliability.
"The HX145A LCR excavator immediately won us over with its features and optimal quality to price ratio. Support and after-sales services played a part in sealing the deal." - Nicoletta Berti, Owner of Berti Sisto & C. Lavori Stradali.
All round support
“In addition to providing technical and commercial support, we’ve also acted as consultants for Berti Sisto, helping them to access tax benefits and to expand their fleet that already includes other Hyundai models, such as the HX210A NL, HW 140 excavators both with full optional two-piece booms, the HX145A LCR model, which is currently in use at the Matassino Sr69 Deviation site, and soon the new HL970A wheel loader”, says Gabriele Papi, Sales Manager of Toscomeccanica.
Motorway Projects
The new Hyundai excavator has been put to work on the road project of Deviation Sr69 in Matassino, in particular Lot 5, located between the Incisa Valdarno and Matassino motorway exits. The project involves expanding the current route and constructing a new bridge and a new junction which started construction in 2020, was temporarily suspended and then resumed in spring 2022. Currently, the Hyundai HX145A LCR excavator is being used to dig foundations for the construction of a temporary Bailey bridge needed to bypass the current road network and allow the construction of the new permanent bridge planned in the project.
An Exceptional Machine
“It’s undoubtedly an exceptional machine, able to offer even more than its already impressive performance data would suggest,” says the company’s foreman, Rudi Noferini. “The excavator is extremely comfortable for the operator thanks to its spacious, comfortable cab which also offers excellent visibility, as well as being particularly quiet.
The controls are ergonomic and intuitive, and the possibility of calibrating the response means you can always achieve the right feeling with the machine. Once at work, the HX145A LCR is fast but always easy to control, with astonishing stability for a machine of this size. These two features allow it to perform precision work with ease, while at the same time, when necessary, carrying out movements and excavations of large volumes without any difficulties”.