I was looking at Volvo excavators & saw a video for a Volvo PL 4611 pipe-layer. Looks like it very nice machine... Whatcha think pipe-layers? Any comments or experiences? Thanks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-MsoHCwwhg
We tried those year before last on a demo loan. Didnt have the snazzy load scale system that i recall. It was ok in the yard working in the fab. They were too much trouble to move to the rightoway. If you look at how wide the footprint is on them you will understand. Even in that video it shows taking up the whole working side of the row. If you figure the time it took to spread the tracks and stuff it wasnt beneficial for us. Especially on a job that has a lot of skips.