Apollo Landscaping Supplies of Coopers Plains Brisbane has recently taken delivery of the first new Yanmar V4-5D Loader delivered in Queensland.

Apollo Landscaping Supplies is owned by Charlie DiFrancesco and the business was established in 1995 and operates a Yanmar V3 Loader as well as a 30 year old Kawasaki 50 KSS Series Loader. Charlie has been involved in the transport industry since 1970 running sand and gravel trucks and his son Tony is now the Manager of the Landscape Suppy business.

Tony said "The recent purchase of the new Yanmar was made easier due to the proven reliability of our V3 Loader which is over 8 years old and has over 4000 hours on the clock, it's never missed a beat. We have different operators for our Loaders and they like the smooth operation, good visibility and general reliability and performance of the unit."

The Yanmar V4-5D Loader incorporates a new 4 cylinder Yanmar 4TNV88 Diesel Engine developing 30.1 kw @ 2500 rpm, which is an increase of 10% and has an operating weight of 3480kg with an operating load capacity of 1050kg.

Some of the other standard features include:

• rear axle oscillation
• auto gear change
• fixed low speed mode available
• auto self level on bucket
• inching pedal
• parking brake pedal
• column shift with safety lock
• large counter weight with integrated turn signals
• grammer suspension seat with seat belt
• joystick operation of up, down, tilt, dump and float
• hydraulic PTO - piped to the front of the loader arms
• back up light and buzzer for by stander safety when reversing
• wide opening engine hood for ease of maintenance