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| Keestrack
branded
box. |
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| Rear grilles
are solid castings. |
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Nice tracks are mounted on simple track frames. |
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| Small magnetic
belt on top. |
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| Secondary
screen has a mesh grille. |
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| Good load for a
truck. |
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| In the quarry. |
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| Hopper being
filled. |
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The
Keestrack R3e is a hybrid powered impact crusher with an operating
weight of around 30 tonnes. The machine won a Red
Dot design award in 2018.
Packaging
The model comes in a Keestrack branded box. Inside the box, the
model is contained within a pair of expanded polystyrene
trays.
The review model had
no defects or missing parts.
A reprint of a marketing brochure for the real machine
is included.
Detail
Looking underneath, the tracks are metal with detailed
pads. The main discharge belt is flexible rubber
(as are all the belts on the model), with other
detailing underneath being relatively simple. The track
frames are very simple and would have looked better with
some detailing.
The main feed hopper is all metal, and some grille
detailing in the hopper floor would have been more
realistic, together with at the crusher entrance.
The rear of the body sides has solid large textured grey
panels which represent the see-through mesh grilles of
the real machine. Around the body the panel
handles are nicely detailed and the graphics are sharp.
The crusher area is detailed well, and there are soft
plastic handrails on one side with a textured floor
plate.
A small magnetic belt sits above the main discharge
conveyor, although the belt itself is not ridged.
The secondary screen is great with an etched perforated
grille. The rams that control the secondary
conveyor have plastic jackets with an excellent colour
match.
The return conveyor is a single casting rather than
split as on the real machine, and the hydraulic rams are
detailed within the casting.
Features
The tracks are tensioned by spring-loaded idlers
and they turn easily enough by hand, and roll well on a
rough surface.
All of the belts on the various conveyors move easily by
hand.
The magnetic conveyor can be raised up for cleaning.
The end of the secondary conveyor can be folded over for
transport. The secondary conveyor can be raised
and lowered.
Quality
This model has a high metal content and is
robust with a high quality feel.
The paintwork and graphics are excellent.
Price
It is understood the price reflects the quality
and metal content.
Overall
This model has appeared some 7 years after the
first Keestrack Frontier model., and it is good to see
another Keestrack machine modelled. It is not the
most detailed model, but it is functional and feels high
quality.
Footnotes
It was released around the time of Bauma 2019. |
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| Model and
brochure. |
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| Profile view. |
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| Ready for
work. |
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| Hopper is all
metal. |
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| Underneath. |
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| Not a wide
load. |
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| Good model for
a mini diorama. |
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