ZAHID Tractor’s rental division has earned a sales appreciation award 2013 from the Bauer Group, a leading German construction and machinery manufacturer, for its outstanding sales performance.

This follows the recent sale by the Saudi-based company of the first Bauer BG 39 drilling rig in the Middle East to Huta Foundation Works Company. 

The rig will to be utilised in a mosque expansion project in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

The BG 39 represents Bauer’s Premium Line with an overall height of 28 to 33 m, a winch with a line pull of 290 to 355 kN and a rotary drive with a torque of 390 kN.

While the rig is deal for Kelly drilling, it can be converted for other special foundation applications, in particular for single pass methods (displacement piles, CFA piles) and as a carrier for soil mixing systems.

Recently, Bauer conducted machine operator training at the state-of-the-art Zahid Learning Centre, the second of an ongoing series of training courses.

At the training sessions, machine operators got the opportunity to learn the best operation and drilling methods that feature highest safety precautions, Zahid Tractor said.

On successful completion of the training, participants get a licence which qualifies them to work as Bauer piling rig operators.

Zahid Tractor became the exclusive dealer for Bauer drilling rigs, tools and accessories in Saudi Arabia in 2010. Its rental division offers equipment, engines and generators for construction, mining, industrial, petroleum and special event organisation applications.