Case Rodeo 2016 : On the way to the European final

The 3 best competitors of the French Case Rodeo final, held on late September at Case Customer Centre of Paris, will compete in the European final on next October 15^th.

Throughout the spring and summer, several dozen operators competed across France during the tests events organized during the various open houses days offered by Case dealers network. The French final at the end of September had seen the 3 best French to attend the European final.

This year, 4 high-accuracy tests on the controls of the machines Case, waiting for the candidates. The first was to take, using an articulated wheel-loader 121F, 3 balloons positioned on the cones and dropped them one by one in a container provided. And all of this, within a maximum of 5 minutes.

For the second test, it was above to control a compact wheel-loader TR 310, moving a bucket fulfilled with water and plastic bullets, following with all, a specific route whilst keeping the maximum of balls . Here again, the maximum time of 5 minutes was allowed.

A crawler excavator CX210D was then proposed to simulate a leveling operation with a ball, guiding it with the bucket of the excavator on a predetermined itinerary. Finally, and always in a maximum time of 5 minutes, they had to use the bucket of the backhoe loader 695ST, to take 4 balls placed on cones and dropped them one by one into a basket.

After the tests contest , Ludovic Fronteau, sponsored by the dealer MATEQUIP BTP, Régis Monnier (TP Partners) and Thibault Flament (Case Ile de France) were selected for the European final competition.