JCB X Series dig on in the Devon clay

by Nick Drew | Wed 20 Mar 2019

JCB X Series dig on in the Devon clay

Last week we were out visiting Dorset based Andrews Plant Hire <

strong>once more, but this time at their Devon operation where they are excavating clay with two of their new JCB 220XLC hydraulic excavators. Andrews Plant Hire are long time JCB customers and were very quick to purchase a number of the new hydraulic excavators to add to its fleet of over 60 JCB machines all of which have been supplied by their local dealer Holt JCB. The company have already taken delivery of 6 x 220X models and we caught up with two of them at work in the famous ball clay pits at Heathfield near Newton Abbot.

The new machines have been well received by their operators and the customer so far, with both operators being very impressed with the quality of the cab interior and general performance of them. I will be covering this story in more detail in a future edition of Earthmovers Magazine. In the meantime, check out my footage of Andrews Plant Hire’s operator Tim Finch at the controls of his 220XLC. (Apologies for the camera wobble as I nearly went over on the slippery clay!)

The Digger Man Blog will be visiting JCB World Headquarters today for the latest product reveals, lookout for updates throughout the day on our various social media platforms, signal permitting, including, Digger Man Blog Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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