Y-ATG - March 2025

May 2025 Issue 253


IN THE SEAT: TAKEUCHI TB290-2: Quality time spent working with this latest 9t tracked midi-excavator.

SHOW PREVIEW: BAUMA 2025: Some of the likely highlights at the forthcoming Bauma show.

PRODUCT LAUNCH: CATERPILLAR: Report from Malaga on the latest muck-shifting machinery.

NEW PRODUCTS: BOBCAT MINIS: Four upgraded minis with operating weights from 1.6 to 2t.

LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: BAUMA SHOW: Visitor advice from Nicola Schmitt, the show’s overall organiser.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: LIUGONG 922FE: First full-sized, battery-powered excavator put to work in Ireland.

DEMOLITION: LINCOLN CO-OP: Demolition firm UDCS called in Worsley Plant to crack a problem.

FLEET FOCUS: EQUIBUILD PLANT: Reduced radius Kobelco excavators equipped to work with Leica GPS systems.

SITE VISIT: TRIMPLEY WATER MAIN: BradPave’s new Volvo EC230F at work on a water mains pipeline project.

SITE VISIT: BROOKLAND’S 4X4 B45E: Quarry application suits Bell’s innovative 41t capacity 4x4 ADT.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: LIEBHERR T60-9S: A pair of new telehandlers play a key role in a biomass operation.

MARKET REVIEW: TILT-ROTATORS: The current availability of tilt-rotators in Britain.

RUNNING REPORT: CASE CX210E: E series excavator has clocked up over 3,000 hours on an Irish hire fleet.

EURO FOCUS: EXTREME LIFTS: An unusual job for a massive Liebherr crane.

SHOW REVIEW: EXECUTIVE HIRE: New battery-powered kit dominated many of the stands at the show.

CLASSIC PLANT: DENIS CARROLL: Regarded as the go-to land drainage contractor in the south-east of Ireland.

EXTREME MACHINES: P&H ROPE SHOVELS: The history of the range of P&H electric rope shovels.

PLANTMOBILIA: HITACHI: Two highly detailed and realistic 1:50 replicas produced by TMC Scalemodels.

OPERATOR TRAINING: KIRKLEES COLLEGE: New Flannery Plant Hire skills hub opened at Kirklees in West Yorkshire.