by Richard Cosgrove | Thu 19 Dec 2024
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FIRST DRIVE: BOBCAT E55Z R2: Report from the cab of a 5.5t zero-tailswing compact excavator.
ENVIRONMENTAL: NEW HYDROGEN KIT: Report on HYKIT, a new hydrogen component manufacturer.
JOB PROSPECTS: PLANT OPERATORS: The Editor calls for the quality of new plant operators to be recognised.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: VOLVO EC500: Report from the revised cab of Volvo’s new 50t class excavator.
RUNNING REPORT: KOMATSU WA500-8: Loader on duty at the new CDE processing plant in Burrowine Quarry.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: CAT 255: First new generation tracked compact loaders to go into service in the UK.
INTERVIEW: STEVE MULHOLLAND: In conversation with the CPA’s new chief executive.
PLANT HIRE: TOM GRANT: JCB’s latest 26C-1 mini-excavator is out on hire in the heart of Glasgow.
SITE VISIT: CARLISLE RELIEF ROAD: Stevens Equipment Rental’s Liebherr articulated dump trucks at work.
MARKET REVIEW: ELECTRIC MINIS: The wide range of battery-powered minis currently available in the UK.
INITIAL IMPRESSIONS: LIEBHERR A910: Compact wheeled excavator/tilt-rotator added to contractor fleet.
FLEET FOCUS: GROUND DEVELOPMENTS: Soil stabilisation specialist’s fleet of Komatsu dozers & excavators.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: JCB DUALDRIVE: One of the first working in the south-west may appear at Glastonbury.
RECYCLING: HEARNDEN SKIP HIRE: A pair of Hyundai excavators on the fleet of a waste transfer station.
PRODUCT PREVIEW: SANY SY215E: Report on the first full-sized Sany electric excavator in the UK.
MARKET SUMMARY: VACUUM EXCAVATORS: An increasing number of vacuum excavators are used in the UK
DEALER PROFILE: FALCON PLANT: New plant hire firm recently became an XCMG machinery dealer.
SITE CLEARANCE: BANNER CONTRACTORS: Used JCB Hydradigs are proving ideal for rural line clearance.
FACTORY VISIT: HSM SUNDERLAND: Bespoke bucket builder Hi-Spec Manufacturing’s new modern factory.
EURO FOCUS: JOHN DEERE 764: Unique machines run by Finland’s precision grading specialist Katu-Karhu.
PLANTMOBILIA: RUBBLEMASTER: 1:50-scale model of the RM120GO! crusher by NZG.