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by Richard Cosgrove  |  Tue 28 Jan 2025

March 2025 issue on sale NOW!

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: YANMAR SV100-7: One of the first new generation Yanmar 10-tonners to be sold in the UK.

ATTACHMENTS: OILQUICK HANDLER: First UK port handler equipped with a fully automatic quick coupler.

SHOW PREVIEW: EXECUTIVE HIRE: Kit on display at the forthcoming gathering of the plant hire industry.

TECHNOLOGY: REMOTE CONTROL: The Editor reviews Liebherr’s latest LiReCon dozer remote control system.

EURO FOCUS: ELECTRIC KIT: A huge array of battery-powered machines available to hire in Norway.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: VOLVO EWR130E: Multi-task roles give this versatile duck a start in the wind farm business.

INTERVIEW: VIKI BELL: The CEA’s director of operations anticipates a pivotal year ahead.

DEALER PROFILE: FITZGERALD PLANT: The remarkable story behind the new Sany equipment dealer for Wales.

SITE VISIT: GLENFIN QUARRY: The MGL Group’s new Liebherr R966 excavator on rip and load duties.

FLEET FOCUS: McFADYEN’S QUARRIES: JCB machines deployed at the company’s Campbeltown-based quarries.

DEMOLITION: J. MOULD: Contractor’s decision to purchase three 21-tonne class Kobelco excavators.

PLANT HIRE: MATTHEW WILLIAMS: The latest JCB compact excavators available for hire in East Anglia.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: BOBCAT GRADING RIG: Package for accurate & fast grading and finishing works.

TECHNOLOGY: MUCK-SHIFT SOFTWARE: Leica AGTEK earthworks planning and management software package.

SITE VISIT: SHOREHAM-BY-SEA: Work required to relocate the shingle beaches along the south-east coast.

RECYCLING: UK REMEDIATION: Dealing with contaminated soils can involve a challenging process.

RUNNING REPORT: KOMATSU D475A-8: Report on a quick but thorough track service on Europe’s largest dozer.

FACTORY VISIT: VOLVO BRAAS: The location in southern Sweden of Volvo’s articulated dump truck factory.

FACTORY VISIT: LIEBHERR KIRCHDORF: Report from Liebherr’s birthplace at Kirchdorf an der Iller in Germany.

FORESTRY: JCB150X HD: Small Cotswold business that has invested heavily in modern processes.

PLANTMOBILIA: KUBOTA: The 1:24-scale models of Kubota compact machinery produced by Universal Hobbies.

OPERATOR INTERVIEW: REECE STRAY: Previous winner at the CPA Stars of the Future apprentice scheme.

 

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