by Richard Cosgrove | Tue 27 Aug 2024
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FLEET FOCUS: BEN MILLER: Specialist contractor’s latest addition is a compact radius Volvo ECR145E.
WORKING METHODS: ROTARY HANDLER: A JCB rotary telehandler’s contributions to site operations and safety.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: HYUNDAI HL985A: Review of this new flagship 35-tonne class wheel loader.
TECHNOLOGY: BEN PORTEOUS: Groundworks firm recently added a high-spec Hidromek HMK140 to its fleet.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: XCMG XE135E: Cummins-powered 15-tonner equipped with the latest Leica 3D GPS system.
LEADERSHIP CHAT: DEPT FOR TRANSPORT: Annette Pass, deputy chief scientific adviser, Dept for Transport.
INDUSTRY STATISTICS: MARKET SUMMARY: Sales data of new and used equipment in the UK market.
MARKET REVIEW: CRUSHERS & SCREENERS: Latest mobile crusher and screener tech at Hillhead.
SITE VISIT: GWRHYD QUARRY: Specialist stone quarry in Wales has new 30-tonne Liebherr excavator.
OWNER-OPERATOR: DAVID BLEWETT: Cornishman has spent 30 years earning a living with a wheeled excavator.
SITE VISIT: McCARTHY MARLAND: Recycling firm’s recently upgraded fleet includes a small materials handler.
SHOW REPORT: HILLHEAD 2024: Quarry-sized excavators, wheel loaders and dump trucks at this year’s show.
COMPETITION: SCOTTISH OPERATOR: Finals of the 2024 event were held during a popular working weekend.
MARKET GUIDE: BACKHOE LOADERS: Current range of backhoe loaders available on the UK and Irish markets.
CLASSIC PLANT: WORKING EVENT: Reports from the recent two-day working classic event at Sibbertoft.
EURO FOCUS: LONG-REACH WORKING: Latest high-tech addition to a Swedish fi rm’s fleet is a Liebherr R945.
TECHNOLOGY: HYDRAULIC SAFETY: Komatsu Mining’s K-VAD safety remote hydraulic valve adjustment kit.
CLASSIC PLANT: RESTORATIONS: Report on the immaculate restoration of two early JCB machines.
CRANES: COMPLEX BRIDGES: Liebherr cranes are undertaking a bridge project over the Keil Canal.
PLANTMOBILIA: TEREX TITAN: All-metal 1:50th-scale die-cast replica of the mining dump truck by KPS Models.
OPERATOR INTERVIEW: DEANNE WILSON: One woman’s insight into what used to be a male-oriented industry.
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