Machinery

Following its global reveal at this year’s INTERMAT exhibition, Yanmar Construction Equipment Europe (CEE) has announced the roll-out of its SV60 midi-excavator across the UK and Ireland. From August, the new model will be available to order through authorised dealers nationwide.   Combining sector-leading technology and future-proof innovation to deliver …

Based in Cheshire, Cranage Haulage are specialists in heavy haulage.  As a family run business and with over thirty years’ experience, the company has a great understanding of the challenges and the requirements needed in the industry. Cranage has a wide variety of customers requiring different loads to be transported …

Coventry-based Stoke Plant Hire Ltd has taken delivery of a 40-tonne Volvo EC380E in mass excavation configuration with an A30G articulated hauler on order for a long-term hire contract at a sand and aggregates quarry on the outskirts of Burton upon Trent. The new 40-tonne excavator has been specified with …

.. so says plant hirer and ground working contractor Graham J Irvine of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, as he takes delivery of his first new Volvo EC140E excavator. The family-run business comprising Graham, his wife Sheila and eldest son Steven has been in operation since 1979 when Graham started …

RJT Excavations Ltd of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders has added three Volvo A30G and, for the first time, two A40G articulated haulers to its predominantly Volvo branded plant fleet. These most recent addition to RJT Excavations’ fleet come hot on the heels of a thirty-eight tonne EC380E and a …

Owner of the TRU7 Group, Guy Nicholls has a long and illustrious reputation in the plant hire industry and two years after selling his telehandler business, he’s back in the plant hire market. The TRU 7 Group has a 100 strong workforce with skills in value engineering, operations management, highways …

Hills Quarry Products Ltd of Swindon, Wiltshire, has added four new Volvo loading shovels L150H to its plant fleet as it embarks on new sand and gravel extraction projects in the Thames Valley. “We’ve been operating Volvo equipment for a good many years and, in particular, the L150 model since …

Efficiency – Reliability – Versatility The new Komatsu WA100M‐8 Compact Wheel Loader proposes new and improved features. It provides effortless and low‐cost operations with a powerful EU Stage IV engine and the proven Komatsu Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system, a new ergonomic design, a high level of standard specifications and …

Leading plant hire specialist Selwood has sealed a major new strategic partnership with Finning UK & Ireland that will see the business add Caterpillar machines to its fleet for the first time in its history. The ongoing partnership has seen the first order placed for four Cat 313FL GC and …

Austrian manufacturer Palfinger has developed a new crane mounted on a crawler chassis. Three models of the Palfinger crawler crane (PCC) will be available, with around 50 to 115 tonne-metres load moment. The crane can operate on gradients of up to 60% and, as they are 40cm narrower than a conventional …