Flannery Plant Hire (Flannery), one of the largest providers of operated and self-drive plant in the UK, has signed an exclusive deal with Finning UK & Ireland at this year’s Plantworx exhibition (11th-13th June) to purchase 230 new Cat® machines as part of its fleet refurbishment programme. Signed by Patrick Flannery …
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Cornish plant man Kirk Hough has developed a liking for the Hyundai brand over the past few years, having purchased his first 14 tonne class R 140LC-9A back in 2013, K Hough Contractors Ltd are now running four machines comprising two x HX140L’s, a 22 tonne HX220L and a R …
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JCB has secured a historic deal with Morris Leslie Plant Hire for their biggest ever telehandler order worth £36 million. The deal for 555 Loadalls, ranging from the compact six metre 525-60 up to the 20 metre 540-200, has been placed through dealer Scot JCB. The machines, which all feature …
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Long standing user of Volvo Construction Equipment products, Tillicoultry Quarries has purchased a further three new Volvo loading shovels and another A30G articulated hauler for its quarrying operations spread across Scotland’s Central Belt and Ayrshire. This latest package is for two L120H loading shovels complete with 3.5m³ rehandling buckets and …
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HCEE (Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe) distributor, Taylor & Braithwaite, located in Cumbria UK, has sold the very first HX900 L crawler excavator to leading demolition giants, ABLE UK. ABLE UK, headquartered in Middlesborough UK, operates across a number of challenging industrial and business sectors and is a specialist in complex …
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NEW CAT® R2900 UNDERGROUND LOADER OFFERS EXPANDED EMISSIONS CONTROL OPTIONS, ENHANCED COOLING AND EASE OF SERVICE The new Cat® R2900 Underground Loader offers configurations to meet the strictest diesel engine emissions standards, including those in Europe and North America, and it continues to deliver the high performance and 17.2-tonne payload …
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Sutherland based Edward Mackay Contractor Ltd has opted for a second Volvo EC140E excavator, thanks to the machine’s impressive fuel economy, operator comfort and acceptance and general productivity according to Director, Scott Mackay. “We’ve been operating Volvo articulated haulers for a long time and in recent years we have been …
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As the operator of a JCB JS131lc tracked excavator, Scott Hastings, business owner at Hastings Plant Hire, is the first to describe himself as ‘JCB through and through’. With more than 18 years of excavation operation experience, Scott’s work has taken him across all areas of site projects – from …
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JCB has introduced two new patch planers for use with backhoe loaders – bringing greater precision, efficiency and productivity when cutting. The two new patch planer models – the PL300 and PL350 – are compatible with JCB‘s 3CX Compact and 3CX backhoe loaders respectively and have been performance matched for …
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JCB is celebrating 50 years of wheeled loading shovel manufacture – with production hitting record highs. Over those five decades, the company’s award-winning loader range has expanded beyond recognition, introducing many market-leading technologies and establishing JCB as a global leader in the loader business. The company entered the wheeled loader …
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