JCB is attempting to demonstrate the wider appeal of hydrogen combustion technology by installing one of its hydrogen engines into a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van. The white van retrofit was completed in just two weeks and one of the vehicle’s first test drivers was JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford, who is leading the company’s £100 million hydrogen…

Hitachi Construction Machinery is launching the new ZX135USL-7 forestry excavator. Designed for a variety of applications such as logging, log felling, loading and digging, it is assembled at HCME’s factory in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Equipped with a robust undercarriage, it offers enhanced durability, stability and safety for challenging working conditions. With a higher ground clearance…

Euro Auctions are showing an example of one of the excavators heading through their Leeds sale on 13th to 16th September. This example is a 2016 JCB JS370LC with 700mm pads, quick hitch, demolition cage, reversing camera and air conditioning. You can view all the inventory for this sale and from the main auctions in…

A Scottish recycling firm has bought a brand new JCB JS20MH materials handler to process construction and demolition waste. Renfrewshire-based WRC Recycling has purchased the new machine as part of a major investment in equipment to work at its new £4 million materials recycling facilities in its hometown of Inchinnan. The JS20MH – complete with…

The new Cat 988 GC Wheel Loader allows operators to move more material at a lower cost per hour for a faster return on investment. The new loader offers up to 5% less fuel consumption and up to 15% lower maintenance costs than the Cat 988K. Designed to maximise life-cycle value in moderate production applications…

A Scottish ground engineering specialist is using a specially modified JCB X Series tracked excavator for its piling and foundations work on new housing developments. Akela Ground Engineering – part of the Glasgow-based Akela Group – has purchased the new machine which comprises a JCB 220X base machine fitted with BSP-TEX Ltd JX25-8 piling rig….

R Marus & Co have a 2009 Bitelli 621E mini paver which uses a Caterpillar C2 diesel and is showing just 566 hours. The dealer has a choice of four of these machines alongside a host of other road construction equipment for sale – check out R Marus stock online at Plant Pages online. Remember,…

There’s a 2008 Volvo L150F wheel loader from Plantmaster on this week’s front cover. All of the details are available from their advertisement on the inside front cover. Remember to check out the photo lineages on page 6 for a wider choice of wheel loaders. For the widest choice, search Plantpages.co.uk for used wheel loaders…

This week’s front cover sees one of a choice of JCB 3CX backhoe loaders available from Plantmaster – see the full choice on the inside front cover, there are 2016 Sitemasters and 2017 Contractors with older, 1999 Sitemaster models available too. There’s always tonnes of backhoe loaders available for sale at Plantpages.co.uk Remember, there’s always…

Here’s a unique piece of kit on this week’s front cover – a purpose built fencing machine. Based on a Yanmar C50R tracked dumper, this machine is fitted with tonnes of attachments which means that it can carry out every type of fencing work and comes with a mobile security container to keep all the…

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) proves it is performing today while transforming for tomorrow with record earnings for the second quarter 2023. Sales of machines and services rose across all markets except South America and Asia resulting in a 12% global increase for Q2, 2023. This is despite net order intake decreasing by 41% in…

PJ Towey Construction Ltd, a loyal customer of Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK), celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.  The Nottingham-based company specialises in groundworks and civil engineering services for small to large-scale contracts. It has been working with HCMUK for over 36 years, investing in a huge range of quality machinery for its varied…

One of the South East’s leading construction firms has bought a fleet of JCB excavators including 11 new JCB 140X tracked excavators. Sunbury on Thames-based Houlihans has purchased the new JCB 140X models and two new 16-tonne JS160 excavators, all supplied by dealer Greenshields JCB. A repeat JCB X Series customer, the new additions take…

Energy Secretary Grant Shapps has challenged JCB to have its super-efficient hydrogen machines working on building sites and farms by next year – declaring himself “impressed” with the company’s early success in developing engines powered by the zero-carbon fuel. The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero visited JCB Power Systems, Derbyshire, yesterday…

Komatsu has revealed the details of its latest mini digger for sale, the PC33E-6 a new 3-ton class electric mini excavator equipped with a lithium-ion battery. Designed to set new standards in emission-free operation, with exceptional performance and unrivalled safety features, this cutting-edge new machine leads the way to a future of clean and caring…

It’s wheel loader time on this week’s Truck & Plant Pages front cover. There is a 2007 Volvo L150E advertised inside the magazine by AJ Machinery. It’s got 15,600 hours showing and is fitted with a hydraulic quick hitch and comes with both a bucket and side shift pallet forks. It’s not on its own,…

Some of the more than 50 Yanmar CE EMEA machines currently sitting in Devon-based D&H Plant’s rental yard are 15 years old – and still as reliable as the day they arrived, explains co-owner Mark Disney. Looking for a mini-excavator or tracked carrier that will give you bang for your buck and unparalleled reliability –…

A Komatsu PC290LC tracked excavator takes pride of place on this week’s front cover. It is heading for the Euro Auctions sale at the beginning of August in Leeds and, as usual, is joined by a host of other machines of all categories including wheel loaders, mini diggers, dozers and compaction machines. Remember, there’s always…

Atlas Copco Power and Flow has launched five new models of its lithium-ion Energy Storage Systems (ESS). The new units provide customers with increased options for power. The systems are suited to noise-sensitive environments, such as events, metropolitan construction sites, telecom, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas and rental applications, and enable operators to dramatically reduce…

In 1984, Caterpillar, Eder and Zeppelin Baumaschinen, the Cat dealer in Germany, introduced a new wheeled excavator line, offering four models under the Cat Eder brand. Eight years later, the line became a 100% Cat product with a designated wheel excavator team. Twenty-eight years later, in 2012, Caterpillar celebrated production of its 25,000th wheel excavator….