An independent Land Rover specialist has bought one of the first of JCB’s brand new 3.5-tonne mini excavators. Purchased by Bridgwater-based C.W. Feltham Ltd, the 36C-1 is a conventional tailswing mini excavator and is a totally new addition to the JCB range. It provides increased productivity with more reach, stability and lifting performance which will…

At the last sale of 2021 from the team at Euro Auctions, Leeds, 3,500 lots went over the ramp and the hammer went down for the last time, with prices remaining strong as the year ends. The last Euro Auctions sale of year at the ‘flag ship’ site in Leeds provided buyers with no shortage…

Doosan Infracore Europe has appointed Blue Machinery (Central) Ltd (Blue Central), based in Northwich in Cheshire, as the new Authorised Doosan Dealer for North-West England and North Wales. As the new Doosan dealer, Blue Central covers Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside (including the Wirral), Cheshire, North Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham and the Islands of Anglesey…

The magazine starts the year with a bang – celebrating 100 weekly issues produced since October 2019. Launched just a few months before the first COVID-19 lockdowns, the magazine continues to put buyers in touch with sellers of plant and commercial vehicles. With increased distribution and websites that delivers great response to advertisers, now is…

M&J Evans Group (M&J Evans), a customer of CASE Construction Equipment and dealer Warwick Ward, has acquired 20 CASE excavators equipped with 360-degree cameras and SiteWatch telematics, continuing the company’s CASE machine acquisition programme. Machine availability, alongside an interest in assessing reliability, operator comfort, fuel savings and total cost of ownership, are behind the investment…

Machinery operators can now place orders for Doosan’s new DX50Z, DX55R and DX100W-7 excavators using the Doobiz system. Priority allocation is not guaranteed if you have previously reserved one of these machines with Sales or DST – please place actual orders in the system as soon as possible. DX100W-7: Much anticipated, the DX100W-7 is designed…

To power large, mobile crushing and screening equipment, Sandvik is investing in renewable fuel. Working alongside Finning the company has confirmed that they have successfully used HVO with C series Cat® engines without making any modifications to the engine or fuel tanks. HVO is a form of renewable synthetic diesel, its acronym standing for ‘hydrogen-treated…

Hawkspare’s CAT D6R LGP dozer graces the front cover of this week’s festive issue. The 2006 machine comes with a’S’ blade and new ripper and is available at £64,000. Plenty more plant machinery for sale throughout the magazine, including AJ Machinery on the inside front cover and Boundary Plant on the outside back cover. There’s…

The 750,000th engine has just come off the line at JCB Power Systems in Derbyshire where production first began in 2004. Engine production was extended to India in 2011- helping to power JCB to the landmark figure. Lord Bamford commented, “50,000 engines is quite some milestone when you consider that we only started manufacturing 17…

Doosan has launched their new DX-7 Series Excavators. With numerous upgrades and improvements across the board, the company says that the new line-up represents “the best combination of performance, smooth and intuitive controls, sustainable manufacturing and unbeatable value for money for customers.” The new range starts with the 14.4 tonne DX140LC-7 and extends right up…

The upgraded Komatsu PW148-11, PW158-11 and PW160-11 wheeled excavators now meet EU stage V emissions regulations, and deliver more power. Improvements have been made to operator comfort, with smart safety initiatives, improved ergonomics,  advances in travel performance and controllability, plus easy servicing and high levels of standard specifications. “Every job has something special”, says Michael…

JCB has scooped top honours in the final of the 2021 National Apprenticeship Awards. As well as being crowned Macro Employer of the Year, Engineering Apprentice Nihal Dhillon was named Rising Star of the Year. To add to the celebrations, Quality Engineer Gavin Archer was Highly Commended in the Advanced Apprentice of the Year category….

The CAT D6T LGP on this week’s front cover is a 2016 model with just 3700 hours showing and can be viewed at Red Bull Equipment in Southampton. Looking for an older version> Hawkspare have a 2006 CAT D6R for sale in the photo lineages, priced at £64,000 Browsing through the pages, the inside front…

Volvo CE have recognised that there is no point in running electrically powered construction machinery if the infrastructure is not in place to support it – or the working practices altered to suit the machinery. The company is therefore carrying out a research project with partners to explore every aspect of the ‘electric ecosystem’ to…

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It is a rare beast – and a large one at that. The first example of Volvo’s largest excavator, the EC950F has been delivered to Aitik – Sweden’s largest open-pit copper mine. Ore is mined using the machines 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This requires large, powerful and productive excavators. There are…

Caterpillar have released more information on their recently launched 4 and 5-tonne mini excavators – the 304 and 305CR which perform 20% better than their E2 counterparts. They have more power to the pumps, higher bucket breakout forces and deeper standard digging depths to increase performance. Their industry-leading grease intervals and extended filter service life,…

This week’s front cover features a specialist waste wheel loader directly from a council courtesy of waste loader specialist, AJ Machinery. With foam filled tyres and a clam bucket, this machine is ready to go to work. Check out the plant machinery photo lineages on page 6 – there’s tonnes of second hand equipment for…

Fortunately, not a wedding anniversary, otherwise someone would be in big trouble.  The electric telehandler was bought by Caterham-based, Croudace Homes to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Founded in 1946, Croudace Homes has purchased the brand new JCB Loadall 525-60E compact telescopic handler – its first fully electric telescopic handler – as part of its commitment…

Check out the Volvo excavator that is part of the Eddisons sale of assets belonging to the Guernsey water and electricity service on the 15th December. Included in the sale are backhoe loaders, mobile compactors and loading shovels. remember too that the Euro Auctions sale in Dromore is taking place on the 10th and 11th…