January 2026 Issue 261
Published Friday 5th December 2025
INCLUDES FREE 2026 WALLPLANNER
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: KOMATSU PC220-12: Ireland’s first Dash 12 Komatsu excavator has made a good working start.
RUNNING REPORT: HITACHI EX1200-7: The first example of this Dash 7 mining excavator at work in the UK.
RUNNING REPORT: JCB 3CX PRO: Early feedback on Hoskin Plant & Civils JCB Dual Drive backhoe loader.
PRESS CONFERENCE: LIEBHERR: Report from Austria on the latest developments and news from Liebherr.
LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: MERRILL LYNCH: L Lynch joint managing director Merrill Lynch talks to Peter Haddock.
FLEET FOCUS: PEGASUS GROUP: Case machinery run by a major recycling fi rm in the West Midlands.
EXTREME MACHINE: KOMATSU WA800-8: Latest version of this 100-plus-tonner at Tarmac’s Mountsorrel Quarry.
OWNER OPERATOR: LUKE MOLLOY: Building company has invested in a Hitachi Zaxis 95USB-7 midi-excavator.
SITE VISIT: BRIGHTWELL LAKES: Three towed scraper combinations on a large-scale project in East Anglia.
SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS: HARGREAVES RAIL: Report on the work of a UK-based specialist machinery engineering firm.
And much, much more ...
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