November 2026 Issue 271
Published Friday 2 October 2026
NEW PRODUCT: JCB 420X: AMD Contract Services has received the first 40-tonne JCB excavator in Scotland.
NEW PRODUCT: YUCHAI YC215: Early experience of the first Chinese-built excavator in service in Ireland.
NEW PRODUCT: LIUGONG 8110TE: Battery-electric wheel loader is the first put to work in a quarry application.
SITE VISIT: CHESTER ZOO: Mecalac’s 6MCR succeeds in making light work of feeding Chester zoo’s herbivores.
SITE VISIT: GARTELL & SON: The firm’s latest Liebherr A 910 compact wheeled excavator gets an early outing.
SITE VISIT: TETÍN QUARRY: Operating a face shovel excavator at one of the oldest quarries in the Czech Republic.
SITE VISIT: GRADING IN AUSTRALIA: An unlikely pair of machines work to open up land for a housing development.
SITE VISIT: ZTL EARTHWORKS: Mass site excavation is required before new construction work can commence.
PRODUCT REVIEW: XCMG ELECTRIC TELEHANDLER: Kieron Beattie Landscaping’s fleet includes an XCMG electric-powered telehandler.
COMPANY PROFILE: CROSS PLANT HIRE: Two young directors are determined to streamline and modernise this hire firm.
HISTORIC PLANT: TINSLEY PARK STEELWORKS: Contemporary machinery involved in this massive 1960s winter earthmoving project.
And much, much more ...
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