Ffrench adds LiuGong’s Largest

Earlier this week, I was privileged to visit a recycling facility in Gerrards Cross where J. Ffrench Plant Hire Ltd was putting its latest LiuGong machine, the 95-tonne class 995F DM, to the test before it heads out onto its first big job.

Justin Ffrench has been a long-term customer of LiuGong machinery and this big investment is just the latest in a long line of LiuGong machines they have purchased which now totals over 60 units since 2013.

The 995F DM is the first of its kind to be sold anywhere in Europe and a big milestone for the team at LiuGong Direct UK who have supplied the machine. Not content with purchasing LiuGong’s largest excavator, Justin has also purchased a pair of the manufacturer’s smallest excavators, the 1.8-tonne 9018F, and it was great to see both machines sat side by side on the day of our visit.

I’m not going to go into too much detail here as I will be writing about this machine in Earthmovers Magazine in due course. But as something to wet the appetite, I’m delighted to bring you this cinematic masterpiece video created by the talented Fred Anthony, the man behind the Diggers & Dozers platform and a fellow colleague of the Construction Collective along with Peter Haddock and Mark Anthony, enjoy the video!