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December 2025 Issue 260


NEW PRODUCT: SHANTUI DH16M: Dozer of choice for County Mayo-based civils contractor P&D Lydon.

INNOVATION AWARDS: All the winners from the PlantWorx 2025 innovation awards dinner.

FIRST DRIVE: YANMAR SV39-7: At the controls of their latest product, a 3.7t mini-excavator.

SITE VISIT: SOUTH WITHAM QUARRY: Expanded operations provided by a new Kobelco SK520 & Finlay processing kit.

SHOW REPORT: PLANTWORX 2025: Machine highlights of the recent show.

LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: FLANNERY: Flannery’s Andy Byatt at the Plantworx Hiboo Big Data discussion

SITE VISIT: LHANBRYDE QUARRY: A new mobile screener has seen an immediate improvement in productivity.

FLEET FOCUS: B&J LOCKE: Takeuchi excavator fan has just added another FR model to his fleet.

FLEET FOCUS: JAMES JONES: Timber processer has added another Liebherr wheel loader to its fleet.

RECYCLING: FARM WASTE: Collecting and handling plastic waste requires a co-ordinated approach.

PLANT HIRE: ERMIN: Gloucestershire and Worcestershire hire firm has a JCB electric mini-excavator on its fleet.

EURO FOCUS: LJUNGBY LOADER: Swedish-built wheel loader adapted to perform a variety of tasks.

PROCESSING KIT: CAIMAN 150: A challenging crushing application solved by an unusual machine.

CLASSIC PLANT: LARGE WHEELED DOZERS: A historical look at some of the largest wheeled dozers ever produced.

TECHNOLOGY: SMART PILING: Latest Leica technology used to install the piles supporting a new bridge.

FACTORY HISTORY: MOTHERWELL: Key milestones and machines produced at the famous haul truck factory.

PLANT HISTORY: BUCYRUS BLAST HOLE RIGS: The history of the development of large Bucyrus-Erie blast hole drills.

PLANTMOBILIA: YANMAR: The current range of replica 1:32 and 1:50-scale models in the firm’s current red colour scheme.

OPERATOR INTERVIEW: STARS OF THE FUTURE: Two winners of the CPA’s Stars of the Future apprenticeship scheme.