Alliance 2025

March 2026 Issue 263


NEW PRODUCTS: COMPACT RADIUS EXCAVATORS: Volvo’s new reduced swing radius excavators in the 15- 17t classes.

FACTORY VISIT: LIUGONG: Report from LiuGong’s global dealer event and factory in Liuzhou, China.

PLANT HIRE: GORDON BOW: Hire firm has taken delivery of 33 Thwaites 9t cabbed site dumpers.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: EXVO TX487V: New Irish battery-powered compact tracked loader trialled on a solar farm.

LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: AUSTRALIAN TRAINING: Operator training insights from the owner of Australian Earth Training.

FLEET FOCUS: STENLAKES: Specialist company involved in private water and wastewater systems.

SITE VISIT: JAYFLEX AGGREGATES: Quarrying operation has upgraded to a new 38t Kobelco SK350.

SITE VISIT: BANKS MINING: Investment in new Cat machines and other carbon emissions saving strategies.

MARKET GUIDE: CRUSHING & SCREENING BUCKETS: The latest products to allow excavators to recycle materials.

OWNER OPERATOR: DANIEL WONNACOTT: Young operator’s first machine is a 1.9t Takeuchi TB219 mini excavator.

SITE VISIT: HOOPER & SONS: New Liebherr Compact excavator configured into a versatile machine.

PLANT HIRE: ROCKET RENTALS: Family-run firm continues to expand its fleet, mainly with products from JCB.

PRODUCT HISTORY: LIEBHERR DOZERS: History leading to the world’s largest hydrostatic dozer, the 73t PR776.

EURO FOCUS: HUDDIG BACKHOES: The continuing popularity of large-scale backhoe loaders in Sweden.

CLASSIC PLANT: WALKING DRAGLINES: Review of walking draglines as used by various industry sectors in the UK.

PLANTMOBILIA: BUCYRUS RH340: The iconic RH340 mining excavator from Bymo, in the Bucyrus colours.

OPERATOR INTERVIEW: JACK LOVESEY: Mobile crane apprentice engineer and CPA Stars of the Future winner.