Alliance 2025

May 2026 Issue 265


Includes FREE Forestry Machinery magazine  

SITE VISIT: CAIRNEYHILL QUARRY: Tarmac quarry and asphalt plant’s new 95-tonne Cat 395 prime mover in action.

NEW PRODUCT: VOLVO EC230F ELECTRIC: Upgraded battery-powered excavator with increased on-board energy storage.

NEW PRODUCT: SUMITOMO SH145-7: HMS Plotworks is one of the first users in the UK of this Japanese-built excavator.

DEALER VISIT: GOS PLANT SERVICES: Road rail machinery business has taken on the Develon dealership for South Wales.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: LIEBHERR PR736: Collins Earthworks recently took delivery of a latest generation dozer.

LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: JAKE NICHOLLS: The newly appointed Tru7 Group’s CEO talks about his vision of the future.

ATTACHMENTS: MB PROCESSORS: The benefits of MB processing buckets operated by RP Jones Groundworks.

SHOW REPORT: CONEXPO 2026: Las Vegas show does not fail to deliver in terms of new machine introductions.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: HIDROMEK HMK640: Arranging an on-site demonstration enables machine and dealer assessment.

DEALER PROFILE: BOSS PLANT SALES: Herts-based Kubota dealer has received an order for 150 compact excavators.

FLEET FOCUS: R. BEERE & SONS: Family-run firm has added another item of Wacker Neuson equipment to its fleet.

SITE VISIT: KOBELCO SK130-11: Counterbalance 14-tonner is working well on a large house-build project.

SITE VISIT: ARTFUL PARK: A former peat harvester has successfully transitioned to bog land restoration works.

MATERIALS HANDLING: E TAYLOR: New Liebherr small materials handler at work on a metal recycling business.

FACTORY VISIT: KEEN ATTACHMENTS: In conversation with South Wales company founder and MD Andrew Hicks.

FORESTRY: CLIXBY LAND DESIGNS: A new timber-harvesting operation works on challenging sites.

CLASSIC PLANT: SHOW PREVIEW: International gathering of historic earthmoving kit in Switzerland.

CLASSIC PLANT: BUCKET WHEELER: An unusual working method to extract sand and gravel in the Czech Republic.

EXTREME MACHINES: LIEBHER R9800: An Australian mine has repowered a pair of 800t backhoe excavators.

PLANTMOBILIA: CAT D9R CONVERSION: Jasin Nikl’s adaptation of a standard model into a scrub dozer.

APPRENTICE TALK: A chat with Bell Europe’s first apprentice.