by Richard Cosgrove | Wed 23 Jun 2021
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS: JCB 3CX ECO: At work with the new Stage 5-compliant, 55kW 3CX Eco backhoe loader.
PRODUCT LAUNCH: CAT WHEEL LOADERS: Upgraded French-built four-model range in the 30- and 35t class.
NEW PRODUCTS: BOBCAT TELEHANDLERS: The latest Stage 5-compliant range new R-Series models.
FIRST DRIVE: KOVACO ELISE 900: At the controls of the world’s first battery-powered skid-steer loader.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS: HYUNDAI HX210A: New 20t class excavator is designed for the plant hire market sector.
SITE VISIT: CAT 315 GC: The first UK hirer to take a fleet of this compact tailswing excavator
MARKET REVIEW: BUCKETS: The extensive array of manufacturers based in the British Isles.
OWNER-OPERATOR: PAUL MARSDEN: Backhoe fan's Hidromek fitted with a tilt-rotator.
WORKING METHODS: CABLE-PROTECT: A faster and better method of protecting underground cables and pipes.
FLEET FOCUS: JNC PREMIER PITCHES: Equipment run by Irish constructor of synthetic sports surfaces.
SITE VISIT: KOMATSU WA320-8: Lowmac Waste & Recycling’s new waste-spec 16-tonne wheel loaders.
YOUNG OPERATOR: TED POWELL: 21-year-old soon got to grips with the latest Leica machine guidance system.
MARKET GUIDE: WHEELED EXCAVATORS: Current crop of compact tailswing excavators.
TRANSPORT: VOLVO TRUCKS: Behind the wheel of an FMX truck, configured with a steel tipper body.
TRAINING: MODERN APPRENTICESHIPS: a new approach by the Skills Group’s Plympton training centre.
INTERVIEW: BUCKHURST PLANT: Buckhurst Plant Hire MD Lee Gansler on the buoyant UK rental sector.
EXTREME MACHINES: BANKS SHOTTON: The last couple of million cubic metres of material moved!
PLANTMOBILIA: O&K RH170: The new 1:50-scale replica of the mighty O&K RH170 from KPS Models.
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