Develon Sept 25

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Digging deep into construction machinery news

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by Richard Cosgrove  |  Tue 26 Aug 2025

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FIRST IMPRESSIONS: TAKEUCHI TB370W: The first to be sold in Ireland has joined the fleet of Corbrack Utilities.

SHOW PREVIEW: PLANTWORX 2025: Highlights of the UK’s premier construction equipment event.

LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: CORNE TIMMERMANS: Cat’s VP sales and marketing talks about the next 100 years.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: MECALAC REVOTRUCK: A new type of dump truck 

SITE VISIT: CASE 135E XRD: The world’s smallest high-reach demolition excavator.

FIRST DRIVE: VOLVO L120 ELECTRIC: Impressions of Volvo’s latest 21-tonne electric-powered wheel loader.

EARLY IMPRESSIONS: JCB 145XR: Prototypes of JCB’s new excavator tested in Norfolk.

SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS: SHAFT DIGGERS: A pair of custom Liebherr excavators.

DEMO DAYS: XCMG: Report on the recent dig days demo event held by OCTO Construction.

TECHNOLOGY: LEICA SYSTEMS: Helping Texas-based Stephenson Dirt to move vast quantities of earth.

FIRST DRIVES: VENIERI BACKHOES: Reports from the cabs of both a compact and a large backhoe loader.

FLEET FOCUS: HART’S HAULAGE: A pair of Develon machines have been added to this Redruth-based fleet.

MATERIALS HANDLING: SENNEBOGEN 830E: Ace Car Breakers has added a second materials handler to its fleet.

TECHNOLOGY: FUTURE MINING: Aitik copper mine runs a 11-strong fleet of autonomous haul trucks.

WORKSHOP VISIT: RETRO JCB: Specialist JCB restorer recently opened its doors to showcase rare models.

HEAVY LIFT: KIRUNA CHURCH: Graham Black reports on an unusual relocation of a building in Sweden.

CLASSIC PLANT: DYNAHOE: American-designed backhoe-loader was one of the largest ever built.

PLANTMOBILIA: LIEBHERR R9800: Conrad’s-1:50-scale model of Liebherr’s huge 800t backhoe mining excavator.

OPERATOR INTERVIEW: RIAN BAWDEN: In conversation with a young Volvo ADT operator 

 

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