by Richard Cosgrove | Tue 28 Jul 2020
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS: HYDREMA 707G: Hydrema’s compact hauler is a new entrant to the site dumper market.
INITIAL IMPRESSIONS: HYUNDAI HX300A: The first to be put to work in Britain, and also the owner’s first new machine.
NEW PRODUCT: KATO HD512-7: DC Construction is the first owner in Ireland of this new 13-tonne Dash 7.
SITE VISIT: CAT 963D: The tracked loader has become an often-forgotten type of earthmover.
NEW PRODUCT: HIDROMEK HMK102B: Running report on the first of these Turkish backhoes at work in Ireland.
FLEET FOCUS: WOODMACE: Dorset-based firm recently updated its fleet with machines from Kobelco.
MARKET GUIDE: ARTICULATED DUMP TRUCKS: What’s new in what have become indispensable items of industry plant.
SITE VISIT: K-TEC SCRAPERS: An innovative trial of modern towed scrapers on a large site in the UK.
OWNER OPERATOR: ANDREW MATTHEWS: Mentored from a young age, this operator has a penchant for Cat machines.
SITE VISIT: LIEBHERR PR726: Initial impressions of a 20-tonne dozer that recently started work in Bracknell.
SHOW REPORT: CONEXPO: Recent key product launches viewed from a North American perspective.
FACTORY VISIT: KOMATSU QUEENSLAND: Assembly, service and remanufacturing facility at Wacol near Brisbane.
RUNNING REPORT: SANY SY215C: Two Sany excavators have clocked up substantial hours handling waste.
MACHINES PAST: TEREX TR100: The history of an iconic mining truck that celebrates 70 years of production.
PLANT HIRE: SUNBELT RENTALS: Former A-Plant CEO talks about early days operating under the new brand.
CLASSIC PLANT: FWF GRADALL: A key machine in America’s long earthmoving machinery history is restored.
PLANTMOBILIA: LIEBHERR SPECIALS: 1:50th-scale models with custom paintwork, commissioned to celebrate product milestones or company anniversaries.