One of the UK’s largest independent plant suppliers, BTE Plant Sales, is celebrating having surpassed 10,000 Kubota construction units sold. The supplier has worked alongside Kubota for 28 years in a partnership that has been going strong since 1994. “We’re incredibly proud to have surpassed the 10,000 Kubota sales milestone. Our relationship with both Kubota…

Around 200 JCB agency employees are to be handed permanent contracts this summer as demand continues to rise for construction and agricultural machinery, the company announced today. JCB has already offered around 1,300 permanent contracts to agency employees during 2021 and 2022 and increased shop floor starting pay by 8.5 per cent to £11.35 an…

Another Komatsu on this week’s front cover, but this time a tracked excavator – a PC210LC-8 from Waller Construction Equipment. This 2009 machine is showing 8,354 hours and is in demo spec and comes with one good bucked and quick hitch and is ready to go to work at £32,500. If you are looking for…

Sizzling summer temperatures helped to make the biggest party in JCB’s history a day to remember. Around 15,500 people soaked up the atmosphere at the JCB Family Festival, a belated JCB 75th birthday party staged as a thank you to thousands of UK employees past and present The spectacular event was held at the company’s…

The Ammann ARS 30 and ARS 50 Single Drum Rollers are the most compact rollers in Ammann’s soil compaction product line. The ARS 30 and ARS 50 are ideal for road construction businesses and rental fleets that need a small, durable and powerful product for success on a daily basis. The rollers are suitable for…

A leading supplier of temporary power and lighting solutions has bought 60 JCB generators in a deal totalling more than £750k. Purchased by South-West-based Progen Power, many of the new gensets powered into pole position at the recent F1 British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone – where the circuit switched off from the grid for…

Takeuchi returned to Hillhead in June and tell us that their stand was busy as ever showcasing new products launched in the UK and Ireland over the last four years. Hillhead is a terrific opportunity for team manufacturers to catch up with customers and industry professionals. Takeuchi HO (Nagano, Japan) was represented by Clay Eubanks,…

This week sees a Komatsu HM300-5 wheel loader available to buy at Ridgway Rentals which features alongside a series of other equipment and tractor unit trailer combinations. Check out all of Ridgeway Rentals’ inventory here at Plant Pages . Also check out the photo listings for a great choice of used plant for sale. There’s…

A construction company is charging ahead with plans for an electric equipment fleet. Isle of Wight-based MCM Construction has bought three new electric JCB machines – adding to a three-strong existing electric JCB fleet. The new JCB 19C-1E mini excavator, 1TE site dumper and 525-60E Loadall models join a further Loadall, electric Dumpster and power…

On 5th July 2022 the High Court of Justice (Patents Court) in London found that Manitou UK Limited and its listed French parent company Manitou BF, infringed JCB’s European Patent EP (GB) 2 616 382 relating to stability control systems on telehandlers. This judgment followed a 6-day hearing in the High Court in London in…

Plantmaster has their lineup of immaculate JCB 3CX Sitemasters displayed on the front cover – the company has a choice of years available for sale, including machines from 2011,2001 and 1995. These are joined by a series of forklifts, side loaders and rollers and a variety of other road construction equipment. In the auction section,…

Featuring for the first time at this year’s Bauma 2022 exhibition, the new S86 R-Series Skid-Steer Loader and T86 R-Series Compact Track Loader replace the previous 700 and 800 M-Series loaders and complete the current R-Series loader line-up. Delivering a higher engine and hydraulic output, the Bobcat S86 and T86 are the most powerful compact…

The demand for small multipurpose articulated loaders in the agricultural, rental and construction sectors is on the increase. These machines are gradually replacing other types of machines (tractors with loaders, skid-steers…) for greater versatility, agility and safety for these various applications. Mecalac have launched their new compact loader range squarely in this segment. A RANGE…

One of the UK’s leading equipment rental firms has invested in a fleet of brand new JCB rotating telehandlers in a deal worth more than £5 million – the biggest order so far for the new product. Nationwide plant hirer Charles Wilson Engineers (CW Plant) has ordered 25 machines including the 21-metre 555-210R machine and…

AJ Machinery has their 2018 JCB 437 Waste Master on this week’s front cover. Under 6,500 hours with a toe tip bucket, weigh gauge and reversing camera, this loader is ready to go to work – remember, it’s been service contract maintained. If that’s not right for you, then the company has plenty of other…

With an operating weight of 130 tonnes and a colossal reach of up to 40m, the Kobelco SK1300DLC is currently the world’s largest OEM manufactured building demolition machine. Its introduction to the European market in March 2022 was met with high expectations due to its superior productivity, versatility, easy transportation and the ability to use…

Ridgway Rentals are featuring their range of JCB mini and midi diggers available for sale – the lineup looks pristine to us and sits alongside a range of other machines available from stock. They aslo have one advertised in the photo lineages – a JCB 16C from 2021 with an asking price of £13,500. Check…

Based on customer feedback from the past years, Komatsu’s WA475-10 wheel loader now offers a new “tool linkage” boom. It was developed at the Komatsu site in Hanover, Germany, where this wheel loader is also manufactured. This development of this improvement was focused on the need of customers in industrial applications for high pull-back forces…

Mecalac has launched a brand new range of swing loaders – The all-new AS750, AS850 and AS1000 models join the existing AS600, AS900tele, AS1600 and AS210. Collectively, the range of seven machines provides capacities from 600 to 2,100 litres. AS750 The AS750 is the big sister of the Mecalac AS600 Swing Loader, boasting a larger…

Kubota has launched a new telematics portal to help construction equipment operators increase machine efficiency and security. The ‘Kubota Tracking System’ portal enables users to stay informed about the KX080-4a2 machines in their fleet, and can be accessed via a PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone, meaning the data from a Kubota fleet can be seen…