There’s a real mixture of machines on the dumpers for sale pages – from a traditional site dumper, to an articulated dump truck (ADT) to a pedestrian tracked dumper. Here’s what makes up this broad category of ‘Dumpers’ on the PlantPages website: Everyone thinks of the traditional ‘site dumper‘ when talking about dupers in the UK. These versatile machines are available from manufacturers including specialists Thwaites, our own JCB plus Mecalac and Terex. Most manufacturers offer swivel tip, high tip and standard tip versions that are available across a broad weight range. Able to cope with most surfaces, the wheeled site dumper is fast, familiar to operators and cost effective to run.
The large, articulated dump trucks, (ADTs or off-highway trucks in the USA), a market dominated by Volvo CE in the UK are the second most common type of dumper found for sale at PlantPages – despite being the largest type of dumper available.
There are new & used tracked dumpers (crawler carriers) in their own section with manufacturers such as Morooka, Yanmar and Hitachi. These machines can replace the traditional site dumper on poor terrain as their traction is vastly improved, thanks to their rubber tracks – they also damage the surface of the site a lot less.
National Hirer Plantforce has placed an order for £4.2m in a major site dumper fleet deal with Thwaites. The deal which consists of 105 site dumpers, 58 of which are 9-tonne Front Tip cabbed dumpers, completes one of the largest fleet deals in recent times. Thwaites Distributor Manager (North) Will Redman said, “We were delighted to receive this sizeable order from one of the UK’s major hirers. Plantforce and distributor Molson Group have both been a real pleasure to do business with”. New legislation regarding operator protection will come into force in the Spring of 2025. This legislation states that…>
Phoenix Plant Sales Ltd, have reached agreement with Thwaites to expand their current south and west Wales territory to now include mid and north Wales. Effectively establishing the company as the Thwaites approved and sole distributor for Wales, with a new, north Wales sales hub in Wrexham, officially opening on Jan 3rd, 2024. A Thwaites distributor since April 2020, Phoenix Plant Sales have quickly established themselves as a highly effective addition to the Thwaites UK dealer network. In addition to the Thwaites dumper range, the company offers Yanmar construction and agricultural equipment, Merlo telehandlers, Ammann compaction equipment and Atlas Copco…>
AUSA, the manufacturer of compact all-terrain industrial vehicles, is launching their new D101AEA and D101AEA Compact dumpers at Smopyc. Both models have a 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) payload and join the range of electric vehicles that AUSA launched onto the market in late 2022. D101AEA and D101AEA Compact, the most compact in the segment With these new models, AUSA now has a total of three electric dumpers in its product line-up, making it the manufacturer with the widest range of zero-emission vehicles of this kind. The new D101AEA and D101AEA Compact have a 1,000 kg payload and a front and…>
Cornish contractor Steve Hoskin Construction (SHC) have taken delivery of the first hydrostatic drive, 6-tonne Power Swivel Dumpers to be manufactured by Thwaites. SHC, formed in 1995, are recognised as one of the largest groundworkers in the South-West of England, delivering on site solutions to both local and national house builders. With companies such as Barratt David Wilson, Bovis and Taylor Wimpey amongst their portfolio of clients. This first machine sale of its type, represents further continual improvement in product development from Thwaites as the hydrostatic drive versus manual drive, delivers improved proportional control, making the dumper even easier and…>
Now here's a lot of machine for your money. This week's front cover sees A 1990 Terex 33-07 dump truck on sale with Walker Machinery for just £14,000. The truck may not be beautiful, but it's ready to go to work with a watertight body, rear camera and a GM 12V-71 turbo engine. if mixers are more your thing then the DAF CF440 with a CIFA barrel has an unusual 8x2 configuration with a trailing rear steer axle. There are more details on the outside back cover where it is joined in MV Commercial's advert by a Volumech volumetric mixer…>