York Consortium of Internal Drainage Boards (YCIDB) has added three Hyundai HX85A midi excavators to its combined fleet, to work on land drainage and flood risk management projects across the North and East regions of Yorkshire. The machines join two 14-tonne HX140A crawler excavators and an HX180A, that are currently employed by three of the […]
Swindon-based Tiger Plant Hire has doubled its fleet of equipment over the last year, with the addition of 14 Kubota midi excavators playing a leading part in that growth. While the company does run micro and mini excavator models, the expansion has mainly been driven by larger 5 and 8-tonne machines, with the majority of […]
DOUBLE CELEBRATION AS JCB AND LORD BAMFORD MARK 80TH BIRTHDAYS IT WAS an action-packed day of double celebrations as digger maker JCB today marked the company’s 80th anniversary. JCB was founded in a 12ft x 15ft lock-up garage in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire by Joseph Cyril Bamford CBE on October 23rd, 1945 – the same […]