Category: Plant News

John F Hunt Hire Centres has strengthened its growing rental fleet with the addition of 26 Kubota mini and midi excavators, as it continues to expand capacity in response to sustained customer demand. The investment, worth approximately £1.3m, includes a mix of Kubota machines, ranging from the K008-5 micro and U17-5 and U27-4 zero tailswing […]

Select Plant Hire has further strengthened its long-standing relationship with JCB with a £5 million investment in new equipment – reinforcing its commitment to supporting major UK construction projects with modern, high-performance machinery. Part of the Laing O’Rourke Group, Select Plant Hire is one of the UK’s leading providers of plant, equipment and accommodation services, […]

Norfolk groundworking specialist contractor G&J Bircham has added two Hyundai HX25Az mini excavators to its fleet, primarily for use on house building projects across the region. The 2.6-tonne machine is the largest model in the Hyundai line-up that can be easily towed behind a light commercial vehicle or pick-up, allowing the company to relocate the […]

British engineering giant JCB has set a new world land speed record of 406.320 mph with its hydrogen-powered JCB Hydromax. The car recorded the average speed 400.623 mph in its first run this morning across the Bonneville Salt Flats, and 412.135 mph on its second run, giving the average of 406.320 mph – the fastest […]

JCB’s hydrogen-powered Hydromax streamliner today clinched an SCTA speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats – reaching 368.347mph at the world’s leading land speed racing event. Driven by Wing Commander Andy Green OBE, the car set a new record in the Southern California Timing Association’s (SCTA) Blown Gas Streamliner (AA/BGS, 500+ cubic inches) class at […]

A Hyundai HL975A CVT is providing massive fuel efficiency savings for North Yorkshire plant hire and civil engineering contractor Whitelocks Plant. The wheel loader, which is working in a sandstone quarry to the north of Leeds, is equipped with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that optimises power matching, to maintain low engine rpm while delivering […]

BOA Plant Hire, a division of Bedford-based structural steelwork specialist Barratts of Aspley, has been investing heavily to update its fleet of equipment, purchasing more than 25 Kubota compact excavators in the last six months. The company operates in excess of 100 machines, of which 80 are Kubotas, with almost every model from the micro […]

Falkirk-based plant and tool hire business Your Equipment Solutions (Y.E.S.) continues to expand to meet rising demand from customers across Scotland. The company which also has a depot in Dundee, opened two further outlets in Edinburgh and Glasgow earlier this year. This was followed by a fifth site, in Inverness in May. The additional facilities […]

Peter Sebold has been appointed as Key Account Manager Europe, at Hyundai Construction Equipment. Moving from a product management role within the company, Mr Sebold is well known and respected within the equipment business, having held senior sales, marketing and product management positions with several leading manufacturers. Moving to Hyundai in 2019, he has experience […]

In his mid-20s, Jack Dickson is an entrepreneurial contractor and plant specialist who already has many years of machine operation under his belt. Growing up as part of the family’s holiday park business, Park Cliffe, his father had a number of compact machines over the years. Indeed, three generations of Mr Dickson’s family have dealt […]