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Doosan wheels out new model

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Editor

Doosan has launched the new 5 tonne DX57W-7 Stage V compliant wheeled excavator. In addition to a new Doosan Stage V engine, the DX57W-7 incorporates several new features for increased comfort, convenience and connectivity, whilst maintaining optimum performance, durability and fuel efficiency. The DX57W-7 has Doosan’s latest DoosanCONNECT system installed as standard, which provides a telematics management system for the excavator, by collecting data from sensors on the machine. Other standard features include a stereo system integrated in the gauge panel (with a Bluetooth streaming function), together with a USB…

Luscombe boards U boat

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Editor

Luscombe Plant Hire has expanded its extensive mini-excavator fleet with the purchase of five new Kubota machines due to increased customer demand. Based in Cumbria, the family run business purchased five new U-series Kubota mini-excavators, ranging from 1.5 to 5 tonnes, from P V Dobson & Sons. With over 35 years industry experience, Luscombe Plant Hire now boasts a 25 strong Kubota excavator fleet and has more than 100 plant items on hire throughout South Lakes and Furness Peninsula. Simon Luscombe, Managing Director at Luscombe Plant Hire, said: “Despite the…

Instant Impact

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Editor

A Newcastle-under-Lyme based equipment hirer is celebrating a successful first year in business thanks to its round-the-clock service and a fleet of 20 new compact JCB machines. It has been a story of two Staffordshire family businesses working together as Instant Tool and Plant Hire was founded 12 months ago by husband-and-wife team Andy and Joanne Macartney – launched with a major investment in brand new JCB equipment worth in excess of £300,000 supplied by local dealer Gunn JCB. The Macartneys bring vast experience in customer service and rapid response…

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Molson bags EvoQuip

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Editor

Molson Group has been appointed as the sole UK distributor by EvoQuip for full range of compact crushing and screening equipment with immediate effect, including the provision of genuine spare parts and maintenance. The EvoQuip range starts with the Bison 35 Mobile Jaw Crusher, capable of outputting up to 30 tonnes per hour and goes up to the Cobra 290/R Mobile Impact Crusher capable of outputting 250 tones per hour. The compact size of the EvoQuip machines will complement the “Single Source Supply” offering from Molson which includes other leading…

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Intermat 2021 falls to COVID

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Editor

The Intermat 2021 exhibition that was scheduled to take place in Paris in April next year has been cancelled. A statement from the organisers reads: “Owing to the many uncertainties arising from the Covid-19 pandemic and which are likely to persist into the first half of 2021, the organisers of INTERMAT have taken the regrettable decision to cancel the edition due to be held from 19 to 24 April 2021 in Paris, and to organise its next edition in April 2024. This difficult decision has today proven to be unavoidable…

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Cat wheels out new excavator

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Editor

Caterpillar has unveiled the new Cat M316 Next Generation wheeled excavator. The machine is powered by a fuel efficient 110 kW and Stage V compliant diesel engine that provides the new machine with a travel speed of up to 35 km/hour. Started with a push-button, via a Bluetooth key fob or through the unique operator ID function, the new M316 simplifies excavator operation. Machine controls are easy to use and navigate with the new 10 inch touchscreen monitor or with the jog-dial control. Using a unique I.D., operators can program power mode…

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DUO does Doosan deal

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Editor

A fleet of Doosan machines supplied by DUO Operations, part of DUO Group Holdings Limited, is central to the smooth running of Carnsew Quarry in Cornwall in England. Along with West of England Quarry, Carnsew Quarry is one of two locations in the Colas Cornwall Quarries division. Both are hard rock quarries, providing a wide range of quarry products and asphalt to the local market by road, and further afield by road and sea. The Doosan products have been supplied to Colas under a long-term hire agreement with DUO Operations…

MJL majors on minis

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Editor

Vincent Tractors & Plant has secured a new deal to supply 18 Kubota excavators to groundworks specialist MJL. In total, MJL will take delivery of 12 Kubota KX080-4a2 midi-excavators alongside four KX030-4 GLs and two KX016-4s, both of which are mini-excavators. The new purchase further bolsters MJL’s burgeoning Kubota fleet, which also includes a number of eight tonne excavators purchased in 2015. Matthew Hodge, Sales & Marketing Manager at Vincent Tractors & Plant, said: “We were delighted to recently complete the major new deal with MJL. As one of the…

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Expanding the A Team

December 10, 2020December 16, 2020 Editor

The new HX210AL, 22-tonne crawler excavator forms part of Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe’s (HCEE) new A-series machines. The new machine The HX220AL, launched in June of last year, is the sister machine to the new HX210AL – both machines have the same power output of 129kW, however, the HX220AL machine, is powered by a Cummins B6.7 stage V6 cylinder engine and offers 880Nm torque (+20% torque) and is also EGR-free. Both machines share an identical undercarriage platform. The Hyundai HX210AL features similar general specifications to those found in the HX220AL model, but with standard features and pricing…

Doosan dashes ahead

December 9, 2020December 16, 2020 Editor

Amidst considerable anticipation, Doosan Infracore Europe has unveiled the new ‘DL-7’ wheel loader range. In this first phase of the DL-7 range introduction, seven new models are being launched – the DL280-7, DL320-7, DL380-7, DL420-7, DL480-7, DL550-7 and DL580-7, with four more models – the DL200-7, DL220-7, DL250-7 and DL420CVT-7 being added in 2021. The new DL-7 range is the culmination of the first complete redesign of the Doosan wheel loader range in 10 years, with the exterior design, in particular, undergoing a complete transformation. The new external design has…