Machinery

In a year of multiple significant milestones for Cat® mining and infrastructure trucks, Caterpillar announces delivery of its 50,000th articulated truck from its Peterlee, U.K. manufacturing facility. Since the start of Cat branded articulated truck manufacturing in 1985, Caterpillar has become an industry leader of the articulated truck design. “The …

Pembrokeshire based Mason Brothers Quarry Products has a longstanding relationship with Sandvik which goes back to the 1990s. The company now produces in excess of 100,000 tonnes of high quality aggregate from its Rhyndaston quarry near Haverfordwest. A mobile crushing, screening and scalping train from Sandvik play a key role …

The TA300 articulated hauler from Terex Trucks has been updated with a new transmission, leading to improvements in fuel efficiency, performance, productivity and operator comfort.  Terex Trucks has updated its TA300 articulated hauler with the introduction of a new and improved transmission. The 28-tonne (30-ton) workhorse will now incorporate the …

TBF Construction Machinery have come back to Dublin after an eight-year absence. We were at the opening of their new depot in Parkwest. If we needed more evidence that a recovery has well and truly come to this industry, perhaps seeing a ribbon being cut in front of a new …

1200 bidders vie to secure the pick of the 600+ quality lots on offer at Euro Auctions latest event.  Euro Auctions, the leading international auctioneers of used industrial plant, construction machinery and agricultural equipment, has seen a more than threefold increase in bidder registrations over the past year for its …

Following its global launch at this year’s INTERMAT exhibition (23-28 Apr), Mecalac Construction Equipment UK Ltd has revealed the full technical specifications of its eagerly-anticipated MDX cabbed site dumper range. A Stage IIIB-compliant engine, all-new dashboard design and a ground-up focus on site safety features makes the MDX Mecalac’s most …

Takeuchi report a very busy 6 months in Ireland, right across the range of excavators. Takeuchi remains one of Ireland’s favourite brands of excavator – popular with operators and hirers alike, and very often considered the most reliable part of any rental fleet. It’s the Micro, the 3 tonne TB230, …

New Takeuchu TB-216 to be auctioned at Leeds in August to  support Breast Cancer Care  At its 22-24th August sale in Leeds, Euro Auctions will include a new Takeuchi TB216Fully Hydraulic Compact Excavator that will be sold in support of Jock’s PINK Tractor fundraising campaign for Breast Cancer Care; the brainchild of Ayrshire based John M Paterson Plant and Machinery …

Fosseway Hire, the Cotswolds-based plant hire company, has upgraded its stock of tiltrotators to Engcon models.   A tiltrotator greatly reduces the need to reposition an excavator, thus speeding up the job. Complex shapes can be created from fewer digging positions and the need for machine movement is often eliminated.  …

Commercial Finance is a leading provider of asset finance, invoice finance and asset based lending across Ireland. Trading for eleven years with offices in Belfast, Cork, Dublin and Galway, our team of specialists have extensive experience working with businesses in a variety of sectors. As part of the wider Close …