Macaulay Askernish Ltd, a privately owned civil engineering contractor headquartered on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, has taken delivery of two new Volvo EC140E excavators for a dedicated 21 kilometre utilities contract on Stornoway. The new arrivals follow hot on the heels of a larger EC200E ordered by the company in the summer – it being the first of its kind to arrive in Scotland. “We’ve been operating […]
New Volvos venture to the Outer Hebrides
N.E Surfacing chooses Volvo once again for its front line paver
N.E Surfacing Ltd of Rayne, Essex, has just purchased a second Volvo P6870C wheeled paver,replacing its three year-old predecessor. “We’ve been very pleased with the performance and reliability of the P6870C over the last three years but,more importantly, we’ve been impressed with the level of after-market support, care and attention we’ve received from the team at SMT GB,” comments Joint Director Darren Jones. “Wanting to keep our front-line machine fresh […]
A new Long Reach fifty tonne Volvo excavator for Skene Group Construction Services Ltd.
Hot on the heels of a deal for three new Volvo L220H loading shovels earlier this year, Skene Group Construction Services Ltd of Glenrothes,Fife, has added a fifty tonne Volvo EC480E long reach excavator to its quarry plant fleet. The new EC480E has been equipped with a 7-metre boom and a 4.8-metre dipper arm, which is the longest possible combination of digging equipment for this model of excavator. This was specified to […]
A successful demonstration sparks new business at D K Plant Hire
D K Plant Hire of Aberfeldy, Perthshire has opted for a brace of Volvo compact excavators for the first time, following a successful demonstration by SMT GB’s utility dealer, CS Machinery Sales Ltd. The machines chosen by the company include a zero swing, two and a half tonne ECR25D and the smaller one and a half tonne EC18D following a competitive demonstration and comprehensive machine evaluation, according to Proprietor Danny Kirk. “Weestablished a very good relationship with Calum Shaw […]
A Volvo L150H loading shovel takes charge at Hugh King & Co.
Hugh King & Co has taken delivery of a new Volvo L150H loading shovel for its Hullerhill sand and gravel quarry located at Kilwinning, Ayrshire and has been put in charge of the main yard duties around the plant. “We’ve been operating Volvo equipment for a good many years and found the loading shovels to be consistently reliable and productive machines,”comments Operations […]
Chepstow Plant International signs a deal with SMT GB for 103 new machines
Chepstow Plant International continues a year on year growth to its plant fleet with the addition of 103 new Volvos, including the first L350H loading shovel to be sold in Great Britain Chepstow Plant International has signed a deal with SMT GB for the supply of 103 machines for its mineral, aggregates and earthmoving fleet. The deal sees Chepstow Plant International continuing to grow its fleet as it moves […]
Volvo package for Ward Plant
Since purchasing his first Volvo articulated hauler back in 1990, Martyn Ward, managing director of Ward Plant Limited, Carnwath, South Lanarkshire continues to add Volvo articulated haulers and excavators to his plant fleet. “In my considered opinion, the Volvo ADT is second to none on the market today, and all the trucks I’ve ever run have proved themselves over and over again […]
“The proof of the pudding…..
… will be in the eating,” says Tony Iles, Managing Director of Tonic Construction as the company chooses Volvo excavators for the very first time. Breaking with tradition, the Swindon based civil engineering and groundworks contractor has added six new Volvo reduced swing excavators to its plant fleet for the first time. The machines in question are four, fifteen tonne ECR145Es complete with dozer blades,and two […]
Another package of machines for RJT Excavations Ltd
RJT Excavations Ltd of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders continues to invest in Volvo Construction Equipment products by taking delivery of a further four excavators for its plant fleet. These most recent additions to RJT Excavations’ fleet come in the guise of a forty tonne Volvo EC380E equipped with standard digging equipment coupled to a Trimble groundworks machine control system, and three smaller twenty-two tonne EC220Es. One of the […]
DTH PLANT HIRE TAKES DELIVERY OF THE FIRST TWO VOLVO EC200ES IN GREAT BRITAIN
DTH Plant Hire Ltd of Thurcaston, Leicester is the first to take delivery of Volvo Construction Equipment’s latest offering in the 20 tonne class of excavator with two new Volvo EC200Es. Having had its global debut at Bauma, Munich in April, the EC200E is aimed squarely at one of the most competitive segments of the excavator market. The twenty tonne […]