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EDITOR'S WELCOME
Welcome to the March/April issue of Awesome Earthmovers.
MACHINES ON A MISSION
LB3 Enterprises Cut 657 Scraper fleet
DESERT MANOEVRES
Growing up around heavy equipment, Jordan Bartlett started working in the aggregates industry at age 18. An experienced plant and machinery operator, he’s now running two sites of his own. With years of work already lined up on his books, the young business owner is breaking norms as well as rock out in the Californian desert.
DEEP DOWN DEMOLITION
With a wealth of experience in marine civil engineering throughout the UK and Ireland, County Down headquartered Ashleigh Contracts have a long-held and well-established reputation of providing high quality projects. These extend from coastal defenses and dredging, to scour protection and underwater demolition. The jobs undertaken require a diverse range of specialist equipment – and that includes the largest in the fleet, a specially modified Hitachi EX1200XXL Triple Boom Long Reach excavator. We recently travelled to the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland to discover some of its amazing capabilities.
Growing GAINS
The K&E Excavating team prides itself on delivering the best service for its customers, from single residential to multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects. Partnering with Powerscreen of Washington has helped K&E crews meet the highest standards of construction work, even in the most remote environments.
MAKING AN IMPRESSION
Located in Ascheberg, Münsterland, Ralf Wellering runs Wellering Garten und Landschaftsbau GmbH, a very successful utility and civil engineering company.
A REWARDING INVESTMENT
It is a fact that some operators think twice before deciding to invest in a tiltrotator, not least because of the costs involved, but once they take the plunge they quickly realise the many benefits of such a versatile tool. That has been the experience of Howard Greene who recently acquired a Rototilt R4 QuickChange (R4QC) from Irish based dealers Construction Plant Services (CPS).
AN INNOVATIVE GAME CHANGER
A game-changer, all in one screen solution, redefining safety and productivity in construction, Prolec Safety Systems’ integration of Auto Stop Technology with Advanced 2D has been hailed as a brilliant piece of user-friendly, innovative kit, with the potential to save significant hours by minimising labour requirements.
GET MORE MOBILE with SLEIPNER
Having bulldozers, drilling machines, excavators and other equipment on tracks has many advantages – but speed is not one of them. However, with a rugged but agile Sleipner DB Series lowbed trailer, compared to traditional lowbed trailers, you can revolutionise the mobility of your fleet, getting more done with fewer machines and dramatically reducing maintenance costs.
NAVIGATING SUCCESS
BREHENY'S TECH REVOLUTION WITH TRIMBLE GNSS
JCB PRESS LAUNCH
With a gap in their mini excavator portfolio requiring filling, JCB has just launched a pair of 2.5-tonne class excavators designed from the ground up to provide cost effective ownership, ideal for the rental sectors.
Getting the EDGE
When California based Bakke Ag Services wanted to improve the efficiency and productivity of their already thriving composting operations they had no hesitation in investing in an EDGE Innovate FTS75 Mulch Master, a decision that has helped transformed this family owned and run business.
TICKS ALL THE RIGHT BOXES
When John Doherty climbed into the cab of a new H4 Series Hidromek 230LC it didn’t take him long to realise this was an excavator that ticked all the right boxes for him. After trialling it for a week, courtesy of Blue Machinery (Southern) Ltd, he was ready to put pen to paper.
BE-MINE and beyond
Hyundai's new A-Series excavator range
MAKING LIGHT WORK OF HEAVY GOING
When AW Demolition, based in the north west of England, was awarded a significant contract to demolish part of a large shopping centre in Warrington, Cheshire, they decided to invest in two of the very latest Demarec DLP 50 pulverisers, the first in the country, from dealers MTK Breakers.
COLLABORATION IS KEY
Volvo Construction Equipment and its dealer partner SMT GB are working hand in hand with each other and their customers to lead the way to a more sustainable construction industry in Great Britain.
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EDITOR'S WELCOME

Welcome to the March/April issue of Awesome Earthmovers. We have a fantastic read for you with site visits completed by the AE team in Germany, Finland, the United States, Scotland and Ireland.

We paid a visit to Bartlett Crushing in the Mojave Desert in January to see Jordan Bartlett’s Astec crushing and screening operation serviced by Cat equipment.

Read about a Hitachi EX1200 dredging off the Isle of Arran in Scotland. Watch the video embedded within the article of Ashleigh Contracts 200-tonne triple boom machine using a grapple to lift large pieces of concrete from Brodick harbour.

We travelled to Germany late last year to see Wellering Garten und Landschaftsbau GmbH’s new Kobelco SK210LC-11 being utilised in a hardcore recycling operation. Operator Claudio Marcelo Córdova Valladares told us he loves the machine’s speed and power.

Sleipner’s new compact DB45 lowbed is designed for moving surface drills and bulldozers weighing up to 45 tonnes. We headed to Finland in February to see the trailer and bring you footage of it in action.

We feature an article about Erne Groundworks new Rototilt R4 coupled with their Volvo EWR130E wheeled excavator. We called with the company as they worked on a housing development in Dublin. The deciding factor on purchasing the Rototilt was the difficulty in finding skilled labour according to company owner Howard Greene. The Rototilt with gripper allowed operator Jerome Fitzgerald to perform most tasks without leaving the cab.

Our cover story features Southern California contractor LB3 Enterprises working a new housing development using a fleet of Cat 657 scrapers - the largest in class. We were on site in Rancho Mission Viejo to see the scrapers and Cat D10 dozers moving 9.5 million cubic metres of earth.

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EDITOR'S WELCOME
Welcome to the March/April issue of Awesome Earthmovers.
MACHINES ON A MISSION
LB3 Enterprises Cut 657 Scraper fleet
DESERT MANOEVRES
Growing up around heavy equipment, Jordan Bartlett started working in the aggregates industry at age 18. An experienced plant and machinery operator, he’s now running two sites of his own. With years of work already lined up on his books, the young business owner is breaking norms as well as rock out in the Californian desert.
DEEP DOWN DEMOLITION
With a wealth of experience in marine civil engineering throughout the UK and Ireland, County Down headquartered Ashleigh Contracts have a long-held and well-established reputation of providing high quality projects. These extend from coastal defenses and dredging, to scour protection and underwater demolition. The jobs undertaken require a diverse range of specialist equipment – and that includes the largest in the fleet, a specially modified Hitachi EX1200XXL Triple Boom Long Reach excavator. We recently travelled to the Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland to discover some of its amazing capabilities.
Growing GAINS
The K&E Excavating team prides itself on delivering the best service for its customers, from single residential to multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects. Partnering with Powerscreen of Washington has helped K&E crews meet the highest standards of construction work, even in the most remote environments.
MAKING AN IMPRESSION
Located in Ascheberg, Münsterland, Ralf Wellering runs Wellering Garten und Landschaftsbau GmbH, a very successful utility and civil engineering company.
A REWARDING INVESTMENT
It is a fact that some operators think twice before deciding to invest in a tiltrotator, not least because of the costs involved, but once they take the plunge they quickly realise the many benefits of such a versatile tool. That has been the experience of Howard Greene who recently acquired a Rototilt R4 QuickChange (R4QC) from Irish based dealers Construction Plant Services (CPS).
AN INNOVATIVE GAME CHANGER
A game-changer, all in one screen solution, redefining safety and productivity in construction, Prolec Safety Systems’ integration of Auto Stop Technology with Advanced 2D has been hailed as a brilliant piece of user-friendly, innovative kit, with the potential to save significant hours by minimising labour requirements.
GET MORE MOBILE with SLEIPNER
Having bulldozers, drilling machines, excavators and other equipment on tracks has many advantages – but speed is not one of them. However, with a rugged but agile Sleipner DB Series lowbed trailer, compared to traditional lowbed trailers, you can revolutionise the mobility of your fleet, getting more done with fewer machines and dramatically reducing maintenance costs.
NAVIGATING SUCCESS
BREHENY'S TECH REVOLUTION WITH TRIMBLE GNSS
JCB PRESS LAUNCH
With a gap in their mini excavator portfolio requiring filling, JCB has just launched a pair of 2.5-tonne class excavators designed from the ground up to provide cost effective ownership, ideal for the rental sectors.
Getting the EDGE
When California based Bakke Ag Services wanted to improve the efficiency and productivity of their already thriving composting operations they had no hesitation in investing in an EDGE Innovate FTS75 Mulch Master, a decision that has helped transformed this family owned and run business.
TICKS ALL THE RIGHT BOXES
When John Doherty climbed into the cab of a new H4 Series Hidromek 230LC it didn’t take him long to realise this was an excavator that ticked all the right boxes for him. After trialling it for a week, courtesy of Blue Machinery (Southern) Ltd, he was ready to put pen to paper.
BE-MINE and beyond
Hyundai's new A-Series excavator range
MAKING LIGHT WORK OF HEAVY GOING
When AW Demolition, based in the north west of England, was awarded a significant contract to demolish part of a large shopping centre in Warrington, Cheshire, they decided to invest in two of the very latest Demarec DLP 50 pulverisers, the first in the country, from dealers MTK Breakers.
COLLABORATION IS KEY
Volvo Construction Equipment and its dealer partner SMT GB are working hand in hand with each other and their customers to lead the way to a more sustainable construction industry in Great Britain.
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