WELCOMEA very warm summer welcome to issue 26

THE BACKBONE OF ANY FLEETOn construction sites across the East Midlands, one machine has become a symbol of versatility, reliability and sheer staying power - the JCB backhoe loader, which has been a tireless workhorse for nearly seven decades for leading rental firm Meynell Plant Hire.

WHERE LAND & WATER MEETIn November of last year Awesome Earthmovers visited a saltmarsh restoration project in Chichester, run by the specialist civil engineering company Land & Water.

SAFETY SHIELDAs the undisputed pioneers of designing and delivering

TOUGH ALL-ROUNDER“If it can be done with an excavator, we can make it happen,” says Mike Kätzel, Site Manager for Baggerbetrieb Roy Bohlke, a contracting business based in Hohenberg-Krusemark, Germany. To cover demolition, earthmoving, construction, recycling works and more, any equipment in this company’s fleet needs to be adaptable and reliable.

Digging DreamsAfter many years following the @starbuckexcavation Instagram account I was able to call in with their charismatic CEO Jimmy Starbuck during my 2024 trip to Australia. Jimmy took me to see a couple of basement excavation projects in the St Kilda and Brighton Beach areas of Melbourne where they were utilising their mixed fleet which included a John Deere E210, A Hidromek HMK 145 short radius, a Cat 320E and a brand new Kobelco SK235 short radius.

MERLO FACTORY VISITIn 1953 Natalina and Amilcare Merlo moved to

INTRODUCING EDGE INNOVATE’S SCREENPRO S16After extensive research, innovative design, individual component testing

AMPS UP SUSTAINABILITYIn a commitment to sustainability, SUEZ has introduced the Volvo L25 Electric Compact Wheel Loader at their Waste and Recycling Facility in Bodmin. The L25 Electric is part of a company-wide drive towards a cleaner, safer and more efficient daily operation.

A moving monument to MACHINERYAlong bustling Highway 99 in Turlock, CA, stands

PERFECT PARTNEROne of Kobelco’s mottos declares that its machines are ‘built for perfectionists’ and that rings true for operators like Ernst Jan Kleine who takes great pride in what he does, specialising in earthworks contracts, specifically cable and pipeline installations

HAMMER TIMEHammer Italy, together with SME Group, announces the launch of KSC17 Scrap Shear: A Next-Generation Cutting Solution for Demolition and Scrap Processing.

PIONEERING HIGH-TECH STABILISATIONAwesome Earthmovers was recently invited to the Salisbury Plain Training Area by Irish company SpreadTec, who have created a high-powered, high-tech machine for laying foundations & enhancing soil properties on critical projects

INCREASING PRODUCTIVITYTO GIVE TIME BACK TO THEIR TEAM

DELIVERING MOREAs one of the UK’s leading independent suppliers of construction materials and waste management solutions, the Ashcourt Group, a family-owned company based in Humberside, has grown massively since its inception in 2012

ROLLING OUT ACROSS THE UKCollins Earthworks Praises Tianli Tyres for Performance and 25% Cost Savings as Tianli Brand Expands in UK Through An Exclusive Partnership with ADR UK Ltd

BUILT ON TRUSTDig Dig UK are a long-standing Rototilt customer. With tiltrotators on their machines from as far back as 2009, still working just as well as their brand new, recently fitted RC4 unit. Which is suitable for excavators between 10 and 16 ton operating weight.

THE 2025 PREVIEWWith a strong history in the ‘Go-to-Market’ sector of off-the-road (OTR) tyres since 1998, spanning multiple continents, Koen Vandermeersch launched his consultancy agency, 102psi, in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2017

UNVEILING THE FINLAY J-1280“Performance Engineered for Flow”

CLEANER SMARTER STRONGERTHE WHEEL LOADER FOR THE MODERN JOB SITE

DIGGING IN DOBŘÍŠBobcat unleashes its Next Generation at Demo Days 2025