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Latest products Volvo quintet for TVE
Oxfordshire-based TVE Hire and Sales, which has depots in Abingdon and Wantage, recently took delivery of five Volvo EC17C mini excavators to add to its existing fleet. “We have taken the machines under an operating lease arrangement, which has less of a cash flow impact,” said TVE’s Operations Manager, Matthew Jones, who is pictured in the foreground, with Depot Manager Ian Higgins. “Like many companies, we have had to be careful about what we can spend in the current economic climate, but we realised we had to keep our fleet as fresh as possible. “We talked with Volvo staff at the Executive Hire Show in February, and they mentioned the operating lease idea. Shortly afterwards, our accountant pointed out the tax efficiency of such arrangements,
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Sandbach-based Scotts Plant Hire has developed the DigaDoc system for securely towing mini excavators. MD Martin Smithson told EHN, “We have more than 100 minis in our own fleet and the DigaDoc was originally developed for
the Health & Safety department of a utilities company that wanted a solution for use with the Takeuchi machines it hired from us. “We believe that a large proportion of trailers being used, even if they are within the gross weights allowed, are so badly loaded that the axle weights are still likely to be exceeded. The common practice of loading trailers with the blade at the back only adds to the problem. Nose weights of up to 250kg can easily be reached, which can snap a towing eye like a carrot.”
The DigaDoc, which is manufactured for Scotts by Heritage Trailers of Glossop, has track canopies that are designed to locate the machine for optimum weight
distribution, whether the undercarriage is extended
or not. A headstock allows the mini’s quick-hitch to be locked in place, and in the event of incorrect loading, the ramp cannot be raised, preventing the trailer from being towed. Scotts will be promoting the concept on its stand in the Top Tier at the Executive Hire Show, and is adapting the DigaDoc to suit other manufacturers’ machines.
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especially following the reduction in the tax relief allowance on plant expenditure, down to £25,000 from £100,000.”
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An operating lease is designed to give low fixed monthly payments, which are allowable against taxable profits, and at the end of the term, the machine can be handed back and a new arrangement negotiated. “The majority of our mini excavators are Volvo machines,” said Matthew. “1.5 tonne class models area always popular with our customers, and the EC17C benefits from having automatic two-speed travel according to load, and a larger dozer blade.”
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Tara loads up with Bobcats
Northfleet-based Tara Holdings, which has plant hire depots in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, has bought new Bobcat S70, S100,
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S130, S185H and S650 skid steer loaders and a new Bobcat T190 compact tracked loader to meet customer demand. The company expects this growth to continue and is aiming to treble the size of its Bobcat compact loader hire fleet in 2013. Director Paul Newman said, “With the versatility provided by the Bobcat loaders, we have the ability to run a wide range of attachments, such as planers, hydraulic breakers and pallet forks. The machines can cover every use, from general material handling and clear up, to more sophisticated applications, such as road maintenance and trenching.” Tara’s
increasing number of loaders
complements its substantial fleet of Bobcat
compact excavators, ranging from the E10 micro model to the E80 midi excavator, and in total it now operates more than 200 machines.
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