To advertise in this section contact Classifieds
Peter Britton on 01952 898516 email:
peter@pitchcare.com
DRAINAGE 45
Cost effective drainage quick and neat trenching work with minimal disruption to play.
Traditional drainage and Lytag banding of greens and fairways
AFT Trenchers
Tel: 01787 311811
info@trenchers.co.uk www.trenchers.co.uk
Tel: 01785 812706
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NSIrrigation@aol.com www.northstaffsirrigation.co.uk
DRAIN TODAY - PLAY TOMORROW Draining and Gravel Banding
also Vertidraining, Hollow Coring, Overseeding, Field Top Maker, Deep Scarifying
Mobile: 07860 259692
Tel: 01284 735105 Email:
peter@buryturfcare.com www.buryturfcare.com
Philip Dixon Contractors Ltd Established 1978
Sportsturf Drainage Specialist Drainage Construction Renovation Phone: 01507 578288
Fax: 01507 578790
info@sheltonsdrainage.com www.sheltonsdrainage.com
Hire and contracting services Machine sales
Our editor has a day out at the JCB facility in Uttoxeter, in the company of James Mead, Head Groundsman at Rugby School
Slitting Banding Maintenance
Tel 01772 877289 (Preston, Lancs) Email:
info@dixondrainage.co.uk www.dixondrainage.co.uk
SPORTS TURF DRAINAGE AND CONSTRUCTION
NATIONWIDE SERVICE
www.turfdry.com
Contact: Melvyn Taylor
Office: 01283 551417 Mobile: 07836 259133 Email:
melvyn@turfdry.com
Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire WN6 9DT
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t 01257 255321
DRAINING 25 years in
WORTH Miles Drainage Limited
Quality Land Drainage Systems for Sports Pitches, Golf Courses and other Amenity Areas
•Advice, design and installation •Piped systems •Sand Slitting •Gravel Banding
Tel: 01359 259424 Fax: 01359 258073 Web:
www.milesdrainage.co.uk
Email:
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cleaning and maintenance Tel/Fax 01476 550266 Mobile: 07855 431119/20
email:
worthdraining@talktalk.net www.worthdraining.co.uk
sports turf maintenance Artificial sports surfaces
meet so many interesting people associated with the sports and amenity turf industry Last year, when Pitchcare were conducting a utility vehicle comparison test day at Rugby School, I met up with Simon Morley from JCB, who had brought a couple of models to be put through their paces. At the end of the event, Simon invited myself, James Mead, Head Groundsman of Rugby School, and his head mechanic, Graham Lloyd, to visit the JCB factory. The company are renowned for their hospitality and factory visits, so all three of us were looking forward to the day. We were met at the main gate at 8.30am by Simon, who is the Territory Sales Manager for the UK South and Ireland, for JCB Utility Products, a post he has been in for twelve months. He was keen for us to see the scale of the factory and the company’s portfolio of products. We were first given a brief
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history of the company, before starting the factory tour. It was amazing to see what the company has achieved; in every corner of the world you’ll find a JCB machine. No surprise then that they are one of the world’s top three manufacturers of construction equipment. They currently employ around 9,000 people on four different continents and sell products in 150 countries through 1,500 dealer depot locations. You can still see the original garage workshop building at Uttoxeter, where founder, Joseph Cyril Bamford, began trading in 1945, making trailers and pioneering one of the first ever hydraulic tipping trailers in Europe. In 1949, he instigated a technical breakthrough in
consider myself very fortunate to have the job I have with Pitchcare, as it enables me to
machinery design - the Major Loader - which, at the time, was based around a Fordson tractor. It featured hydraulic arms to which shovels, muck forks and other attachments could be fitted, thereby making it ideal for both the agricultural and construction sectors. It was after a trip to Norway that Mr Bamford came across a light weight excavator on a trailer, hitched behind the back of a tractor, that led to him realise he could come up with a better concept. By connecting hydraulic rams directly to the back of a tractor, the world’s first backhoe loader was born. Many more innovative ideas
were to follow. This brief timeline denotes the key phases of their success.
1945 - Joseph Cyril Bamford establishes JCB in Uttoxeter making trailers
1948 - Hydraulic tipping trailer is produced – first in Europe
1949 - First ‘Major Loader’ exported to France
1954 - Backhoe loader launched
1965 - First crawler excavator is built
1968 - First wheeled loading shovel produced
1975 - Sir Anthony Bamford takes over as Chairman and Managing Director
1977 - Launch of Loadall range of telescopic handlers
1978 - JCB Transmissions axle factory opens in North Wales
1979 - JCB starts joint venture in India with Escorts Ltd
1990 - Launch of high-speed tractor - the Fastrac
1991 - JV with Sumitomo on tracked and wheeled excavators
1995 - New Compact Products factory opens in Cheadle
JCB factory visit
FROM TRAILERS TO WORLD LEADERS...
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