AD Plant favours Volvo excavators for their plant fleet
THE VOICE sent Paul Argent along to discover more…
Donny and Lisa Hughes started their fledgling plant hire company, AD Plant Hire, in 2007. Within 12 months the UK had been hit by the worst recession for decades – not an ideal start for any company. Despite the initial downturn in the building sector, the pair worked extremely hard to build their company up to the major force it is today. Working throughout the North East and North Yorkshire, the company operates a wide variety of equipment to satisfy the needs of their clients. From tele-handlers to dumpers, backhoe loaders to excavators, AD Plant Hire runs a mixed equipment fleet but has recently decided to standardise the excavator fleet with equipment from the Volvo range supplied in Great Britain by SMT GB. Jeff Turner, AD Plant Manager explains why the company has switched allegiance. “Traditionally the company has run plant from a variety of brands but over recent times, we have noticed build quality and reliability issues creeping in. I’ve come to the company from a dealer background and after experiencing this drop in quality and the complaints coming
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from customers and operators alike, decided to look at investing in kit that would get over quality and reliability issues. We tried a number of manufacturers and settled on the Volvo brand as their acceptance, build quality and reliability were perceived to be far ahead of other manufacturers. Another major concern was the ease of resale when it comes to disposing of our used equipment. The Volvo name is recognised for its longevity the world over and this has given us the confidence for the future.” The fleet of Volvo excavators currently numbers over thirty ranging from the EC18D up to the largest excavator on the fleet and their latest purchase, an EC300E. A bold step has also been taken with the addition of a new A25G ADT to run alongside the EC300E and is the first large dump truck operated by the company. The fleet has recently been bolstered by the arrival of a number of ECR88 compact tail- swing midi excavators. This has been due to the difficulty in sourcing experienced operators for the once popular backhoe loaders. “We once ran a number of backhoe loaders but
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