The idea of driving a rubber duck around 500 miles of the beautiful, yet remote, Scottish north coastline came to Managing Director, Alan Gow, a couple of years ago. “Some of my very close friends have lost parents over the last eight years and, sadly, I was never able to get home for their funerals, so decided I would do something positive to give back to the charities*(1) that supported them during their respective illnesses,” says Alan. “We started the planning to drive the NC 500 in earnest back in January using a wheeled excavator which was my preference since I’ve had a good deal of experience with them, having run and operated twelve so far. I also wanted to attempt the course with a Volvo and our plan coincided with us ordering a new reduced-swing radius EWR170E to arrive in time for the run in July.”
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LIST OF ALAN GOW’S CHOSEN CHARITIES: Macmillan Cancer Support; Town & County Hospital, Wick Diabetes UK (Inverness branch); Tiny Tickers
LIST OF ALAN GOW’S SPONSORS: S B Access Ltd; Dickie & Moore; Graeme Henderson; G G Mackay; Oil Fast Fuelling Scotland; Stoddart Crane Hire; BM Excavations Ltd; A & L McCrae; CMB Haulage & Plant Ltd; Steelwrist UK; O’Brien Recycling; CSM Sales Ltd; Campbell Plant Hire Ltd; Signright; E & M Engineering; SMT GB; Compass Building & Construction Services; NB Civil Engineering; RJ McLeod; JGC Engineering; Young Plant Sales; Murray Plant; Durdle Contracting; GR & PH Sutherland; John Gunn & Sons; Stephen Baynes; Tervet Plant Hire; B Leith Electrical Services; JCC Group; L & H Commercials; D R Alexander & Sons
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