Earthmovers Magazine

01 January, 2026

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: KOMATSU PC220-12: Ireland’s first Dash 12 Komatsu excavator has made a good working start. RUNNING REPORT: HITACHI EX1200-7: The first example of this Dash 7 mining excavator at work in the UK. RUNNING REPORT: JCB 3CX PRO: Early feedback on Hoskin Plant & Civils JCB Dual Drive backhoe loader. PRESS CONFERENCE: LIEBHERR: Report from Austria on the latest developments and news from Liebherr. LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW: MERRILL LYNCH: L Lynch joint managing director Merrill Lynch talks to Peter Haddock. FLEET FOCUS: PEGASUS GROUP: Case machinery run by a major recycling firm in the West Midlands. EXTREME MACHINE: KOMATSU WA800-8: Latest version of this 100-plus-tonner at Tarmac’s Mountsorrel Quarry. OWNER OPERATOR: LUKE MOLLOY: Building company has invested in a Hitachi Zaxis 95USB-7 midi-excavator. SITE VISIT: BRIGHTWELL LAKES: Three towed scraper combinations on a large-scale project in East Anglia. SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS: HARGREAVES RAIL: Report on the work of a UK-based specialist machinery engineering firm. SITE VISIT: METROPOLITAN DEMOLITION: The demolition of a particularly tough structure in the middle of Leeds. MATERIALS HANDLING: SENNEBOGEN 355E: This heavy-duty telehandler features a hydraulically elevating cab. TECHNOLOGY: VOLVO FMX EV: Banks Mining’s new 32-tonne gross weight electric tipper truck in action. SHOW REPORT: MAXPO 2025: Specialist machines and attachments at the Finnish machinery show. EXTREME MACHINES: KRESS HAULERS: The history of the American designer of a variety of surface mining trucks. FACTORY VISIT: LIEBHERR TELFS: Austrian factory manufactures tracked dozers, loaders and pipelayers. PLANTMOBILIA: CCM CAT 6040: Latest 1:48-scale die cast model of the Cat 6040 face shovel from Classic Construction Models. OPERATOR INTERVIEW: D. MORGAN: Insight from two of leading earthworks contractor’s degree apprentices.