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Akermans pricing wasn't really suited to the UK plant hire market but they were pretty popular with contractors. Sometimes we'd receive quotes and the asking price was higher than Cat and sometimes a bit less, I guess depending on stock, but in any case they never came cheap. If they had it's doubtf...

Nice photos. Ive always had the impression Akerman excavators didnt take much market share here in the UK, even under the ownership of VME and latterly Volvo Construction Equipment and that Akerman excavators were very strong, robust, sturdy machines but lacked some of the cutting edge technology a...

That's a H16C but another good pic you've posted Richard - cheers!

Great selection of pictures Richard! I think that Bradshaw's used an H25A or B up in Loch Kishorn, Scotland where it remained. If you can get hold of and post some pics, would really like to see.

Cheers.

Yeah approx. 45t and Volvo powered. Think it used the TD100. I've only know of 2 in England so a rare machine for sure.

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Correction That's a B in the pic. The C has recently been commissioned.

Here is the 4CX. Not a great picture but nemind.

Hey Mike. Unfortunately it's not a good idea for me to reveal where they are located, but I can tell you that they are being loaded by 1 x P&H 4100A and 2 x 4100C rope shovels. It’s hard going but they load in 3-passes maximum and in less than 2 mins. :) It’s difficult to show you the loading eq...

Perhaps Cat trucks are no longer automatically assumed to be the best but the 793 is still one of my favs.

Yes the back-end is certainly similar to Cat. It will be interesting to see how it performs.

I'll have a look at the pics as soon as I can Joe!