Case/Sumitomo/Link belt Excavators

[Nick Drew]

Here is a shot I took today of our member Ian Stantons new Case CX130 on a site in the market town of Tavistock in Devon UK,

Sorry about the quality but I could only get to view it through the site fencing.

I really rate these excavators and I know that they are marketed in the USA as Link Belt and elsewhere as Sumitomo, would be interesting to hear what other members think of these machines

Nick

[IBH]

They are currently sold as Case machines in the US and Europe, as Sumitomo in the asia-pacific region and also as Link-Belt (who Sumitomo own) branded machines through the LBX company joint venture between Case/Sumitomo.
Also between 1991 and 1998 Sumitomo had a joit venture with JCB to build Sumitomo excavators with design alteration by JCB for the European market only.

[Nick Drew]

Well my new mount the Case CX130B arrived today and I must say what a fantastic piece of kit it is, it certainly ticks all the right boxes for me, silky smooth hydraulics, plenty of power and speed, and a wonderful cab

Caused a few ripples on site though because as a few of the other longterm employees thought they would be in line for the new machine they are a bit upset that me as a subbie have got the drive on it I have been sent to Coventry by a couple !!

At the end of the day I am just providing a service and was asked by Peter Kingwell to drive it .....End of Story!!

Here are some pics

Nick

[Robban_C]

Nice to hear about your new "office"!

[ben_uk]

Always nice to get something new

[Jim M]

Nice pics nick.i bet its much better than that old dog cx130 that we both operated down on Langage power station. I have only one pic of this not so mint condition case

Jim

[Thibault21]

CASE CX 210 B

[Thibault21]

CASE CX 290 B

[Nick Drew]

Here is a latest photo of the CX130B that I am currently operating, It now has 1,610 hours on it and is 110 hrs overdue a service !!

I tell them everyday just to cover my own arse!!

Great little machine I must say!!

Nick

[IANOZ]

Hi nick ,Here in australia they are sold under the case banner. we also have sumitomo. There is a strong case dealership coverage here.With the case new holland merger i have not really seen what the dealers are doing. A dealer 100km to the north of us a few years ago had the newholland dealership taken of them as the also had case. The case excavator range goes from 3 ton to over 30 ton here. ian.