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Young Plant displays Kubota mini excavators range at ScotPlant 2008.
Young Plant & Equipment Sales Ltd of Doune, Stirling, have been featuring examples from the Kubota mini excavators range on their stand at ScotPlant 2008. Young Plant is the longest serving Kubota Construction Equipment dealer in the UK and achieved the largest unit sales for their minis in 2007, the fifth time that they have reached this milestone. The company is still family-owned and celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Managing D... [more]
Universal Aerial Platforms expands its fleet of specialist lifting equipment
Universal Aerial Platforms is expanding its fleet of specialist lifting equipment, after taking delivery of 10 Upright SL30SL machines. Manufactured by UpRight Powered Access, the SL30SL has a unique “speed levelling” system that makes it ideal for rough terrain. The oscillating axle keeps all four wheels on the ground, even when operating on an incline. This means the machine can be used safely in conditions that are impossible for other type... [more]
Exsel Plant and Tool Hire increases Kubota mini fleet
When Roger Pearce set up his one-man plant hire business in April 2004, customers were offered a single piece of equipment; a Kubota mini excavator. Three years on, Exsel Plant & Tool Hire has taken delivery of its 15th Kubota, a 2.8 tonne KX61-3, the latest model in its growing mini fleet. Starting with £5,000 in his pocket, Roger Pearce has built up the Bishops Waltham, Southampton, company into a highly successful hire operation. In additio... [more]
Auto-Loc quick hitch ensures attachments can only be released when the boom is in a safe working position
With a number of safety alerts already having been issued by the HSE in connection with quick hitches, and increasing concern in the construction industry, as well as with manufacturers and other organisations, it now appears certain that legislation will be tightened and new directives applied which could result in the banning of certain types of quick hitch. The HSE's investigations have centred upon the failure, by the operator, to follow s... [more]
HSS Hire Ireland becomes largest hirer of Kubota mini excavators in Ireland
Dublin-based HSS Hire Ireland is part of the HSS Hire Service Group, the UK's largest tool and equipment hire chain. Towards the end of 2007, it opened its new Dublin Superstore, with a floor area of 22,955 sq ft, and launched a 26,500 sq ft Superstore in Belfast. The two new outlets will allow HSS to further increase its small plant offering to customers. HSS Hire Ireland has now taken delivery of 23 Kubota mini excavators, making them the la... [more]
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Enhance landscaping with plants that benefit wildlife (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)Spring gardening and landscaping season is in full swing in central Illinois. If you enjoy watching birds and other wildlife species, you may want to enhance your landscape with plants that are beneficial to wildlife. |
Trustees OK landscaping project (Tribune Chronicle)Howland Community News HOWLAND — At a recent meeting of Howland Township trustees, the board authorized CR Electric to do landscaping after completion of street light repairs in Hunters Hollow at a cost not to exceed $3,000; Trustees Sally Wehmer and Richard Orwig were present at the April 23 session, while Trustee Rick Clark was absent. |
Voted #1 Florida Press 2004 FIRST PLACE Best Web Site Florida Keys Keynoter (Keynoter.com)Some Key Westers' fences and landscaping on Flagler Avenue are likely impeding on city property lines, city officials say. A proposed sidewalk to run alongside the major street has prompted that realization. |
Thousand-dollar trees damaged in storm (News 8 Austin)Kathleen Smith just moved to Austin's Tarrytown neighborhood two weeks ago. A big reason she chose her house was because she liked its landscaping, she said. |
Authorities: Landscaping May Have Saved Daley's House (NBC 5 Chicago)Authorities are investigating a fire that could have connections to the shooting of a cougar in Chicago last month. |
Designer to speak in Marblehead on the art of landscaping (The Salem News)MARBLEHEAD and mdash; Cate Oranchak of Arlington is an artist who paints and sculpts, only not in the usual way. She paints the land, in the greens and browns of grass and soil and in flowering plants of every color. And she sculpts it, constructing roads and pathways, moving boulders and stones and the earth itself until the form suits her. |
Friends Aid Delaney Family (CBS 5 News Syracuse)Central New Yorkers are being asked to help the young family of a man who died in a tragic landscaping accident last week. |
Green for Your Yard (Westerly Sun)Landscaping expert Chris Koswaski shares some of his favorite green products for your lawn and garden. |
Veggie Good (Westerly Sun)Landscaping expert Chris Koswaski helps you start a vegetable garden. Landscaping expert Chris Koswaski helps you start a vegetable garden. Peas are great to grow from seeds and will produce a lot are beans. |
NEWS: Kemeny landscaping nears finish (The Dartmouth)After roughly a year of work, the noise and dust emanating from behind Haldeman and Kemeny Halls will disappear as the landscaping project enters its final stages. Barring unforeseen delays, the landscaping will be completed within the next week, according to Bill Kitchel, project manager for the Office of Planning, Design and Construction. |
