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Pictured here is one of our IHI CCH500T 50 tons telescopic crawler cranes on hire to All Foundations installing piles for a new hotel on the old car park at Old Trafford stadium, Manchester.

 

Departing Manager Sir Alec Ferguson clearly approves!

Once again AGD get DWM Group out of a tight spot, this time at the Eye Hospital in Manchester. The project required a king post wall installing in the street outside this listed building with a hoarding just a few feet away. Traditionally DWM would use a leader rig for this type of work however the tight working space dictated the use of a smaller machine instead.

We were able to squeeze one of our 2.7 m wide CZM EM400 compact CFA piling rigs in to the space to drill 600 mm dia holes to 8 m, and then one of our Maeda LC755 5 tons mini cranes came along to lift in the H piles. The job was completed on time and to everyone's satisfaction.

 

Marchetti launch two new cranes at the Bauma exhibition in Munich between 15 and 21 April.

Pictured here, the CW25.35 25 tons telescopic crawler crane and below the MTK30 30 tons truck mounted crane.

Check them both out at their stand F10.1004/10 or contact us for further details.

You may download spec sheets for these Marchetti cranes below:

Marchetti CW25.35 telescopic crawler crane spec sheet

Marchetti MTK30 truck mounted crane spec sheet

 

We recently supplied 3 crawler cranes on hire to Devon based Sam Gilpin Demolition to assist in the dismantling of the old railway bridge at Loughor, Near Swansea.

Two units IHI DCH900, 90 tons capacity and one unit IHI DCH800, 80 tons capacity crawler cranes were supplied on a 24 hour per day basis for 3 days until the work was completed.

In addition to both day shift and night shift operators, we also supplied stand by fitters in order to keep any downtime to a minimum for the client.

The job went extremely well and finished earlier than predicted. Click on the link to see a video of the crawler cranes in action. Photos are supplied courtesy of Gareth Lovering click on the link to see further shots of the bridge being dismantled.

The majority of the equipment manufacturers we represent will be at the Bauma exhibition in Munich in April and our Managing Director Robert Law will be available there to meet you if you are going.

Please find below stand information. Tickets are available as well as assistance with accommodation. Contact us for anything we can help you with.

 

 

Marchetti Cranes - Stand F10.1004/10

RTG Leader Rigs & Precast Piling Rigs - Stand FGN.N520

Mait Foundation Equipment - Stand FGN.N622/5

IHC Vermeer Mini Piling Equipment - Stand FGN.N721/8

Woltman Piling Equipment - Stand FGN.N720/1

CZM Piling Equipment - Stand FGN.N820/2

Fambo Piling Hammers & Leaders - Stand FGN.N520

 

 

RTG RG21T telescopic leader rig with SMW550 triple paddle wet soil mixing equipment on hire installing a soil mixed cut off wall in Leeds for MEL (UK) Ltd to approx 8 m depth through dense gravels and boulders, along with one of our MAT SCA-15 slurry mixing plants.

A total of 130 m of wall has to be treated and so far the machine is making very good progress.

Pictured here is another refuse vehicle refurbished and repainted for long term customer Refuse Vehicle Solutions

On average we refurbish 2 commercial vehicles per month for RVS who are suppliers of good quality second hand vehicles to the local authority and utilities markets.

A typical refurbishment includes some welding and fabrication work and a full repaint which we can undertake for any type of commercial vehicle or construction equipment.

Our paint facility can handle machines up to 20 m long and 6 m wide, so the bigger the better!

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One of our compact CZM EM400H pile driving rigs fitted with a Fambo HR2000 2 tons hydraulic impact hammer has just successfully completed a trial back driving sheet piles previously pitched with a Movax vibratory hammer into mudstone. The 9 m sheet pile was driven just 2 m into the ground by the vibrator and the Fambo was able to easily impact the pile another 3 m before reaching refusal of 10 blows to the inch (even then it was still moving).

This unit is leader mounted on a CZM piling rig which can also be used to drive steel tubular piles, precast piles and wooden piles, however the Fambo range are also available with telescopic leaders suitable for mounting on the dipper arm of a hydraulic excavator, therefore making it an ideal partner for a Movax or excavator mounted vibrator.

Fambo and CZM rigs are available for sale or rental from AGD with experienced operators.

Click on the link to view a video of the machine in action

We recently completed a successful rental project in Bayonne, France where a Giken ECO700S silent piler was required to work within very close proximity of the existing walls of a school. The U profile sheet piles ranged from 10-14 m long and were being installed as part of a flood alleviation scheme. As you can see from the photo below there wasn't much room for error but our operator managed very well.

The machine was rented through our French dealer Pajot SA