One of our 70 tons capacity Marchetti telescopic crawler cranes is pictured here working on a barge in the waters just off Port Stanley where it is on hire to Trant Engineering helping to construct a new jetty for the oil & gas exploration industry.

The machine left our yard almost a year ago and has been busy ever since it arrived in the Falkland Islands installing tubes with vibro and impact hammers plus general service crane duties.

AGD are used to working overseas having supplied many machines to all corners of the earth but this is certainly the first time we've ever been to the south Atlantic. This crane has been supplied with an operator as there is a shortage of qualified crane operators on the islands.

NCB PDM 7.0 solar farm post driver being displayed at the Solar Energy Exhibition from 14-16 October 2014 in Hall 3 at the NEC in Birmingham.

The first of its kind in the UK. We are offering these highly productive machines for sale or rental.

Please drop in and see us on stand P47.

Tickets available from https://uk.solarenergyevents.com

Click on the link below to see a video of the machine working driving 3.4 m posts in Northamptonshire:

The first Marchetti MTK 35 truck crane in the UK has been supplied to Bryn Thomas Cranes in Flint. Pictured here in their famous red livery the machine was chosen for its low maintenance and running costs.

It is equipped with 32 m of full power telescopic boom + 14.5 m swingaway fly jib and mounted on a 6x4 Volvo chassis.

Full after sales service is being supplied by AGD along with operator and service training.

The machine is currently on hire to a contract at a new Sainsburys store in Solihull where it is performing well (see photo below).

RTG RG19T telescopic leader rig with 125 tons resonance free variable moment vibro together with a Marchetti CW70.42L 70 tons capacity telescopic crawler crane supplied on hire to JN Piling at Freemans Reach, Co Durham installing 18 m long box piles.

The site conditions were restricted as you can see in the photo but with the help of the skill of our experienced operators the job was completed on time.

The first Giken Super Crush Piler has been sold to Warwickshire based Ivor King sheet piling specialists. The Giken ECO700S silent piler with PA16 Super Crush cased / auger system is currently working for London Underground at West Hampstead station installing 12 m long single Z piles through very stiff clay.

Simon King, MD comments that his company continues to invest in state of the art equipment in order to be at the forefront of the industry as one of the market leaders in the sheet piling sector.

Our latest diversification and investment has lead us into the solar panel farm post driving market. We have purchased a brand new NCB PDM 7.0 solar panel post driving machine.

This machine can install a 4.5 m long post and is mounted on rubber tracks with a slewing ring and hydraulic spotter.

It can also be used for installing fence posts or armco barrier posts, commonly found on motorways.

This equipment is immediately available for sale or rental, with or without operator. We are the UK distributors for NCB

Specifications for this solar panel post driver are available for download below:

NCB PDM 7.0 solar panel post driver

New model RTG RG20 precast piling rig with 5 tons accelerated hammer pictured here with an RTG RG21T telescopic leader rig c/w 150 tons vibrator, both being exhibited at the Bauer In House Exhibition in Schrobenhausen, Germany from Saturday 10th of May to Tuesday 13th May.

Click on the links to download specification sheets on the RTG RM20 and RTG HRS-5

Contact us for further information or if you'd like to attend.

It all started in the late 1970's. Richard Levack, the now Chairman of the Banlaw Group contacted Bill Law, then MD of the AGD Group to buy a Caterpillar D8H. He travelled from the depths of Lanarkshire to Birmingham to see the machine, a 235 hp direct drive 36A series tractor with winch and cable blade. The deal was struck and so started a businesss relationship and friendship that has passed down to another generation and across many more borders than merely Hadrians Wall!

Over the years many transactions were carried out, in both directions. Volvo dumpers were exported from Aberdeen to Vancouver, a 35 tons IHI crawler crane was supplied to the Isle of Bute, and several Komatsu D65E dozers trundled up and down the M74 on hire!

The latest deal concluded was between Richard Levack and Robert Law, current MD of AGD Equipment. This time for a 40 tons IHI crawler crane, supplied to Cote d'Ivoire a few months ago, pictured below. However it was during this conversations that Richard and Robert were having at this time, that the subject of the old D8H came up again. Robert had seen the machine at a Vintage Tractor Fair in Warwickshire, just 20 minutes from AGD's office at Stratford upon Avon and brought it to Richard's attention. Just a few weeks ago Richard was visiting Bill during a trip to the UK and they took the opportunity to arrange to see the "old girl". Pictured here still bearing the insignia "Levack" on the fuel tank with Richard standing alongside. The current owner SE Davis & Son Ltd of Astwood Bank, Warwickshire intend to restore the machine to her former glory for their museum.

It is a small world we live in, but during these tough economic times it is easy to forget who you've dealt with in the past and go for the best deal on the table at the time. However this has never been the ethos of either Banlow or AGD, which is borne out by the long period of association and trading demonstrated here.

We are pleased to announce our appointment as UK and Ireland distributors for NCB specialist foundation equipment. NCB is synonomous in the piling industry with the manufacture of segmental casings, joints and casing shoes. We will be continuing to supply these accessories to the UK market, but in addition we are launching some exciting products made by NCB which have so far not been seen in these shores.

The first item is a super little product suitable for driving solar panel farm posts or posts for Armco barrier. The NCB 7.0 is a compact machine on rubber tracks weighing just 2 tons that can pitch a 4 m post and drive it with a hydraulic impact hammer. It can also be equipped with a rotary head for pre drilling in harder soils. We have ordered one of these units for our rental fleet which will be available for hire from June.

Further equipment available from the NCB manufacturing line is vertical drain machines for mounting on excavators, diaphragm wall grabs and stop ends, drilling masts for excavators, casing oscillators, rotators, hammer grabs, desanders, tremie pipes and racks and a host of other drilling tools and accessories.

Please click here for further information or call 01789 292227 and speak to a member of our sales team.