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Dzombo Plant Hire sees huge benefit in its B30Es with coal bins
So says Wynand Botha who heads up the Dzombo Group of Companies in Limpopo’s Lephalale where Dzombo Plant Hire has made its mark as a contract mining and material handling company. Dzombo was the name of one of the legendary magnificent seven big elephants that ruled the Kruger National Park for many years. The name comes from the Xitsonga word for a stream that is slow to move but impresses on arrival.
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Bryan’s Auto Electrical is well pleased with its new JCB Backhoe Loader
These are the words of a technically minded person with firsthand knowledge of the challenges that buying used machines for the small plant hire market can bring and who has come to the realisation that buying a new machine is first prize.
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Bell Loggers provide a unique solution for truck stop construction
Two brothers, both engineers, have hit on a novel idea to create a solid underfoot surface at the two new truck stops they’re developing and are using non-traditional loading tools to handle concrete products.
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Bell provides PDS/CAS flexibility and options
South African equipment manufacturer, Bell Equipment, reports an influx of enquiries from local mining customers wanting articulated dump trucks (ADTs) that can be fitted with proximity detection systems (PDS) and collision avoidance systems (CAS) following new mining regulations that came into effect in December 2022.
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KRC Farming – one of the first customers to buy Bell Series 5 Tractors
In January 2019, a tornado hit a farm near Panbult in Mpumalanga and blew flat standing timber that ranged in age from eight to twenty-five years, breaking the trees off as if they were matchsticks.
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MTO upgrades aging fleet with new F-series Loggers
An upward growth spurt for a leading South African timber growing company has seen it turn to a preferred supplier of timber handling equipment to replace its fleet of older machines.
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JCB 3DX Eco Backhoes are the backbone of Amanzi Plant Hire
Table View is a popular suburb on Cape Town’s West Coast and is named after its actual view of the iconic Table Mountain. Johnny Waters, a former mechanic and later a salesman of earthmoving equipment, had the task in the late 1980s of de-bushing large sections of what is now a built-up Table View at a time when there were only a few houses standing as this area was considered rather remote by the people of Cape Town.
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Kobelco Excavator boosts production for AML Aggregates
When Raksha Laghari needed a new quarry-specified loading tool for the quarry they had just bought they turned to Bell Equipment for the right advice and tool for the job. Raksha Laghari is the owner of AML Aggregates Newcastle. She has been in the business of selling and distributing building materials, with a focus on cement and roof tiles, for many years.
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