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Bell and JCB form the backbone of the BHM Bricks fleet
07 July 2023

Bell and JCB form the backbone of the BHM Bricks fleet

Henk Vorster believes that because one buys equipment from people and not companies, the best machine is the one for which you get good service, again from people. And Henk should know. Henk Vorster and his business partner, Gabriel Labuschagne, own BHM Bricks in the picturesque Eastern Free State town of Bethlehem. Henk had developed his business acumen in a family-owned business that originates from the former homeland of Qwa-Qwa, to the south of Harrismith, nestling against the Northern Drakensberg Mountain range.

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Bell Care Packages keep AMC’s B40E fleet in top condition
07 July 2023

Bell Care Packages keep AMC’s B40E fleet in top condition

A positive experience with a smaller branch of a well-known original earthmoving and haulage equipment supplier convinced a leading contractor in crushing and screening to buy many more of that brand’s larger Articulated Dump Trucks (ADTs).

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Skogger with felling head provides an ideal solution for Umvuni Solutions
03 July 2023

Skogger with felling head provides an ideal solution for Umvuni Solutions

When a well-established timber harvesting contractor in the Mpumalanga Lowveld wanted to speed up infield bunching and presentation of felled timber, his solution created the imaginary comparison to when a featherweight boxer takes on a heavyweight rival in the same ring.

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Landmeg Landini grows their one-stop-shop with Bell and JCB Agriculture
29 June 2023

Landmeg Landini grows their one-stop-shop with Bell and JCB Agriculture

“We believe that farmers and other customers working in the farming space would prefer to buy their equipment, spares and related accessories from a ‘one-stop shop’ such as the one we own in Cradock,” says Jean Nel. “It is also here at Landmeg Landini that customers have access to the full range of Bell and JCB Agricultural and Forestry products.”

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JWL Landbou Voorsieners sells Bell Logger for a unique application
29 June 2023

JWL Landbou Voorsieners sells Bell Logger for a unique application

As commercial farms in South Africa are getting larger and smaller farms are getting fewer, the one factor that keeps growing consistently is mechanisation. And in both Ermelo and Standerton, a dealer who is a distributor and an importer firmly believes it is the local farmer’s partner in mechanisation.

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Alpha Agri excited to add ‘yellow metal’ to its offering
29 June 2023

Alpha Agri excited to add ‘yellow metal’ to its offering

Tiens de Bruin sees big potential for especially JCB’s Backhoe Loaders, Skid Steers and agriculturally specified Loadall equipment in his company’s agricultural target market and he and his young team are excited at the prospect of selling and backing this new equipment offering.

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Warmbad Landini looks forward to growing its customer base
22 June 2023

Warmbad Landini looks forward to growing its customer base

“A farmer without a JCB Backhoe Loader can’t call himself a real farmer” is what William Fullard believes and he should know as most of the customers of their family business are farmers around the town of Bela-Bela, previously known as Warmbaths.

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Former JCB dealer pleased to be back in the fold
22 June 2023

Former JCB dealer pleased to be back in the fold

When Johnny Scholtz and his company, JBJ Machinery, couldn’t sell any more of his favourite JCB machines due to local distribution rights changing hands to Bell Equipment, he so missed the experience that he actually wrote a letter to Lord Anthony Bamford, the Chairman of JCB, to plead his case.

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