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Bell Equipment launches B60E — the world's largest production ADT
15 January 2025

Bell Equipment launches B60E — the world's largest production ADT

Bell Equipment has announced the B60E, a 55-tonne payload articulated dump truck that sets a new benchmark for production ADTs worldwide.

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Carrying the Bell Legacy
09 October 2024

Carrying the Bell Legacy

On January 1, 2024, Ashley Jon Bell took the reins as CEO of Bell Equipment Limited, rejoining a sizeable team of third-generation Bell family members actively engaged in the business and stepping up to play an integral role in the future of the company. In a one-on-one with Quarrying Africa, he discusses some of his focus areas, major company milestones, new trends, international growth and the ongoing development and enhancement of Bell OEM products. Credit: Munesu Shoko, Quarrying Africa

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Bell to showcase versatile solutions at NAMPO Cape
22 August 2024

Bell to showcase versatile solutions at NAMPO Cape

Celebrating 70 years in business, Bell Equipment South Africa is proud of its roots in the agriculture and forestry industries and will showcase three machines at NAMPO Cape that are designed to make life easier for their discerning farming customers.

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JCB 3DX is a game changer for KDT Construction
20 August 2024

JCB 3DX is a game changer for KDT Construction

Kobus du Toit had never bought a Backhoe Loader for his construction business as he had always been worried how he could keep it busy. Now that he owns one, he keeps thinking he should have bought two such machines.But allow us to take you back to where all this started. Kobus, along with his older brother Andre, had worked in construction, building houses for the speculative market in Cape Town.

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Janco ‘digs’ his dad’s new JCB Excavator
20 August 2024

Janco ‘digs’ his dad’s new JCB Excavator

Operating the JCB JS140 Excavator really is child’s play because even a twelve-year old can do it safely, just ask Janco Labuschagne. This is not ‘marketing speak’ dreamt up by a bunch of advertising gurus but the real thing as the pre-teen recently showed us on his parent’s farm, Winterhoek, near Steelpoort in Limpopo.

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Bell Equipment and SAME Foundation launch refurbished science laboratory
12 August 2024

Bell Equipment and SAME Foundation launch refurbished science laboratory

There were many smiling faces and great anticipation at the Forte Secondary School in Dobsonville, Soweto yesterday, 7 August 2024, when a newly refurbished science laboratory sponsored by Bell Equipment under the auspices of the South African Medical and Education Foundation (SAME Foundation) was officially taken into use.

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Bell 4×4 trucks highlight niche solutions
27 June 2024

Bell 4×4 trucks highlight niche solutions

Well suited to quarries and smaller mining operations, Bell Equipment’s B45E 4×4 Articulated Dump Truck (ADT) will be on display at Hillhead 2024 highlighting the company’s ability to listen to customers’ needs and deliver niche solutions that meet those needs.

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Bell introduces 27 000 L off-road water tanker at Hillhead
26 June 2024

Bell introduces 27 000 L off-road water tanker at Hillhead

South African original equipment manufacturer, Bell Equipment, will introduce an innovative off-road water tanker at Hillhead 2024 ideally suited to dust suppression in mining and construction operations. This new model, the B30E 27 000-litre Water Tanker, is built on the robust chassis of the acclaimed Bell B30E Articulated Dump Truck and can also be fitted with firefighting options for additional benefit.

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