U.K. Rental Company Hewden Orders 50 Loaders from JCB’s Savannah Plant

JCB has received an order for 50 skid-steer and compact track loaders from U.K.-based equipment and crane rental company Hewden in a deal worth about $3.5 million. The machines are manufactured at JCB’s North American headquarters in Savannah, Ga.

Michael Roth

March 9, 2016

2 min read

From left John Dolphin of Gunn JCB Alex Gadd Hewden Kumar Bhamidipati Hewden and Dan Thompstone of JCB with a 205TEcoLift compact track loader — From left: John Dolphin of Gunn JCB; Alex Gadd, Hewden; Kumar Bhamidipati, Hewden; and Dan Thompstone of JCB with a 205TEcoLift compact track loader.

Hewden is buying JCB 155 and 205T tracked models. Hewden is interested in the health and safety benefits of the machines’ ‘Power Boom’ design, JCB said, which enables operators to enter the cab through a large side door rather than climbing over attachments in the front of the unit. The deal also includes a range of JCB attachments including augers, pallet forks, shovels, trenchers, waste grapples, patch planners, sweeper collectors, brush cutters, landscape power rakes and breakers.

“This is the latest in a significant round of investments for Hewden,” said Hewden CEO Adrian Murphy. “We believe in having the latest and newest technology to meet our clients’ exacting demands. We were impressed with JCB’s design of its skid-steer and compact tracked loader range and the health and safety benefits it offers. Having a side-door entry point is just common sense and sets the standard for the industry. Beyond that is the versatility of the equipment. It enables our rental customers to deploy the equipment in a range of challenging environments.”

“This order is very significant for JCB and we are delighted that such a major hirer as Hewden recognizes the unique health and safety benefits of the JCB skid-steer range,” said JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.