JS150W excavator for G and Q

JCB's first buyer of its recently launched JS150W wheeled excavator is London based road construction company G and Q Construction.

Since its acquisition, the company has been using the machine on contracts on the M25 and A1-M1 link road.

Operator Steve Harris, who has been behind the controls on the A1-M1 project, said: 'It is vital to have a reliable machine on contracts like this and this machine has performed very well since we got it.

'It is very quiet and there is a good spacious cab - a lot of thought has gone into the cab from the point of view of the driver. The adjustable steering wheel is particularly good, especially when working in close, and visibility is first class.'

'On the M25 job there was another rubber duck which could not dig the chalk, but this one managed it.'

JCB's wheeled excavators are based on the upper structure of the company's JS series crawler excavator. Features common to both are the cab, Japanese hydraulics, Isuzu engine combined with a JCB-SCM chassis, and ZF axles and transmissions.

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