Coleman & Company has invested in five JCB skid steers after initially only asking for one. That first JCB 135 model proved so useful, they ordered four more consisting of three more JCB 135 as well as a single JCB 155. The sites you can find them working at include Didcot Power Station, St David’s Shopping Centre in Swansea, and Birmingham New Street Railway Station.
Malcolm Hurst, Contract Support Manager, commented:
"The JCB skid steer models have a number of positive safety features that impressed us. These include far better all round visibility and safer access to the cab which in turn allows a demolition guard to be fitted at the front of the cab. This is something unique to JCB’s design, it is very different to any other skid steer on the market.
We are also very impressed with the build quality along with the flexibility of the JCB skid steers. Given the complex, technically challenging and high-risk nature of the work Coleman & Company undertakes, we felt JCB was best placed to meet our needs. The machines have excelled in these conditions and the support we receive from our dealer Gunn JCB is superb. We are also proud to support a fellow Midlands and UK-based firm."
Coleman even went a step further and requested the safety of the skid steers be enhanced. The models they received include an alarm that is triggered if the door opens whilst the engine is running, solid puncture resistant rubber tyres, and a grapple bucket that ‘clamps’ a broad range of materials.
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