JCB for Bedfordshire

JCB has delivered one of its 22tonne JS220 crawler excavators to ambitious groundworks and civil engineering contractor ECL Civil Engineering. As a result, Bedfordshire, England-based ECL now boasts a fleet of more than 27 JCB excavators, including JS130, JZ145 and JS220 models. “When JCB supplied a JS130 to us a few years ago I was over the moon with the machine,” said ECL director and co-owner Sean Hoare. “The build quality, hydraulic performance and cab environment have all improved over the last few ye
July 20, 2012 Read time: 2 mins

JCB has delivered one of its 22tonne JS220 crawler excavators to ambitious groundworks and civil engineering contractor 6260 ECL Civil Engineering.

As a result, Bedfordshire, England-based 6260 ECL Civil Engineering now boasts a fleet of more than 27 255 JCB excavators, including JS130, JZ145 and JS220 models.

“When JCB supplied a JS130 to us a few years ago I was over the moon with the machine,” said ECL director and co-owner Sean Hoare. “The build quality, hydraulic performance and cab environment have all improved over the last few years and continue to do so.”

Hoare took over the running of ECL from his father in 2006, at a time when the company ran just a handful of machines. An experienced excavator operator himself, Hoare said he appreciates the performance and productivity of the JS range and has built the company around that excavator fleet.

ECL has seen its turnover rise from US$1.28million (£800,000) in 2007 to an expected $24.1million (£15million) this year. Hoare said this has been achieved by building strong working relationships with many major housebuilding companies across the South East and Midlands regions of England.

“The recession hasn’t affected us as it has others, as the big firms were contracting in size, we were able to compete for their work and we don’t have the overheads that other companies have,” said Hoare.

All of ECL’s machines have been supplied by local dealer Watling JCB, with funding through JCB Finance. The dealer will provide a full repair and maintenance back-up service to ECL throughout a planned four year operating period. The JS excavators have been ordered in Contractor specification, with air conditioning, auxiliary piping, a rear facing camera and full cab guards. They also come with a twin-lock quick hitch to allow rapid changes of buckets and attachments.
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