The Break Fast Show #681

March 8, 2024 Video

In today’s show: We are truly blowing hot and cold. We will take you to the Gobi Desert for the Hot; and we will take you to the mountains of the US for the cold. We’ll get the low-down on the Shantui crawler loader; and we’re catching up with FuelActive as they conquer West Africa.

PLUS, as we look ahead to Intermat 2024 once again, we’ll be showing you an electric marvel that Komatsu has in its locker.

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The Break Fast Show #680

March 7, 2024 General

In today’s show: Caterpillar demonstrates shear power; Hitachi goes hybrid; there’s a new Chinese manufacturer to get to know; and a Kobelco excavator is flourishing in the fjords.

PLUS we will be finding out what Steelwrist has in store for Intermat 2024.

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The Break Fast Show #679

March 6, 2024 Video

In today’s show: We have some awesome bridge demolition all the way from Canada; tracked carriers in action; Caterpillar’s VisionLink takes care of your machine while you take care of business; and while we all argue about electricity and hydrogen, let’s not forget about the carbon reduction capabilities of hybrid machines.

PLUS we are looking ahead to see what Komatsu will be bringing with them to Intermat 2024.

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The Break Fast Show #678

March 5, 2024 Video

In today’s show: Genesis Attachments debuts a new concrete cracker specifically for demolition robot applications; we’re off to see the biggest kit that Turkey has to offer; we’re going seriously old school with a machine you may not have seen before; and we’re going new school with technology that allows operators to see round corners.

PLUS we’re looking forward to Intermat 2024 with a look back at the Volvo demonstration from Intermat 2018.

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The Break Fast Show #677

March 4, 2024 Video

In today’s show: JCB’s epic new backhoe loaders’ why has Britain lost the ability to build? The ladies of John Deere; Parks and Recreation, Bobcat-style; we’re taking you behind the levers of a Cat 974.

PLUS, for one day only, we are changing up our Mystery Machine slot and there is a prize up for grabs.

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Simon Barlow steps down

March 1, 2024 News

Simon Barlow has stepped down as both chairman of the National Demolition Training Group and second vice president of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors.

The news comes as Barlow’s Rye Demolition company appoints administrators to oversee the company’s liquidation.

Barlow was (and is) passionate about demolition training. So his decision to leave his NDTG post will have been a difficult one.

There were also those that believed Barlow might leapfrog the incumbent vice president into the role of NFDC president, much as current Federation president John Lynch did almost a year ago.

Barlow’s departure once again throws the NFDC’s usual presidential succession into turmoil.

In 2018, president Paul Brown was ousted with former president David Keane stepping in as caretaker to steady the ship. The presidency was then expected to pass to Martin O’Donnell but his company – KDC – was acquired by waste management giant Veolia, rendering him ineligible and thrusting Keltbray’s Holly Price prematurely into the limelight.

The Break Fast Show #676

March 1, 2024 Video

In today’s show: We bring you a brief glimpse of what the new Volvo F Series excavators might look like; we’re behind the levers changing a Cat UHD boom. A day in the life of a mining truck operator; and we have more new tools from AMI Attachments.

PLUS we are looking ahead to Instagram in the company of Trackunit.

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The Break Fast Show #675

February 29, 2024 Video

In today’s show: The new Yanmar Vi017-1 mini excavator – Is it Hot or Not? The biggest dozer in the John Deere line-up; we’re casing the latest wheel loader from CASE; we’re headed Down Under for some refinery demolition action; and you wouldn’t want to park your car anywhere near this Kobelco.

PLUS, if we can find the time, we will be talking about the demise of yet another demolition contractor AND the validity of equipment dealers that represent rival brands.

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NRMM with Tim Burnhope of JCB

February 28, 2024 Video

It has been described as “the most important legislation the construction industry will ever face”. The Non-Road Mobile Machinery consultation is taking place right now. And the legislation that will emerge in the wake of that consultation will shape how the sector is powered in years and decades to come.

To discuss this vital consultation and likely impact, we will be joined by Tim Burnhope, group director of JCB Special Projects, a man who is working closely with the UK Government on NRMM.

DO NOT miss this important live broadcast, and please take the opportunity to ask questions and take part.

The cull continues

February 28, 2024 General

First Squibb, then McCormack, Wooldridge, Blucon and Rye. And now Essex-based Type Ten Limited has gone to the great demolition graveyard.

The company appointed a voluntary liquidator on 10 February.

According to an estimated statement of affairs listed at Companies House, the company was showing a £2,471,539 deficiency in its accounts when Begbies Traynor was appointed as liquidators.

Type Ten Limited was previously known as Pristine London Limited but changed its name in April 2022. A company called Pristine London Demolition Limited that is registered at the same address is still showing as active.

The demise of Type Ten Limited will create less of a ripple than Squibb and Rye. But this latest liquidation is the sixth in the space of just four months, marking late 2023/early 2024 as surely the worst period for company closures in demolition history.