The Break Fast Show #959

June 30, 2025 Video

In today’s show: The Liebherr 980 Demolition rig goes to work; Bobcat aims big with the E220 excavator; John Deere and a legacy of loyalty; and we’re heading back to Italy to visit the factory of attachment giant, Mantovanibenne.

PLUS in Mark’s Morning Monologue: The inevitability of change.

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Test your knowledge with the Mystery Machine, have your say in the Question of the Day, and don’t miss Mark’s Morning Monologue – a no-holds-barred take on the hottest topics.

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The Great Divide

June 27, 2025 Long Form

There has always been a divide between the ruling and political classes and real people. And never is that divide more evident than during times of war and conflict.

THEY declare war and drag US into battles they have no intention of fighting themselves. When they say “WE are at war,” what they really mean is that YOU are at war. They’ll be over there, quaffing champagne at the taxpayers’ expense, until it’s time to go on TV and claim “OUR” victory. Prime ministers, presidents, and kings would, I’m sure, be a little less trigger-happy if they were required to pull the trigger themselves.

But that disconnect between them and us does not begin and end with war. Here in the world of demolition and construction, we too are part of the “Royal we”; expected to do the hard work and embrace the danger while someone else takes the credit and the glory.

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The Break Fast Show #958

June 27, 2025 Video

In today’s show: Caterpillar’s 330UHD demolition rig reaches out; Ward Demolition tackles post-quake clean-up; we’re with Rock N Dirt in the US; and we’re taking a tour of the Laurini factory, where the machinery maverick makes the impossible possible.

PLUS in Mark’s Morning Monologue: The Great Divide between what a government says, and what it actually does.

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Test your knowledge with the Mystery Machine, have your say in the Question of the Day, and don’t miss Mark’s Morning Monologue – a no-holds-barred take on the hottest topics.

And when the show’s done, the conversation’s just getting started. Stick around for The Craic, our legendary after-show chat!

Set your alarm. Grab your coffee. It’s time to break fast, and to break new ground.

Longing for the past

June 26, 2025 General

When you reach a certain age, it dawns upon you that you have more life behind you than you do ahead. So perhaps it is natural to long for the past and to mourn its passing.

I look back at those I have lost personally. Family and friends. I look back at those we have lost professionally. People we worked with, people we admired and looked up to. Colleagues and co-workers; industry pioneers and industry leaders.

Even though most would agree that modern demolition and construction equipment is better in every conceivable way than the machines of yesteryear, we still long for those names from the past: Aveling Barford, Benford, Broyt, Drott, Hymac, O&K, Poclain, Priestman, Smalley. All those great names either swallowed up or gone forever.

Yet there is something I miss almost as much as the people we have lost; and perhaps more than the machines. It is hard to describe; impossible to define; intangible. It is not so much a thing as a feeling. But this industry used to feel different. Better.

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The Break Fast Show #957

June 26, 2025 Video

In today’s show: We’re meeting the new face of Caterpillar’s commitment to the demolition industry, Jean-Christophe Etienne;; Liberty Industry demonstrates its environmental credentials; runway resurfacing at Reagan Airport with Wirtgen; and Kemroc might have the world’s first excavator attachment for those getting divorced.

PLUS in Mark’s Morning Monologue: Longing for the past.

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Test your knowledge with the Mystery Machine, have your say in the Question of the Day, and don’t miss Mark’s Morning Monologue – a no-holds-barred take on the hottest topics.

And when the show’s done, the conversation’s just getting started. Stick around for The Craic, our legendary after-show chat!

Set your alarm. Grab your coffee. It’s time to break fast, and to break new ground.

When ambition outpaces reality

June 25, 2025 Long Form

In our pursuit of environmental targets, are we in danger of putting the cart before the horse?

As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, the UK once reshaped the world through steam engines and coal.

Today, we’re trying to reshape it again; this time in the name of sustainability. We’ve shut down major coal power plants, set aggressive targets to stop petrol and diesel car sales, and now we’re extending that ambition to large-scale demolition and construction equipment.

But what happens when policy ambition leaps ahead of viable technology and infrastructure? That question should concern every operator, contractor, and fleet manager who struggles with equipment that simply isn’t ready to switch.

And, frankly, it’s a question that should have been addressed already; before these ambitious environmental targets were even set.

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The Break Fast Show #956

June 25, 2025 Video

In today’s show: We have the World Premiere of our film of the new SETTANTA high reach excavator from maverick manufacturer, Laurini; there’s a new film featuring my personal pick as the best machine at Bauma 2025 – The Komatsu PC220LCi-12; we’re taking a spin in the latest ADT from Powerplus; and LiuGong goes electric.

PLUS in Mark’s Morning Monologue: When ambition outpaces reality

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Up close with the SETTANTA

June 24, 2025 Video

During the European Demolition Association’s Study Tour of Italy, one of the most hotly-anticipated visits was to the headquarters of high reach modifier and machinery maverick, Laurini.

The company is currently celebrating its 70th anniversary; and it is doing so in style with the launch of the custom-built SETTANTA high reach excavator.

At 11am on Wednesday 25 June 2025, we will bring you the WORLD PREMIERE of our film of this incredible new machine.

You won’t want to miss this.

Forewarned is forearmed

June 24, 2025 Long Form

Knowledge is power, they say. And in the Internet age, knowledge about anything and everything is available everywhere, all at once.

Back in the day, if you needed a dentist, a plumber, or a car mechanic, you’d consult the Yellow Pages, take your pick and take your chances. The unspoken rule of thumb was to choose a company whose ad was not too big because they were probably too expensive; or too small, because they were probably not very good.

Today, however, we can be a little more scientific about our research. We can check sites like TrustPilot, Yell or Google Reviews that each provide a more detailed glimpse behind the curtain. These website sites collate reviews from previous customers; which is great if those customers have bothered to leave a review.

But even then, the insights are not always useful. People tend to leave reviews only if they are deeply satisfied or deeply unsatisfied with the service they received. Those reviews will, therefore, highlight the very good and the very bad; but they will shed very little light on the fair to middling; the solid and steady; the average.

But even that is better than the information available to those about to work FOR rather than WITH a company.

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The Break Fast Show #955

June 24, 2025 Video

In today’s truly international show: Everything is all-white as Cardem carries out some French demolition; we’re heading Down Under to look at Thiess Mining’s asset services; then there’s a double shot of Italian. We’re checking out the latest from Venieri; and we’re back on the EDA Study Tour, this time with demolition giant Despe.

PLUS in Mark’s Morning Monologue: Changing the demolition and construction sector, one employee hire at a time.

Join host Mark Anthony LIVE for The Break Fast Show – the ONLY daily LiveStream built exclusively for demolition, construction, and equipment fanatics worldwide.

Breaking news. Expert views. Unmissable videos. Raw opinions. If it matters in the industry, we’re talking about it – LIVE.

Test your knowledge with the Mystery Machine, have your say in the Question of the Day, and don’t miss Mark’s Morning Monologue – a no-holds-barred take on the hottest topics.

And when the show’s done, the conversation’s just getting started. Stick around for The Craic, our legendary after-show chat!

Set your alarm. Grab your coffee. It’s time to break fast, and to break new ground.