Hawk add JCB Vibromax machines to hire fleet
NATIONAL plant hire firm Hawk have added 20 JCB Vibromax models to their 1,500-strong fleet of construction machines, taking their total number of compaction units to 90, almost a quarter of which are now JCB Vibromax machines.
Hawk, who already boast a wide variety of JCB machines in their range, including backhoe loaders and Loadall telescopic handlers, have now added 14 vibratory single-drum compactors and six tow-type vibratory compactors.
The vibratory single-drum compactors in the Hawk order include four VM115Ds, six VM132Ds, two VM166Ds and two VM200Ds. VM machines are said to offer class-leading gradeability with the VM166D able to ascend a 32-degree gradient. It is one of seven simple-to-operate single-drum compactors in the JCB Vibromax range, ranging from the 4.6-tonne VM46D/PD up to the 19.7-tonne VM200D/PD.
The tow-type vibratory compactor chosen by Hawk, the 6.5-tonne VM651, is one of two in the JCB Vibromax range. It produces a centrifugal force of 210kN, compared to the 135kN produced by its sister product, the 3.9-tonne VM501.
JCB Vibromax have made rapid progress since JCB bought the Vibromax business in 2005. Global sales of ride-on machines rose by 67% and production capacity doubled in 2006, and two new tandem vibratory rollers were unveiled earlier this year, the VMT160 and the VMT260. Other machines in the JCB Vibromax range include double-drum vibratory rollers, multi-purpose vibratory compactors, plate compactors and rapid-blow tampers.
JCB Sales’ deputy managing director, Tim Burnhope, said: ‘The JCB Vibromax business continues to grow and it is a big endorsement that an established and well-respected national plant hire firm like Hawk has placed an order of this scale.’
