In today’s show: JCB unleashes the Hydrema killer; breaking rocks in the hot sun; a deep dive into autonomous mining with Volvo, and we’re heading back to Verona for a tour of the mammoth Komatsu stand at SaMoTeR 2026. In today’s edition of Mark’s Morning Monologue: Haunted by Phantom Jobs. Kick off your morning with...Read moreRead more
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You’ve been told there’s a six-week run on a demolition site in a town you have never seen before. You’ve put the fuel in the tank of your car on your own dime. You’ve turned down other jobs and you’ve travelled halfway up the country. And when you roll up to the gate, the site...Read moreRead more
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In today’s show: JCB goes heavy with two new large excavators; dropping in on Merlo UK; last train to Cat Central; and we’re heading back to Verona to see what Bobcat had on display at the SaMoTeR 2026 exhibition. In today’s episode of Mark’s Morning Monologue: The House that Joe Built – Act III. Kick...Read moreRead more
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Demolition and construction professionals know the story well: the empire began in a modest Uttoxeter lock-up garage in 1945, when Joseph Cyril Bamford welded together a tipping trailer from wartime scrap metal. Joe Bamford was a mechanical genius who single-handedly put his eponymous company on the map. He gave the world the backhoe loader, built...Read moreRead more
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In today’s show: The lowdown on the LiuGong T Series loaders; Friends Reunited – The return of the JCB ADT; going underground with Komatsu; and Shantui at SaMoTeR 2026. In today’s episode of Mark’s Morning Monologue: Site noise is killing you. Kick off your morning with The Break Fast Show. Live at 10am GMT, every...Read moreRead more
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Think about the noise you encounter on-site. Maybe you have the rhythmic, chest-thumping percussion of a pile driver over in the corner. Then, there is the violent, ear-splitting burst of a hydraulic breaker tearing through reinforced concrete. And underneath it all, that relentless, low-frequency diesel generator hum that seems to vibrate right through the soles...Read moreRead more
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In today’s show: Liebherr pushes out its new Generation 8 PR 776 dozer; this is how the Dutch inspire the next generation of demolition men and women; on the road with Trevi Benne; and LiuGong at SaMoTeR 2026. In today’s episode of Mark’s Morning Monologue: Are machines getting worse? Kick off your morning with The...Read moreRead more
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A few days ago, Ollie Gunns, a well-known British contractor and machinery YouTuber, uploaded a video to his YouTube channel that struck a chord within the plant sector. Titled “I really didn’t want to have to say this…”, the video was a candid, slightly heartbroken critique of his brand-new JCB backhoe loader. Ollie’s machine, affectionately...Read moreRead more
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In today’s attachment-heavy show: Sennebogen makes a grab for diversification; AMI Attachments opens the doors on its new facility; Volvo pushes on with its remanufacturing programme; and we’re walking among the attachments at SaMoTeR 2026. In today’s episode of Mark’s Morning Monologue: Where do we go from here? Kick off your morning with The Break...Read moreRead more
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The latest official statistics from the Insolvency Service make for grim, if predictable, reading. In March 2026, monthly construction insolvencies jumped by 14 per cent, with 347 businesses going under in a single month. This is not a sudden, unpredictable shock to an otherwise healthy organism. It is a continuation of a systemic disease that...Read moreRead more
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