The new Takeuchi TB370W is already at work for Bethell on phase two of the Market Street regeneration project in Farnworth, Bolton.
This machine is designed for working in reduced spaces, compact housing developments and the narrowest streetworks or utilities. It has a compact footprint of just 2.1 by 2.9m coupled with a two-piece boom as standard. It’s nimble, for a 7.5-tonner, and versatile, with four auxiliary ports for a variety of attachments.
Bethell plant operations manager Ronan Kilroe says: “Bethell have been looking for a rubber duck of this size for some time. There have been projects where we required the versatility of our TB295W or TB395W, but the machines were just that touch too big. We explored other options from other manufacturers before the launch of the TB370W, but I just couldn’t bring myself to get something other than a Takeuchi – so when Takeuchi exhibited the TB370W at Hillhead, I was delighted.
“I was very keen to try and get our hands on a unit and luckily enough we were able to do just that, investing in the first unit in the northwest and one of the first in the UK. We have a long-standing relationship with Takeuchi, and we favour them for their Japanese engineering, power, reliability, fuel efficiency, innovation and strong residual values.
“The new TB370W will prove an invaluable tool on a wide array of civils and highways jobs for us, providing all the benefits Takeuchi offers as well as the versality of it being wheeled while remaining compact in size.”
Takechi excavators have long been a favourite brand for Bethell, the company got its first machine more than 20 years ago and more than half of its fleet is Takeuchi today.
