When Clinton Hastie of Suffolk based Groundwork Solutions Ltd (GSL) rang an old friend to ask what excavator brand he would recommend he suggested SANY. That was just over a year ago, and today GSL has 10 SANY machines and planning to add more in the months to come.   Established in 2011, GSL is involved in a variety of projects ranging from affordable housing and other residential contracts to roads and drainage and is on course to double its turnover this year, such is the demand for its commercial and domestic groundworks services across Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and…

A key member of the team at KM Products in Laurencetown, Paul McMullen is a professional digger driver with thirty-five years’ experience, but he’d never met a SANY before. That was until Kevin Murphy of KM Products bought a SANY SY155U from Sleator Plant.   Paul does all of KM Products’ digging and excavating works and he is also contracted by other companies looking for an expert ‘digger man’, He’s driven just about every excavator brand there is but never a SANY and he’s really liking the experience. “Kevin is expanding his site considerably, and he decided to buy his…

When H&S Contractors were awarded the job of extracting sand from the Nepicar Sand Quarry in Kent they knew they would need something a little bigger than they had available in their extensive fleet, and they had no hesitation in opting for a new SANY SY500H; at 50 tonnes, it is a beast of a machine that has been proving itself for the last couple of months.   It’s a hard type of sand in the quarry and nothing less would have been up to the task of digging it out before it is loaded on to dump trucks to…

When digger operator Alan Mayman was told he was getting a new excavator, he didn’t know what to expect when he arrived on site that morning, and when he discovered it was a SANY SY500H, he still didn’t know what to make of it as he was not in the least familiar with the brand.   But as he has told Awesome Earthmovers, he has been thoroughly impressed by its performance, by its power and by its build quality. “It’s a nice smooth machine, with plenty of power, has a great comfortable cab that is well insulated to keep out…

It was B&B Tractors who was one of the first SANY dealers to put out the upgraded SY215C Stage V engine excavator to a UK Customer.   The excavator has been delivered to local recycling contractor Midlands Landfill who has replaced an 18-tonne machine with the SANY. Primarily used to load a mobile crusher or screener, the smaller SANY has been reported to be nimbler and more capable whilst delivering lower fuel consumption and increased cab comforts over its predecessor.   “We took a Stage VI machine in demonstration for a short period of time.” Explains quarry Foreman Lee Jacks;…

Established 10 years ago, ReCon Waste, headed up by Managing Director Daniel Connolly, not only processes and recycles waste materials, but also focuses on the construction and agricultural sectors and operates a mixed fleet of machinery.   The two new machines – a 16-tonne SY155U short-tail-swing and a 21-tonne SY215C – are the first SANY excavators in the ReCon fleet and Daniel says won’t be the last as his operators have been, in his words, ‘blown away’ by their driveability, performance and comfort.   Investing in the SANY excavators wasn’t a decision the company took lightly. “We shopped around for…