Comfort and little down time, from Hyundai machines
CJ Holmes & Son, a family-run company in, Skegness, UK, has opened a plant hire business, CJ Holmes Plant and Tool Hire.
The new company has 12 machines in its fleet which includes 10-236 Hyundai machines ranging in operating weights from 1.7tonne up to 22tonne. All are supplied by Hyundai dealer EP Industries, based in Alfreton, Derbyshire.
Managing director Chris Holmes said one of the main reasons Hyundai machines were chosen is for their reliability meaning they very low maintenance machines and down-time is minimal.
“We purchased our first Hyundai from EP Industries in 2013 and we now have a fleet of 10-Hyundai units which includes the R17Z-9A, a 1.7tonne zero tail swing machine,” said Holmes.
“We also have in our excavator fleet two R60CR-9A 6tonne machines, two 14tonne R140LC-9A and two R160LC-9A’s. Our latest purchases have been another R220LC-9A 22tonne machine and a 2.5tonne R25Z-9A – another zero tailswing machine.”
The family business started 20 years ago as a one-man-one-machine operation working mainly in ground work for caravan sites in Lincolnshire until civil engineering firm JN Bentley offered the company an environmental contract. The business continues to expand into new markets including highways contracts and the utilities sector.
Ian Lovely has been an operator for over 30-years and has been with CJ Homes for just over two years where he spends 95% of his time out on hire. In his time at company Ian has operated the majority of the machines in the CJ Holmes fleet and is currently working on an Environmental Agency project in Skegness for JN Bentley, operating the Hyundai 14tonne R140LC-9A.
“When you are working on a machine for 12-14 hours a day, it needs to be comfortable,” said Lovely. “And the cab in the Hyundai has all the ‘mod-con’s’ and visibility is excellent too.
“I have found that the machines are good on fuel too. When I am on the R160 (17,800kg operating weight) in heavy digging mode I can get a day and a half of operating on one tank full of fuel. There’s very little or no ‘down-time’ with these machines I have had none at all on the R140, the R220. And the R160 has just clocked up 2,000 hours with not one moment of working time has been lost,” said Lovely
The new company has 12 machines in its fleet which includes 10-
Managing director Chris Holmes said one of the main reasons Hyundai machines were chosen is for their reliability meaning they very low maintenance machines and down-time is minimal.
“We purchased our first Hyundai from EP Industries in 2013 and we now have a fleet of 10-Hyundai units which includes the R17Z-9A, a 1.7tonne zero tail swing machine,” said Holmes.
“We also have in our excavator fleet two R60CR-9A 6tonne machines, two 14tonne R140LC-9A and two R160LC-9A’s. Our latest purchases have been another R220LC-9A 22tonne machine and a 2.5tonne R25Z-9A – another zero tailswing machine.”
The family business started 20 years ago as a one-man-one-machine operation working mainly in ground work for caravan sites in Lincolnshire until civil engineering firm JN Bentley offered the company an environmental contract. The business continues to expand into new markets including highways contracts and the utilities sector.
Ian Lovely has been an operator for over 30-years and has been with CJ Homes for just over two years where he spends 95% of his time out on hire. In his time at company Ian has operated the majority of the machines in the CJ Holmes fleet and is currently working on an Environmental Agency project in Skegness for JN Bentley, operating the Hyundai 14tonne R140LC-9A.
“When you are working on a machine for 12-14 hours a day, it needs to be comfortable,” said Lovely. “And the cab in the Hyundai has all the ‘mod-con’s’ and visibility is excellent too.
“I have found that the machines are good on fuel too. When I am on the R160 (17,800kg operating weight) in heavy digging mode I can get a day and a half of operating on one tank full of fuel. There’s very little or no ‘down-time’ with these machines I have had none at all on the R140, the R220. And the R160 has just clocked up 2,000 hours with not one moment of working time has been lost,” said Lovely
