JCB opens £50m German HQ

[V8Druid]

"pound to a pinch of Schweinescheiße" they'll have a better build quality than UK machines

https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/jcb-opens-50m-german-hq

 

[JD450A]

Does that seem to you like they are worried about brexit? thought not.

 

[Regy53]

Sir Anthony is pro brexit which is actually a good sign in my opinion.

 

[Quattromike]

Are they hedging their bets! If they have a base in both camps they can pull the plug on which ever side doesn’t work out for them

 

[CPS]

Are they hedging their bets! If they have a base in both camps they can pull the plug on which ever side doesn’t work out for them

That was my thoughts also

 

[Lynchy]

Sir Anthony is pro brexit which is actually a good sign in my opinion.

Yeah being 'pro' and making contingency plans go hand in hand,bet the pro Tories are shorting the pound come the day,ideals are one thing,money talkings another

 

[Hg2702]

Are they hedging their bets! If they have a base in both camps they can pull the plug on which ever side doesn’t work out for them

There opening or have opened a new factory in India to but we haven’t fallen out with them yet

 

[V8Druid]

There opening or have opened a new factory in India to but we haven’t fallen out with them yet

think they have a huge market out there too ..... for all their old designs and a few you'd not get away with in Western Europe

 

[Hg2702]

Christ that’s some effort

 

[V8Druid]

Christ that’s some effort

they're everywhere out there .... have a look at you tube for some of the disasters with them .... alright on level, solid ground, but the flip flop brigade are beyond comprehending that

 

[V8Druid]

not much better on decent ground either

 

[V8Druid]

this must've been a hell of a ride

Looks like a Valla on the second half of the tandem

 

[Shovelhands]

He wasn’t lifting square though was he, all operator error.

If you had one and it was your only means of lifting, you’d think it was the best thing since Sunday roasts! And with some common sense, it would stay upright

 

[Komatsu]

Think they were predominantly used for at the docks for moving containers around.

 

[V8Druid]

Christ that’s some effort

their inability to slew makes them lethal ..... for what these guys get up to with them

 

[V8Druid]

He wasn’t lifting square though was he, all operator error.

If you had one and it was your only means of lifting, you’d think it was the best thing since Sunday roasts! And with some common sense, it would stay upright

absolutely James .... all down to the nut behind the wheel

 

[V8Druid]

Think they were predominantly used for at the docks for moving containers around.

anywhere else ....... maybe .... out there anything goes.
bit like the ozzy Frannas ... great tools for what they were designed for

 

[mart1602]

all the vids on youtube etc of 3rd world countries they f**k loads of equiptment up ops are absolute s**t

 

[JD450A]

anywhere else ....... maybe .... out there anything goes.
bit like the ozzy Frannas ... great tools for what they were designed for

I could make good use with a fleet of them

 

[V8Druid]

I could make good use with a fleet of them

in your country lanes ..... they'm a fair lump BTL of 'em Rory