Ringway's loadalls

Highway maintenance specialist Ringway Infrastructure Services used several JCB loadalls to help clear the icy UK roads after the coldest December in 30 years.

Ringway is responsible for the winter maintenance of large sections of the UK's road network. It has purchased 13 JCB 531-70 models to load salt-spreading winter maintenance vehicles at each of its county depots.

Gary Condon, Ringway's group plant and fleet manager, says the recent inclement weather has made driving conditions treacherous. "The regular salt-spreading of roads is essential."

Condon says the JCB models are on emergency standby 24 hours a day. "We are totally dependent on their reliability.

Ringway chose JCB's loadalls because of the ability to have the machines tailored exactly to meet the company's demanding specifications for 24-hour service in low temperatures and arduous conditions.