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- 19 May 2005 ( #209 )
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Actor Martin Freeman who plays the lead character Arthur Dent in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, sitting in the bucket of a JCB digger.
Actor Martin Freeman who plays the lead character Arthur Dent in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, sitting in the bucket of a JCB digger.
Telehandler plays role in intergalactic film
ROCESTER, United Kingdom


A JCB 532-120 Loadall telescopic handler was among construction equipment that played a role in the newly released movie, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Also responsible for constructing sets and post-film clear up were mini excavators, wheeled loading shovels, wheeled excavators, backhoe loaders and a dump truck.

Magazine readers rank Toyota no #1
IRVINE, CA, United States


An independent study by a third-party researcher has found purchasers of materials handling equipment rate Toyota number one for quality and value.

Reed Research Group, which specialises in business-to-business and business-to-consumer surveys, polled more than 600 Modern Materials Handling magazine readers.
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