John Wade Group has expanded its fleet with hi-spec JCB Loadall telehandlers.

Waste recycling firm, John Wade Group, has expanded its fleet with hi-spec JCB Loadall telehandlers and compact-wheeled loading shovels for its growing business.

Comprising haulage, aggregates and waste divisions, the company operates at the Aycliffe quarry near Darlington, which also houses its materials recycling facility. It has operated JCB wheeled loading shovels for several years.

"We like that they (JCB shovels) can be tailor-made to our demanding specifications and can handle the arduous conditions in the aggregates and recycling environments," says company owner John Wade.

He explains that it was "the natural choice" for the company to order the 531-70 Loadalls when telehandlers were needed because of the positive experience it had had with the shovels, and the service from JCB dealer, TC Harrison JCB.

The new telehandlers load materials into high-sided containers at the Civic Amenity Site and Waste Transfer Station, which The John Wade Group operates on behalf of Darlington Council under an 11-year contract.

Meanwhile, the JCB wheeled loading shovels are used at the Aycliffe site to unload the picking station bays, load the hoppers and bailers, load lorries and handle sand gravel in the aggregates yard.

John Wade Group supplies aggregates and recycled products to the DIY, civil construction and equestrian industries, and provides waste management and landfill services to the commercial, agricultural and construction sectors.

JCB's extensive equipment line-up for the waste management sector includes the JCB Wastemaster wheeled loading shovels, telehandlers, wheeled excavators, tracked excavators, rough-terrain forklifts and skid steer loaders.