CAITHNESS-based groundworks contractor and plant hire company Gow Group has snapped up its 1,000th machine, complete with a Tefra quick coupler from Hill Engineering.
The company’s first Hitachi 350 long reach excavator was bought by the group’s plant hire division but will also be used by the contracting arm where required, for main contractors such as RJ McLeod and Morrison Construction.
While Gow Plant Hire specialises in non-operated small plant, Gow Groundworks operates and hires self-drive and operated plant including tracked and wheeled excavators, dumpers, compaction rollers, telehandlers, tractors, dump and flatbed trailers, and a JCB 3CX.
Hill’s Tefra couplers have been used on wind farm and hydro projects, as well as dredging and harbour works, most recently for RJ McLeod at Ullapool Harbour. Gow has used them since the group was founded by Alan Gow senior in 2007 when a machine was supplied by Hitachi with a fully automatic quick hitch already fitted.
Alan Gow said, “The equipment has shown its durability in extreme weather conditions and also stands up very well to saltwater conditions, and as the attachments are renowned for their ability to satisfy health and safety requirements, they are readily accepted by our customers.”
Gow group also has a transport services division that hires out low loaders up to 78-tonnes for deliveries or collections across Scotland, as well as bulk aggregate trailers and an eight-wheeler tipper.
