AB Equipment

Bay Civil have recently added to their fleet of Sumitomo excavators with the purchase of a SH210 -6LC and a SH130-6LC from New Zealand distributor, AB Equipment, bringing their total number of Sumitomo’s to eight . Bay Civil has run Sumitomo  excavators for sale  for years and continue to be impressed with their performance. Owner Chris Kendrick is mad passionate about them and likes the fact that they are very smooth and easy to drive, a good all round excavator. For him, they tick all the boxes. “We do a lot of drain laying and dewatering jobs, so it is important to have reliable machinery because a lot of the work is below the water table” explains Chris Kendrick. Chris is referring to the Golden Sands subdivision at Papamoa that the company has been exclusively involved in for the last 25 years, which ironically, is nearly as long as his relationship between Sumitomo and AB Equipment. There is still 50 hectares to be developed which will involve more subdivision work, a 22-hectare

  Although industries like agriculture, manufacturing, and import and export have always needed a lot of warehouse storage space, which requires the reach truck to carry the heavy materials. The constant growth of online shopping is driving up demand for big storage spaces year after year. Even though there is an apparent increase in the demand from businesses for more space to store goods, this can be challenging because land expansion can require significant capital outlays. Some companies are simply landlocked and would need to relocate to expand the space available for their products. The forklift truck industry quickly responded to this trend by creating various advanced commercial reach truck models that allow users to reach things on shelves that are several meters in the air. Additionally, these reach trucks were made with as narrow a body as they could manage without sacrificing stability or navigation. Compared to a conventional forklift, the vehicle has a much smaller turn