our team grows to keep pace with business • new! tch jcb website

W I N T E R 2 014
• OUR TEAM GROWS TO KEEP PACE WITH BUSINESS
• NEW! TCH JCB WEBSITE GOES LIVE
• JC BALLS CHOSEN FOR JCB GOLF CLUB PROJECT
• JCB EXCAVATORS HELP IN ECOLOGICAL PROJECT
BACK
CHAT
OUR TEAM GROWS
TO KEEP PACE WITH BUSINESS
It is fantastic to be able to announce new appointments across the whole of TCH JCB. After years
of challenging conditions in the construction sector from 2008 we have experienced spectacular
business growth over the last 18 months and to manage our organic growth we’ve taken on a
number of new people including:
Chris Sellors, New Group Parts Manager
We welcomed Chris Sellors to the team in
November. Joining us from furniture retailer,
DFS, Chris will take up his position as Group
Parts Manager on 1st Jan; taking over from Rob
Virr who has transferred to our Leeds depot.
WELCOME
Welcome to the winter edition of
TCH JCB Backchat. The year is
almost over, but what a year it was.
Since we sent you our last newsletter
the construction market has been
exceptionally buoyant and the UK is
now the fastest growing market for
JCB globally.
Our own activity reflects this and it’s
very pleasing to report that equipment
sales are thriving. The autumn
forecasts from the Construction
Products Association are also upbeat
and estimate a construction output
growth of 4.8% in 2014 and an even
more impressive 5.3% in 2015.
The recent announcements by the
Government of further investment
to the tune of £15 billion in to road
infrastructure bodes well for all of us
and the lion’s share of the spend –
some £2.3 billion – is to be directed to
the road network in Yorkshire and the
North East; a great benefit to this area.
We wish everyone a busy last few
weeks of trading for 2014 before a
well-earned festive break and we look
forward to working with you all in
what may well turn out to be a very
busy and exciting 2015.
Robert Wilson
Joint Group Managing Director
Chris is currently learning the ropes at Head
Office and will be responsible for developing the
activities and profitability of all parts departments
within TCH JCB and leading the parts teams
across the depots.
Parts & Service teams expanded
Our Lincoln and Leeds depots have also both
recently welcomed new people to their team.
Martin Lynes joins us from outside the industry
whilst Rob Virr has moved across from HQ. Both
will manage the day to day demand for genuine
JCB parts which is growing in line with the upturn
in business across all sections of the business.
Martin re- joined the TCH JCB team in October.
Having previously worked in our service
department he left a few years ago to join a
contracting company working on the London
Olympics site. After the games he had a spell in
the NHS as part of the maintenance team.
When a new opportunity arose in the Lincoln
depot, Martin, who lives just 2 miles away,
jumped at the chance to come back on board. In
his new role as Assistant Manager he has already
hit the ground running thanks to his previous inhouse experience.
Rob has relocated from our HQ in Chapeltown,
Sheffield to our Birstall branch in Leeds which is
much closer to home and will significantly reduce
his travel time. As Parts Supervisor Rob will
apply the knowledge gained during his 16 years
as Group Parts Manager, a role he relinquished
so that he could see out his career in a less
demanding role enabling him to spend more
time with his family.
TRAINING
THE TRAINERS
The continuous professional development of all our employees here at TCH JCB is something that sets us apart from other employers. Access to
training is available to all staff; much of which is conducted at JCB’s own world-class training centre close to the Staffordshire HQ.
Two of our staff have recently undertaken
‘Train the Trainer’ qualifications to enable
them to carry out their own training sessions in
our workshops. Sam Dixon and Kieren Town,
both of whom work within the Chapeltown
depot, have qualified as instructors and are
now trained and certified to deliver the
introductory courses on Loadalls, Backhoes
and JS Range of machines to our engineers.
NEW! TCH JCB WEBSITE
GOES LIVE
We’ve overhauled our website and we
hope you like the result.
The new site is both easy to use and simple to
navigate and is full of relevant information for
customers. For example, our used equipment
pages are fully searchable by model or machine
type whilst our comprehensive new machine
section is supported with videos and MRRP’s
where available. It’s now super easy to order
parts from us on our parts ordering pages and
you can check availability 24/7 to make sure we
have what you need, when you need it. We are
currently collating customer testimonials and if
you would like to submit yours then we’d be
pleased to hear from you.
PLEASE TAKE TIME TO HAVE A LOOK ON:
www.tchjcb.com and give us your feedback.
SYNCRON – AN INVESTMENT IN EFFICIENCY
THE NEW JCB 85Z-1 AND 86C-1
After almost 50 years of manufacturing tracked excavators JCB’s all new compact machines are creating a real stir for not only their operating
performance but for their superb levels of comfort. Designed for pure hard work the JCB 85Z-1 and 86C-1 are robust, durable and strong and feature
a high quality operating environment for all-day long productivity.
BUILD QUALITY
SERVICEABILITY
VERSATILITY
• Finite element analysis designed heavy
• 500hr dig end and dozer greasing intervals
• Twin auxiliary lines for high and low
duty structure
• Simplified H frame undercarriage construction
• Fully robot welded boom and dipper made
from high tensile strength steel with internal
baffle plates
• Four plate dipper design for added
• Wide opening steel bonnet
• All key components have easy access
• Large inspection cover for the rotary joint
and slew bearing
hydraulic for a range of attachments
• Choice of dipper lengths
• Fully adjustable dozer blade
• Specialist attachments range
• Removable side skirts and in-fill panel
system in conjunction with JCB. Syncron
experience of working with us. There are
and exceptional orders.
went live in November within TCH JCB and
benefits to our operation too. Firstly the
interfaces with our current systems to improve
system should help us to eliminate obsolete
With 33,000 different parts sold per year the
the efficiency of our parts stock ordering and
stock and secondly it should minimise the
enhance the stock profile of parts across all
problem of excess stock.
our depots.
The sophisticated system analyses 12 months
look forward to reporting good reports on this
The main goal is to improve off-the-shelf
rolling demand on parts and translates it in
significant investment in our parts operation.
PRODUCTIVITY
• JCB Diesel by Kohler Tier 4 final/Stage IIIB
common rail engine
• No DPF required
• Tractive effort and 5kph tracking speeds
are class leading
• Auto kick-down motors adapt to
terrain changes
• Optional TAB Boom for greater
working (86c)
• Best in class stability
COMFORT
• Highly spacious cab with large door
MODEL
OPERATING WEIGHT
MAX DIG DEPTH
MAX DIG HEIGHT
85Z
8300kg
3.6m
6.7m
86C
8600kg
4.3m
7.1m
system adds a layer of science in to the parts
sales process and also eliminates a huge chunk
of admin and paperwork in to the bargain. We
BUILDERS MERCHANT
BAGS A NEW JCB 407
Family owned Frank Key is one of the
Nottingham. A competitive evaluation of
even though this wasn’t part of the JCB
largest and fastest growing building materials
compact loading shovels was undertaken by
build, the sales guys at TCH JCB sourced all
suppliers in the region with branches spanning
boss, Bob Sansoms, who ultimately placed an
the technical details on our behalf. The service
Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South
order with TCH JCB for a JCB 407.
is excellent’.
Yorkshire. When a trusty JCB 406B was
“TCH JCB as a company is very easy to deal
The highly manoeuvrable compact loader is
with and they are very quick to respond to
fitted with a custom built bucket which was
all our requests. We specified a Trueload
also sourced by TCH JCB which will facilitate
weighing system with this machine to ensure
loading materials on to various collection
the accurate loading of it’s bags of sand and,
vehicles at the busy branch.
established head office and depot in Daybrook,
re-bushable pivots
excellent air-con
considers trends, ‘blips’ in demand, seasonality
materials handling machine at the busy, well
• Heavy duty kingpost with durable and
• Powerful heater with de-mister and
to required stock. As part of the analysis it
improve our first time supply rate and your
in Sheffield it created the need for a new
• Fully pressed steel bodywork
• Plenty of storage, cup holder, phone tray
availability of all parts which will ultimately
implement a ‘Retail Inventory Management’
transferred to the company’s new depot
structural strength
• Fully adjustable suspension seat
TCH JCB has become the first dealer to
JC BALLS CHOSEN
FOR
JCB
GOLF CLUB PROJECT
Derbyshire based JC Balls & Sons has grown to become the number 1 plant hire and contracting business in the East Midlands. A long term, loyal user of JCB
equipment the company has recently bought 4 JCB excavators, a JS 160, JS220, JS260 and a JS360, for use on large construction projects in the region.
The aptly named business has recently won the tender to provide bulk muck shifting services at the site of JCB’s prestigious new £30mn tour quality golf
course which is currently taking shape close to the Rocester HQ. The main tasks to be undertaken by JC Balls & Sons include stripping and storing topsoil
from the 240-acre site and shaping the subsoil in six of the eleven work sectors that the golf course is divided into. They have also staked out the golf course
with huge, 4m high staking poles and tackled some of the tree and hedgerow clearance in readiness for the holes.
JCB EXCAVATORS
HELP IN ECOLOGICAL PROJECT
Cawarden Demolition is not a million miles
locations to new, specially designed areas to enable them to flourish. Under the watchful eye of a
from Uttoxeter, where JCB’s excavators
Chief Ecologist the experienced excavator operator had to move the turfs containing orchid spikes
are manufactured in a dedicated factory. As
and butterfly larvae one bucket at a time to minimise disturbance during translocation.
a previous user of competitive machines,
William Crooks, the MD of the Derby based
company, agreed to take a JS160 on demo in
The JS220LC was selected to undertake the turf lifting whilst a JCB 85-Z1, loaned to Cawarden
by TCH JCB, was used to assist with bund preparation.
2013 to benchmark its performance. Deciding
Lead Estimator for Carwarden, Oliver Crooks, acknowledges the fuel economy and reliability
to upgrade – due to larger demolition projects
of the JCB’s.
in the pipeline – a demolition specification
“The JCB’s easily undertake the same operations at a fraction of the cost of some of our
JS220LC was purchased following the demo
and then a further two units were ordered this
year including another JS220 and a JS360LC
for pre-Christmas delivery.
competitive machines. The staff at TCH JCB were very helpful in assessing our requirements and
spec’ing the right machines and we’re really grateful for the loan of the midi machine that helped
us create the habitat for the ecologically sensitive work we undertook at the colliery site”.
Cawarden Demolition, as the name suggests,
specialises
in
demolition
and
ground
remediation works. However, a project for
client Bolsover Properties in Nottinghamshire
on the site of a former colliery, recently called
JCB Chairman Lord Bamford marked the start
of work on the project with JC Ball & Sons
new 36-tonne tracked excavator.
for the team at Cawarden to undertake some
interesting ecological work alongside the
land reclamation activity. The site is a prime
location for uncommon plants and insects of
conservation importance such as Common
Spotted Orchids, Bee Orchids and Dingy
Skipper Butterflies. One of the tasks was
to relocate the colonies from their current
NICE ORDER FOR
MECHPLANT
WRAPS UP THE YEAR
Privately owned, Mechplant (North East) Ltd is one of the region’s premier providers of contractors’ plant equipment and leaders of on-site
Passenger and Materials hoist solutions. Keeping their plant fleets as modern and up to date as possible the company has placed an order for 27
mixed machines for early New Year delivery. This proved a nice order to round the year off with
our
depots
T.C.HARRISON JCB
8 Brookdale Court,
Chapeltown,
Sheffield S35 2PT
Tel 0114 232 9800
Fax 0114 232 9801
T.C.HARRISON JCB
Unit 3, Springwell 27,
Dark Lane, Birstall,
Leeds WF17 9LN
Tel 01924 428080
Fax 01924 428088
T.C.HARRISON JCB
Sedgefield Industrial Estate,
Salters Lane, Sedgefield,
Cleveland TS21 3EE
Tel 01740 625100
Fax 01740 625103
OUR NEW
NIGHT SERVICE INITIATIVE
WE WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP
During January 2015 we are very excited to
You asked us how we could help and so from
be launching a trial of a new ‘night service’
New Year you will be able to take advantage
initiative at our Chapeltown depot in Sheffield.
of this unique and user-friendly scheme by
The idea to offer machine servicing during
simply booking your service over the phone
sleeping hours was conceived after talking to
and bringing your machine to the depot before
machine owners who don’t wish – or cannot
6pm ready for a 7am collection the following
afford - to lose valuable working hours during
morning. Job done.
the day having their machine serviced when
they could be out earning money.
T.C.HARRISON JCB
West Meadows Industrial Estate,
Chequers Road,
Derby DE21 6EN
Tel 01332 633722
Fax 01332 633739
T.C.HARRISON JCB
Whisby Way, Whisby Road,
Lincoln LN6 3LQ
Tel 01522 887000
Fax 01522 887003
Don’t forget to follow us on
facebook and twitter where
we regularly post the most
up-to-date information on
TCH JCB.
Head Office:
T.C.HARRISON JCB, 8 Brookdale Court, Chapeltown, Sheffield S35 2PT
Tel 0114 232 9800 Fax 0114 232 9801
Find the very latest information on the JCB product range at: www.tchjcb.co.uk
We hope you will find this new scheme really
useful and look forward to working with you
to eliminate downtime during working hours.