Paul Chapman & Sons give JCB seal of approval

Loyal JCB customer hails digging performance of new excavator

MIDLANDS-based Paul Chapman & Sons are celebrating 30 years in business with continued investment in JCB products, having taken delivery of a 29-tonne JS290 tracked excavator for use in a variety of roles both on hire to customers and loading crushers at their recycling facility.

Owner Paul Chapman commented: ‘For the latest addition to the fleet we needed the power of a big excavator but one able to work within the confines of our busy recycling yard when needed. The JS290 was the perfect combination of size and performance, giving us the power we need to load heavy materials into crushers handling up to 10,000 tonnes a week. When working on customer sites it has also proved to be a powerful digging machine.

‘For customers requiring materials to be recycled at their own site we offer a complete package comprising of JCB excavator for loading, a crusher and screen and a JCB loading shovel for stockpiling. This provides the perfect mobile recycling solution.’ 

In addition to the company’s crushing and screening services, a range of recycled aggregate is produced at the company’s recycling yard in Spondon, Derbyshire. Materials for sale include:  6F2; Type 1 (concrete), pipe bedding, fill sand, planings and 100mm clean material.

Paul Chapman founded the business in 1982 as an owner/operator of a JCB 3C backhoe loader. Since then the business has evolved and expanded into general plant hire and now specializes in crushing, screening and recycling of aggregates, building materials and tarmac.

For hire, the company offers tracked and wheeled excavators, including JCB JS130, JS145, JS160, JS220 and JS290 models, telescopic handlers, loading shovels and dump trucks along with mobile crushing and screening plant.