Brand new JCB 370X wastes no time for Wiltshire recycler

370X Tracked Excavator - Crapper & Sons Landfill Ltd - Application 1 - Press Release

A family-run recycling and landfill company has invested in a mighty new JCB 370X crawler excavator to shift waste on its landfill site.

Purchased by Wiltshire-based Crapper & Sons Landfill Ltd, the brand new JCB 370X has been busy loading heavy clay from a waste cell into an articulated dump truck. It is working at the firm’s 180-acre waste recycling site which handles approximately 120,000 tonnes of waste material per year.

Supplied by JCB dealer Holt JCB, the JCB 370X joins a JCB TM320S wheeled telescopic loader, a JCB 220X and four JCB 437 wheeled loading shovels in Crapper & Sons Landfill Ltd’s fleet. These are joined by a JCB Fastrac 4220 iCON which works on the company’s own 1500-acre beef farm.

We invested in a JCB 220X just over a year ago and are really pleased with how it has performed, so adding the larger JCB 370X was an easy decision. The machine has been running exceptionally well and is proving very fuel efficient.

Richard Crapper | Crapper & Sons Landfill Ltd Managing Director 

Richard added: "The team at Holt JCB are excellent - we’ve built a strong working relationship, and they’re always quick to respond when we need support.”

The JCB 370X is the biggest and most powerful model in the JCB X Series range with the ability to move 4.5 tonnes more material per litre of fuel than competitive models and boasts a Stage V 240kW (322hp) diesel engine delivering 14% more power.

Established in 1985 in Royal Wooton Bassett in Wiltshire, Crapper & Sons Landfill Ltd is a family-owned business specialising in recycling, waste management and the supply of recycled aggregates. The company is passionate about sustainability and diverts around 85% of all its waste material away from landfill.