The brand that matters most

A range of Liebherr machines has helped Sydney-based JMP Excavations establish itself as a sought-after business in the plant hire sector.

For the past few years, Sydney-based JMP Excavations has built up a reputation for providing a wide range of quality wet and dry hire equipment for earthworks projects of all types.

The range of equipment is comprehensive, including dozers, drotts, excavators, tipper trucks, and dump trucks, enough to meet all earthmoving and commercial excavation needs.

And of the machinery in JMP's arsenal, the majority comes from the Liebherr factory: a testament indeed to the quality of the products made by the German company.

Earthmoving Equipment Magazine caught up with JMP director Jerry Phillips to chat about the appeal of the Liebherr products and why they hold a special place in the fleet.

"We specialise in plant hire and cover pretty much the whole of NSW," Jerry said.

"We try to stay local as much as possible, but we'll go where the work is, we don't discriminate on who we service.

"So we do jobs for local mums and dads who maybe want a motocross track built for their son or daughter, for example, to a lot of the bigger guys doing the big subdivisions in the area.

"We do a lot of Tier 1 work, a lot of rail projects. We have supplied equipment for the Western Sydney airport project, and we've been there for about 18 months now.

"We're doing all the finished work along the runway, landscape preparation and stuff like that. At the busiest stage, we had five machines on that job and now there are two remaining there as it starts to wind up."

To provide quality service and continued support from clients, Jerry said it was crucial to use equipment that performed to highest expectations and that didn't malfunction.

"It's imperative as the business continues to grow," he said.

"In the beginning, we had a lot of small, older equipment which broke down a lot, causing us stress and costing us a lot of money.