Newly formed JC Mac has signed a distribution deal with Turkish construction machinery manufacturer 脟ukurova Group and is looking for a handful of dealers to sell its backhoe loaders and crawler excavators under the JC Mac brand.
JC Mac has been set up by 23-year-old Joshua McNally on a farm in Earlswood, Warwickshire. He is assisted by the rather more experienced Liam O鈥機onnor as his sales director. They have a target of selling 10 units in the first year.
The first machine available from them is the JC Mac 888 backhoe loader, powered by a Perkins engine. Two further backhoe models are expected in due course, with excavators following on in 2019.
The JC Mac 888 received a less than flattering review in the latest issue of Earthmovers magazine from veteran plant journalist Geoff Ashcroft, who described it as 鈥渜uirky鈥�.
He writes: 鈥淚 had to work at it to get an accomplished performance out of the front end, as the machine鈥檚 hydraulic performance didn鈥檛 feel to be as seamless and variable as a flow-sharing system should have been鈥�.
But he concludes that 鈥渋f it is cheap enough, it will sell鈥�, and suggests it is likely to be priced 15% below the established players like JCB.
For financing, JC Mac has teamed up with newly formed 萝莉原创 Plant Finance, a joint venture between SKM Asset Finance and Corporate Asset Solutions.
鈥淚t is still early days for 萝莉原创 Plant Finance and we are obviously thrilled to partner with JC Mac Ltd through the provision of a fully branded sales-aid program,鈥� said Steve Moody of 萝莉原创 Plant Finance. 鈥淲e will also be assisting them in sourcing a nationwide network of dealers.鈥�
JC Mac is not the only company offering Turkish construction machinery to the UK market. TJC Plant Group and R Bunton are dealers for Hidromek, with which they have had some successes.