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As regular readers will know, Dig A Screener managing director has just spent the past seven days cycling from the Northernmost to the Southernmost tip of his native Ireland to raise money for the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity. Saddle sore and weary, Sean has just sent us this message:

I finished the challenge on Friday afternoon when we reached the most southerly point of Ireland after seven tough, enjoyable and fascinating days.
I learned that what Marie Curie do is to care for patients at home when they are dying. Their family want to care for them, but the reality is when they are left on their own it is so exhausting to do this. Then the first thing to go is love. Marie Curie nurses take care of the patents and so allow the family to take care of their loved ones in their final days.
We had some amazing moments during the trip. The best one was the weather. Sunshine and a tail wind all the way. You couldn’t make it up!! Then there was the individuals including Margaret a 55-year old nurse from Waterford but now in Aberdeen who said she hadn’t been on a bike for two months because she didn’t want to injure herself before the trip!!
I also leaned that someone has made the hills in Ireland a lot steeper over the last 20 years because they were a lot harder to get over, especially the hills between Buncrana and Derry. We had early starts with wake up calls at 6.30 and were on the road for 8am. The days were longest on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday when we didn’t finish before 5pm.
But the crack was great. We went as individuals and came away as a group. 41 did it and great friendships were made along the roads. The banter with the locals was brilliant as we were shouting support to all the farmers, walkers and anyone else who gave us a sideways glance along the way!! “Come on the Banner” will ring in my head for a long time as we passed through Clare. I wouldn’t normally put the words “beautiful” and “Strabane” in the same sentence but I was amazed at the views and scenery into the town as we cycled along the wee roads from the Sperrins above.
Overall I am glad to have done it. Sometimes in life you have to give a lot to get a little back. I have just experienced that last week.

Congratulations Sean and to all your fellow riders; what a spectacular achievement.

Dig A Screener managing director Sean Heron is currently in the midst of a charity cycle ride that will take him (and his fellow riders) from the top to the bottom of Ireland over a grueling six-day ride in aid of the Marie Curie Charity.

And, through the wonders of modern technology, we have a photo of Sean leading a breakaway pack as they cross the Foyle Bridge in Derry.

We wish Sean and his fellow fundraisers all the best for their mammoth ride, and promise not to laugh too much at his saddle soreness when he returns to the fray!

We have just uploaded a new video to YouTube that shows our screening buckets tackling a mountain of construction and demolition waste for Manchester City Council.

We’re particularly pleased with this video, partly because the site allowed us to show the buckets in real close-up, but also because, for the first time, we’ve managed to capture some of the action from the operator’s point of view.

Take a look and let us know what you think in the Leave a Reply area below.

A week’s hire of a Dig A Screener REMU EX140 bucket has enabled Richards Plant Hire to screen over 800 tonnes of soil and rubble mixed with clay in just over a week, after traditional screeners struggled to cope.

A Dig A Screener REMU bucket, with 40mm blade spacing, was fitted on a CAT 320D excavator to process waste material onsite at a building project in rural Shropshire.

David Richards, the proprietor of Richards Plant Hire, explained, “We chose to hire a Dig A Screener REMU bucket because we were having problems with clay mixed in with soil and rubble.

“We had tried track screens, but the trouble was that the clay went over the mesh and contaminated the pile of stone and brick, which we crush to make a product out of. We also tried riddle buckets, but they were too slow and tended to knock the machine about in the process.”

Once screened, the rubble was removed from site and crushed to create hardcore, while the remaining material was reused on site. This meant the quality of the final screened product was critical in the decision as to which screening equipment was used.

Excavator operator, Ian Sylvester commented: “I would definitely recommend hiring a Dig A Screener REMU screening bucket. It has coped with some difficult materials and produced a good product at the end of it, which gave us a lot more options in terms of recycling material.”

Sean Heron, managing director of Dig A Screener commented “The recent decision to make Dig A Screener REMU buckets available for hire was an easy one.

“It’s a quality product available in a range of models, and its durability and versatility make it an ideal hire product. The more people that experience the benefits of Dig A Screener REMU buckets the better. By hiring these screeners out we are giving companies the opportunity to use them, who would otherwise not consider or be in a position to do so.”

However, it’s not just the product that is of benefit to the customer. David Richards also spoke highly of the service he received from Dig A Screener; “They offered us a range of different screening buckets, giving us the variation to get the right tool for the job.

“They also came to site and set the machine up. As a plant hirer we provide our clients with a complete package and being able to offer them the Dig A Screener REMU range of attachments, without having to actually invest in one, is of great benefit. Ultimately it means I don’t have a valuable piece of kit not earning money in my workshop between jobs.”

Check out the exclusive video of the equipment in action, below: