A family owned company operating in the Cooma Monaro and Snowy Mountains area of NSW, McMahon’s Earthmoving is a big outfit. Director Rachel McMahon was eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new Bobcat R series when we lobbed for a quick chat.
Richard and Rachel McMahon started McMahon’s in 2006, employing local families and travelling throughout the Cooma Monaro and Snowy Mountains for work.
Now, 20 years later, the business has grown a bit.
“We mainly do civil construction,” said Rachel. “But we can deal with anything from a backyard digger job to major road projects.
“We also have quarries, landscaping yards, a concrete plant, snow clearing…we do tree removal…we do a bit of everything.”
The mention of snow clearing was fortuitous, because the company’s newest addition, due for delivery that same day, was a brand new Bobcat R series T86 Track Loader, destined for snow clearing duties in the winter and civil-construction projects during the warmer months.
McMahon’s history with Bobcat and Clark Equipment is a long and happy one. The company bought its first Bobcat from Clark Equipment around two decades ago.
Out-and-out winner
“We haven’t looked back,” reflected Rachel.
“We tried two other brands, but they couldn’t compete with the Bobcats for performance and reliability. When we needed a new machine for the snow work, we didn’t hesitate to go with Bobcat again.”
McMahon’s experience with other brands of track loaders showed the Bobcats needed less maintenance, and Clark Equipment’s after-sales service was exceptional.
There was also the experience of a most-trusted operator to take into consideration.
“The operators were split 50/50 on whether they liked the other branded machines or not, but my husband, Richard, operates all the machines and he found none of them could compete with Bobcat.
“They’re awesome.”
More to the story
While the Bobcat machinery gets the thumbs up from McMahon’s, there’s more than just performance for hard-working earthmoving companies to consider.
“We’ve been dealing with Clark Equipment in Fyshwick, Canberra, for 20 years,” reflected Rachel. “We bought a 773 skid-steer loader back then.
“I haven’t dealt with any other branch, but Fyshwick, they’ve been great.
“I’m big on machine functionality, of course, but also after-sales service. If the after-sales service isn’t there, there’s no point in buying the machine.
“Touch wood, not much goes wrong with Bobcats, and the service from Clark Equipment has always been great.”
To learn more of the Bobcat R series track loaders, log on to bobcatofaustralia.com.au.
