TOOLS, PLANT & EQUIPMENT
KUBOTA KEEPS GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL RUNNING, WHATEVER THE WEATHER!
A total of 19 RTV’ s from Kubota are playing their part in keeping the city safe, clean and operational following a sizeable investment by Glasgow City Council in October 2025. Delivered by dealers Hamilton Ross, the RTV X1110’ s are equipped with rear-mounted gritters for crucial winter operations on pavements and cycleways and join Kubota ZD zeroturn mowers and mini excavators on the fleet providing year-round reliability on maintenance tasks throughout the city centre.
Close to 1700 machines currently support over 600 staff working across parks, streets, schools and public spaces where performance and reliability isn’ t optional – it’ s essential. With over 40 years of mechanical experience, Plant
Workshop Manager Jack Aikman knows more than most whether a machine is up to the test.“ There aren’ t many makes of equipment I haven’ t worked on and when it comes to build quality, Kubota is right up there” comments Jack.
“ As soon as we put the RTV’ s on the ramp you could just tell they were built to last which, given the strenuous demands placed on the vehicles, is crucial.”
Jack worked closely with the team at Hamilton Ross Group, particularly Thomas Connor, to deliver a solution to replace an aging fleet of machines used for gritting.“ What we’ ve got is a comfortable vehicle, that’ s smooth and easy to drive, with a good payload and compatible, highcapacity gritter to get maximum time in the field before the need to head back to base to refill.” He adds,“ We also specified the RTV’ s with a frontmounted plough so we really are equipped to deal with all weather conditions.”
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