From crater to greater: the JCB Pothole Pro

With an average repair time of eight minutes, the JCB Pothole Pro takes a specialised approach to fixing potholes, making it quick, easy and safe.

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Among the dozers, excavators, telehandlers and wheel loaders at this year's Diesel Dirt & Turf Expo, one machine stood out from the rest - the JCB Pothole Pro.

Designed specifically to combine pothole repair processes into one machine, reducing the equipment and manpower required on site, the Pothole Pro has a planer, cropping tool and front sweeper that are all controlled from the enclosed cab.

The 600mm planer with hydraulic depth control can plane against curbs and is selflevelling regardless of the gradient.

The 400m cropping tool is controlled through a tilt rotator, which allows for cropping around sewer grates and other obstacles. At the front of the machine is a 1200mm wide sweeper with dust suppression that sweeps up excavated material into a containment bin.

Alternative attachments can also be used such as forks for material handling, buckets or mulchers and the Pothole Pro can achieve speeds of up to 40km/h for easy transport between job sites.

For Australian dealer JCB CEA, the event was a great occasion for industry to get up close to the unique machine.