L Lynch plant hire fined £80,000 over abnormal load notification

Lucy Barnard Senior Web editor

07 April 2025

UK-based equipment rental firm L Lynch Plant Hire and Haulage has been fined more than £80,000 (US$102,800) after being found guilty of moving an abnormal load without proper notification.

Photo: West Midlands Police

The Hertfordshire-based national plant hire firm has been convicted of three separate offences related to transporting a tracked excavator and associated plant equipment  without submitting the correct movement notification.

According to West Midlands Police, officers stopped a heavy goods vehicle transporting the excavator in March 2024 during a Multi Agency…

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