JCB launches Stage V/Tier 4 compactor with no DEF

Murray Pollok Managing Editor, IRN & Director of Content, KHL

10 July 2025

Photo showing JCB's new VM118D single drum soil compactor, powered by a 55kW Stage V JCB 430 engine. (Photo: JCB) JCB’s new VM118D single drum soil compactor, powered by a 55kW Stage V JCB 430 engine. (Photo: JCB)

JCB is launching a 12t single drum soil compactor, the VM118D, which combines the front section from its non-legislated market 116D model with the rear of the VM117 Stage V compactor designed for India, making it a “truly global compaction platform”.

Powered by a Stage V 55kW JCB 430…

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