M O'Brien Plant Hire LTD

michael o’brien was just 19 years old when he first came over to england. like so many young irish lads of his generation he very quickly found work in the uk construction industry, initially starting out as a groundworks labourer. as time went by, the young michael got a hankering to operate the machines and blagged his way into the seat during lunch breaks. during these periods he used to practice hard to perfect his skills and in time he was given his own mount top operate. in 1990 michael decided to have a go at machine ownership, and in conjunction with his wife annamarie, he formed m o’brien plant hire, which at the time based in luton. michael’s first ever machine was a jcb 3cx, which they ran out of their back garden in the town. as the business expanded they were eventually running no less than 11 jcb 3cx’s from their back garden, but as one can imagine the neighbours rapidly got fed up with the sound of machines firing up at 5am in the morning and the late night sound of sle