What Can I Expect

This is the JCB driving experience! Your chance to drive a JCB and find out for yourself what these versatile machines can do. We are offering vouchers for a one-hour experience for one, or a 1.5-hour session for two, where you can share the driving time.

Destination Leicestershire, at a former quarry somewhere near Market Harborough. This is the ideal habitat for a JCB to get stuck in and busy, digging, loading and shifting and we know you'll love driving one.

The JCB 3CX model is, in the plant and construction machinery world, considered to be one of the best backhoe loaders out there. Coveted by builders and farmers alike, the JCB is the must-have for all those daily tasks where you need a big hand to help you.

With the main body and cab, it looks like a classic agricultural tractor. However, it's all the attachments and tools which turns the JCB into a veritable multitasker. The JCB you'll be driving will more than likely be kitted out with a loader up front and a bucket on the boom at the back.

The bucket means you can easily dig holes and trenches. Then the loader is perfect for sweeping the earth back in and smoothing it all over. In essence it's as simple as ‘dig, fill, done'!

Ask any JCB owner and they'll tell you that when you add into the mix loading fork, compactor, sweepers and drill attachments, a JCB can do pretty much anything. These experiences give you the chance to be at the controls in the cab, digging, shifting and lifting.

So, if you've ever looked at one of these yellow machines working away and said to yourself : ‘I'd love to do that', this is the perfect opportunity for you to have a go at driving a JCB on this fab experience in Leicestershire.

When Is It Available

• This experience is available all year round, subject to availability

Suitable For

• Minimum age 17 
• You will need a full valid driving licence to take part (or know how to drive a manual vehicle)

Spectators

• Suitable for spectators