Digger

It just slipped off boss!

How many of us operators have had that sliding feeling when you are loading a tracked excavator onto a low loader/lowboy trailer. Picture the scene, its cold, muddy and wet the trailer bed is all metal and it is parked...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 3, 2009 1:36 PM

New Komatsu 830E's down under

A fleet of these big trucks are in the process of being assembled & delivered to a new mine near Ulan in NSW. These large trucks from Komatsu are powered by komatsu's own SDA16V160 engine which develops 1865kw @1900rpm. The...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 26, 2009 11:13 AM

Now that's what I call a hole in the ground!

This amazing video footage of the "Super Pit" was taken by fellow machinery forum member Allistair Cooke during his recent year long working holiday in Australia This renowned Kalgoorlie-Boulder landmark is currently 3.5 km long, 1.5 km wide and 360...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 18, 2009 12:29 PM

Komatsu rips it up!

Following a request from Digger blog reader Bob Rocker for more big dozer shots our good friend Gary Steen from Australia has stepped in to help with these shots of a Komatsu D475A-5 in action during very hard ripping duties....

Posted by Nick Drew on October 11, 2009 9:17 AM

Bucyrus and Cats dig for gold

The Boddington gold mine is a large open cut mining operation that produces more than 230,000 ounces of gold per year. The mine is located about 150klm south east of Perth Western Australia. The primary excavators at the gold mine...

Posted by Nick Drew on September 28, 2009 9:30 AM

Heavy equipment goes to sea!

This incredible series of pictures were recently posted on our Facebook Friends of the Digger blog wall by Shaun Hall. They show a 395 ton O&K/Terex RH170 excavator making its way onto a barge somewhere in Western Australia....

Posted by Nick Drew on September 23, 2009 11:39 AM

Le Tourneau L2350 in action

Shaun Hall has once again delivered some fantastic photos for us all to enjoy here at Digger. One of the most impressive pieces of equipment is the Le Tourneau L2350 wheeled loader which is currently working at Cape Preston in...

Posted by Nick Drew on August 26, 2009 11:46 AM

Haulmax trucks in action

Something a bit different from our resident man down under Gary Steen in the shape of these Haulmax trucks. Australian company Haulmax provides a purpose built product with inherent mining application design which offers cost effective haulage solutions over long...

Posted by Nick Drew on August 19, 2009 3:56 PM

Euclid TC12 classic dozer in action

These cracking action shots have been sent into the Digger blog by Shaun Hall another of our friends down under. They show a rare fully restored Euclid TC12 bulldozer which is nicknamed "The Jolly Green Giant" in action. The Euclid...

Posted by Nick Drew on August 3, 2009 2:03 PM

Oops down under!

Shaun Hall from Australia recently joined the friends of the digger blog group that is currently running on Facebook and added some fantastic photos of accidents from sites down under. This first series of shots shows a giant Hitachi mining...

Posted by Nick Drew on July 29, 2009 3:26 PM

New Komatsu PC2000 delivered to Abi group

Gary Steen our resident man down under has sent in these shots of the Abi groups latest acquisition a Komatsu PC2000-8 excavator. This first set of photos show the machine being delivered to site without it's boom, dipper and bucket....

Posted by Nick Drew on July 20, 2009 8:53 AM

Massive Terex O&K RH400 down under

Fellow member of the Classic Machinery network forum Allistair Cooke was recently very lucky to be invited to get up close and personal with one of the biggest hydraulic excavators in the world the Terex O&K RH400. Allistair is currently...

Posted by Nick Drew on July 4, 2009 11:27 AM

It's a rollover! Cat grader takes a tumble

This shot of a Caterpillar 140H motor grader was sent in by Gary Steen from Australia. The hired in unit was working on a site for the Abigroup when it slid down the bank and ended up on its side!...

Posted by Nick Drew on June 8, 2009 6:10 PM

New Caterpillar D11T action shots

Our resident man down under Gary Steen has sent in these fantastic action shots of the Abigroup's brand new Cat D11T in action. We don't get to see many of these in action, I believe there is only one D11...

Posted by Nick Drew on June 2, 2009 7:35 PM

Another flipper from down under!

Diggers resident man down under Gary Steen sent in these top photos of a Komatsu WA500 wheel loader that had taken a tumble and the subsequent recovery of the machine. WA500-6R is a 263kw - 353hp shovel and weighs in...

Posted by Nick Drew on May 24, 2009 12:26 PM

New Cat & Komatsu kit delivered down under

Australian Digger blog reader Gary Steen has sent in yet another fantastic batch of photos showing some of the latest arrivals down under. First machine is a Caterpillar 16M motor grader which has been delivered to a new site in...

Posted by Nick Drew on May 9, 2009 8:27 AM

Digger down under

I was recently contacted by Gary Steen from Australia who is a regular reader of the Digger blog. Gary has sent me some fantastic material that I hope to be sharing with you all here soon. In this first spectacular...

Posted by Nick Drew on May 3, 2009 9:38 AM