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Hyundai R210LC-9 first action video

Our good friends at Hyundai have highlighted this video of one of the latest dash 9 series excavators in action in New Zealand. This fine looking machine which appears to be sporting rubber track pads is in action Installing the...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 10, 2009 1:41 PM

Hyundai R800LC-7A video.

This video from our good friends at Hyundai shows the largest hydraulic excavator currently available in the range the 82.320 kg R800LC-7A Power is supplied by a Cummins QSX15 engine with a rated output of 380kw / 517hp at 1800...

Posted by Nick Drew on August 9, 2009 3:10 PM

Hyundai's Doug Potter in action at SED 2009

Following unprecedented requests for more video footage of Hyundai's resident demonstrator Doug Potter in action we present this video taken by Earthmovers Graham Black at last month's SED 2009 event. With Doug retiring after next year's event who on earth...

Posted by Nick Drew on June 17, 2009 7:11 PM

Doug pushes the envelope with the Hyundai 210-7

We have had a lot of feedback following the Doug Potter post last week and in particular a lot of emails from our overseas readers asking for some video footage. In response to those requests here is a video of...

Posted by Nick Drew on June 9, 2009 7:00 PM

Bogged Fiat-Hitachi EX215 recovery - VIDEO

This video from my fellow Swedish machinery forum members Alexander Lipkin and Hakan Ohlund shows the final recovery of a Fiat-Hitachi EX215 21ton excavator from a cold icy bog in Sweden. It must have been a tough job to pull...

Posted by Nick Drew on May 3, 2009 2:14 PM

Komatsu PC5500 loading 300 ton trucks - VIDEO

Have you ever wondered what it must be like to operate one of these giant mining excavators? Well in this excellent video you can get a feel of what it must be like as you scoop up 29 cubic metres...

Posted by Nick Drew on April 13, 2009 1:43 PM

Stacking cups with a Volvo excavator

When you have been over to the water cooler for a nice cold drink and you are not sure what to do with the cups just pop them outside for us excavator operators to play with!! This American operator gets...

Posted by Nick Drew on March 22, 2009 4:09 PM

Liebherr R312 climbing stunt part 2

Well I make no apologies for returning to this topic which I covered in an earlier posting on Digger. As an amazing video has now come to light of this incredible stunt being performed live for a German TV game...

Posted by Nick Drew on February 7, 2009 2:31 PM

Four Liebherr mining machines head for Scotland

As reported in last weeks Contract Journal the first two of four Liebherr R 9350 Litronic mining machines have been delivered to The Scottish Coal Company Limited. It is one of the largest single orders for hydraulic excavators ever received...

Posted by Nick Drew on January 31, 2009 10:06 AM

Innovative excavator transport system

This video shows a novel way of moving big mining excavators and face shovels around job sites much quicker then they could normally move under their own steam, thus boosting production and saving track wear too. The machine simply tracks...

Posted by Nick Drew on January 24, 2009 9:59 PM