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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

Digger's holiday snaps

With the holiday season getting into full swing just thought it would be a great idea for readers of the Digger blog to share their photos of machines and interesting pieces of plant that they came across whilst overseas. To...

Posted by Nick Drew on June 1, 2009 7:16 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

Cat 16M Grader wrecked

I found this series of photos on the American Heavy equipment forum website. The photos were posted by Bryan Abernathy who is executive vice president of Champion motor graders in the US. They show the unfortunate results of what appears...

Posted by Nick Drew on March 8, 2009 9:45 AM

Volvo construction equipment history

Came across this interesting video which briefly tells the story of Volvo construction equipment from the days of Bolinder - Munktell up to todays modern concept machinery ideas. I am told that there is a very good museum to visit...

Posted by Nick Drew on March 5, 2009 7:47 PM

The mighty Acco motor grader

The Worlds biggest earth moving grader ever built was the Acco-Grader. It was a custom made 'one-off' built in Italy by the Umberto Acco Company in 1980. The Acco Grader was powered by 2 Caterpillar engines. A 1000HP engine was...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 19, 2008 9:08 PM