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C A Blackwell invests in more medium sized excavators from Volvo

Essex based C A Blackwell (Contracts) Ltd has invested around £1.1m in a deal to replace part of its medium sized excavator fleet with eight new Volvo EC210C and three new EC290C excavators. This package of eleven machines coincided with...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 21, 2009 11:50 AM

Motor scrapers in action - VIDEO

This great video shows how bulk muckshifting used to be done in the UK all the time, sadly these days they are rarely seen although the owner of the kit on display in this video Neil Becher still runs a...

Posted by Nick Drew on January 18, 2009 1:51 PM

How to load a towed scraper

This amazing series of photo's were recently posted on the machinery forum CMN by my good friend and earthmoving specialist Roly Billings. This method of loading the scraper boxes has proven to be the best way to do it with...

Posted by Nick Drew on December 30, 2008 9:28 AM