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Tiltrotator skills challenge

In response to the current ongoing debate over at Construction space about tiltrotators I thought I would post this video showing Swedish operators in action at a challenge event organised by one of the manufacturers. Well they all look pretty...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 19, 2009 12:36 PM

Cat "rubber duck" shoots and scores!

Check out this amazing video which has been highlighted to me by friend of the Digger blog Guillaume Poitras from Canada. It features some outstanding machine operating skills and co-ordination as the operator of the Caterpillar M315C picks up basketballs...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 17, 2009 6:55 PM

Dumptrucks upside down - down under!

Here we go with some more fantastic photos from our resident man down under Gary Steen. Details about how this incident happned are sketchy but it looks like the Caterpillar 785B dumptruck has mounted the bank with a full load...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 15, 2009 10:17 AM

Fancy a machinery calendar for Xmas

With Christmas fast approaching here is an excellent gift idea for anyone with an interest in heavy plant & machinery. This first class calendar has been produced by our good friends at the German machinery website Bauforum24 After four months...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 11, 2009 6:25 PM

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

Steelwrist launch in the UK

Digger got into tiltrotator mode last week at the UK launch of Swedish manufacturer Steelwrist. Despite the good old English weather doing it's upmost to put a dampener on the event, a wide variety of journalists, machinery owners & operators,...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 8, 2009 9:47 AM

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

Italian fire service choose New Holland excavators

Also on static display at the recent New Holland Grand Prix was one of a number of New Holland E215B excavators that the Italian fire service has recently taken delivery of following a series of tenders won by the Fiat...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 2, 2009 11:48 AM

New Holland Grand Prix 2009 (Turin)

The latest round of New Hollands Grand Prix event took place last weekend in the beautiful city of Turin in Italy and Digger was there to capture the competition. The tests were held in front of the Torino Esposizioni building...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 31, 2009 9:02 AM

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

Digger heads for New Holland event

Next Friday three of the UK's top operators fly out to Turin in Italy to take part in the New Holland Grand Prix 2009 along with your blogger Nick Drew and Graham Black from Earthmovers who will both be representing...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 18, 2009 9:19 AM

Oops those counterweights are heavy

Here is another mishap this time from our good friend down under Gary Steen. Someone didn't really think of the consequences of slewing a Caterpillar 345D LME excavator over the side when it's not got it's boom fitted! It is...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 13, 2009 11:28 AM

Case CX130 gets that sinking feeling

These photos were recently posted on to our Friends of the Digger blog page on Facebook by Bugsy Cwalinski. They were taken near Chester at a settlement lagoon where silt is allowed to settle and seperate from the river water...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 12, 2009 10:27 AM

Downwell Demolition Brings Flyover Down to Earth

Demolition contractor Downwell Demolition has recently completed a 6 week project demolishing the Sir John Hawkins flyover in Chatham with help from excavators by Hitachi and Komatsu. The flyover's demolition is part of a multimillion pound redevelopment of Chatham city...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 7, 2009 2:07 PM

Steelwrist coming to an excavator near you soon!

Steelwrist is the latest tiltrotator company to consider the UK market as part of their global expansion programme. As it has been well documented on the pages of the Digger blog previously I am a big fan of these systems...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 6, 2009 2:34 PM

How not to unload your excavator and trench box!

I came across this series of photos from Joshua Gavin on the heavy equipment group on Facebook. They Show a Volvo EC160B excavator which has just slipped off a lowloader (Lowboy) somewhere in America or Canada....

Posted by Nick Drew on October 5, 2009 3:22 PM

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

How not to park your excavator!

Talking of Hyundai in Australia Hyundai Motor Company has been running a TV commercial to launch the new iLoad van, which is as tough as a R500LC-7 Robex Excavator... But a hell of a lot easier to park! Please don't...

Posted by Nick Drew on September 22, 2009 6:50 PM

Case CX130B chosen thanks to Digger blog

After reading Diggers post SED review of the Case CX range of excavators earlier in the year 15 year old Canadian plant enthusiast and trainee operator Guillaume Poitras was so impressed with what he had read about them that he...

Posted by Nick Drew on September 20, 2009 3:24 PM