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• 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 on a slight camber, you make it... Posted Nov 03 2009, 01:36 PM by Digger Filed under: excavators, Komatsu, mining, Australia, accidents

• 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 830E's unladen... Posted Oct 26 2009, 11:13 AM by Digger Filed under: Dumptrucks, Komatsu, Australia

• 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... Posted Oct 18 2009, 01:29 PM by Digger Filed under: Video, mining, Australia

• 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. These shots were taken by... Posted Oct 11 2009, 10:17 AM by Digger Filed under: dozers, Komatsu, Australia

• 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 are Bucyrus 495HD's... Posted Sep 28 2009, 10:30 PM by Digger Filed under: excavators, caterpillar, Dumptrucks, mining, Australia, Bucyrus

• 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. Read More... Posted Sep 23 2009, 12:39 PM by Digger Filed under: excavators, Dumptrucks, O&K, Australia, Terex

• 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 Western Australia. Designed... Posted Aug 26 2009, 12:46 PM by Digger Filed under: loading shovels, Australia, Le Tourneau

• 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... Posted Aug 19 2009, 04:56 PM by Digger Filed under: Dumptrucks, Australia, Haulmax

• 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 TC12 entered... Posted Aug 03 2009, 03:03 PM by Digger Filed under: dozers, Australia, Euclid

• 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 backhoe that... Posted Jul 29 2009, 04:26 PM by Digger Filed under: excavators, Dumptrucks, Komatsu, Australia, Hitachi, Bell

• 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. It will now be... Posted Jul 20 2009, 09:53 AM by Digger Filed under: excavators, Komatsu, Australia, Abi Group

• 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 on a years... Posted Jul 04 2009, 12:27 PM by Digger Filed under: excavators, CMN, O&K, Australia, Terex

• 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! I suspect a quick change of underwear was required for... Posted Jun 08 2009, 07:10 PM by Digger Filed under: Graders, caterpillar, Australia, accidents

• 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 that has ever been comissioned for work... Posted Jun 02 2009, 08:35 PM by Digger Filed under: caterpillar, dozers, Australia

• 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 at 33360kg, it's standard bucket... Posted May 24 2009, 01:26 PM by Digger Filed under: Wheeled loaders, Komatsu, Australia