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• 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 of... Posted Nov 11 2009, 06:25 PM by Digger Filed under: excavators, dozers, Calendar, Plant & Machinery, Rollers

• American legend and an Italian classic

  This big dozer video is currently doing the rounds on the machinery forum circuit and features a Caterpillar D11R and an ageing Fiat-Allis FD50 that are working together in a coal mine in America. The Fiat-Allis FD50 is quite a rare beast these days having... Posted Oct 29 2009, 06:38 PM by Digger Filed under: America, caterpillar, dozers, Italy, Fiat

• More big dozer action shots

  In further response to Bob Rockers request for more big dozer shots here at Digger regular Construction Space forum contributor David Wylie has sent in some impressive shots he took during a recent visit to the Scottish coal mine operation at Broken Cross... Posted Oct 27 2009, 06:50 PM by Digger Filed under: caterpillar, Dumptrucks, dozers, Opencast

• 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

• First scraper job in Sweden in over 30 years

  Fellow machinery forum member Peter Sjögren has emailed us about a job in Stockholm, Sweden where a scraper is being used for the first time in over 30 years. The tractor and box combination is owned by Peter's friend who is also called Peter and... Posted Sep 07 2009, 03:49 PM by Digger Filed under: caterpillar, dozers, Sweden, Scrapers

• More World War two bulldozer classics in action

  Bob Rocker from Florida has sent in another couple of classic dozer photos from his second world war archives. In this photo the Seabees are clearing palm trees out for an airstrip on Makin Island in the Gilbert Island Group the last week in November... Posted Sep 02 2009, 12:17 PM by Digger Filed under: Cat, dozers, American, International

• 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

• Digger goes to Cyprus part two

  With the much hyped British "barbeque" summer in full swing...rain, rain, and more rain It seems like a good idea to bring a bit of sunshine into our lives and look back again to some of my plant shots taken on our recent holiday to Cyprus.... Posted Aug 01 2009, 10:49 AM by Digger Filed under: Hyundai, excavators, caterpillar, Wheeled loaders, Dumptrucks, dozers, Komatsu, Hymac, Cyprus, Moxy, Samsung

• Some all American classics

  I was recently contacted by a great supporter of the Digger blog Bob Rocker who hails from Pompano beach Florida. Bob used to operate Cat dozers for many years but now aged 67 has retired from the seat. Like so many of us plant men it has become a lifetime... Posted Jul 27 2009, 12:04 PM by Digger Filed under: America, caterpillar, dozers, Bucyrus, Draglines, Manitowoc, Northwest

• Cat D10R dozer gets crushed by rock fall

  This series of photos is currently doing the rounds on the internet plant forum circuit. They show the results of a Caterpillar D10R dozer that has got caught under a massive rock fall in a quarry somewhere in America. Amazingly I am told that the operator... Posted Jul 21 2009, 02:42 PM by Digger Filed under: America, caterpillar, dozers, accidents

• Caterpillar D7E an inside look video

  Came across this excellent video featuring the new Cat D7E with electric drive. A revolutionary electric drive system which is said to give this dozer an unprecedented combination of power and maneuverability. It moves more material per hour while using... Posted Jul 15 2009, 01:44 AM by Digger Filed under: caterpillar, dozers

• Raymond Brown group take two new Cat D6T's

  For independent family run business Raymond Brown Group, the purchase of two new Cat D6T LGP Dozers with service agreements from Caterpillar dealer Finning, marks a major move away from the use of competitor machinery in its environmental construction... Posted Jun 28 2009, 12:46 PM by Digger Filed under: caterpillar, dozers, Finnings

• Minature bulldozer from USA.

  Over the past few months on the Digger blog we have seen massive dozers like the Caterpillar D11T and Komatsu D575A but today I have found something at the other end of the scale. The Magnatrac RS1000 is a tiny dozer which is manufactured by the C.F.... Posted Jun 13 2009, 06:19 PM by Digger Filed under: America, caterpillar, dozers, Komatsu, Magnatrac

• 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

• New Holland E135BSR SED test drive report

  During our visit to the New Holland construction equipment stand at SED I was very kindly invited to take a test drive on the E135SR by sales manager Christine Luckett. I have not had any time on a New Holland machine before but I must say that during... Posted May 17 2009, 03:20 PM by Digger Filed under: excavators, dozers, New Holland, Short Radius