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• Liebherr find a glitch with their new car wash!

  This video was sent to me by Rob Sinclair a regular reader of the Digger blog who works for Volvo in Germany. It shows the results caused by dropping 10,000 litres of water onto a car from the bucket of a massive R9800 hydraulic excavator This monster... Posted Aug 23 2009, 10:11 AM by Digger Filed under: excavators, Liebherr, Video, funny

• Takeuchi's & cowboys don't mix !

  This incredible video depicts a whole catalogue of health and safety wrong doings and bad working procedures. In the first instance the "driver" tracks an 835kg Takeuchi TB108 on to a piece of plywood that is spanning a wide trench, then he... Posted Mar 31 2009, 08:14 PM by Digger Filed under: Takeuchi, Mini-excavators, Video, funny

• JCB micro with added counterweight!

  I took this couple of photos on a site I was on a few years ago on Plymouth Hoe. The little JCB micro excavator was struggling to pick up some steel road plates which were too heavy for it, so the drivers mate decided it would help if he sat on the back... Posted Mar 24 2009, 01:52 PM by Digger Filed under: JCB, Mini-excavators, funny, micro

• Having a bad day!

  This cracking video shows an unusually coloured JCB JS range excavator from a Dutch company taking a tumble. Just brings it home how easy it can be to find yourself in a spot of bother! There are more photos of this incident on the Dutch website http... Posted Jan 31 2009, 09:55 PM by Digger Filed under: excavators, JCB, Video, funny