Digger

Hitachi's take centre stage in Quebec

2009-11-22T09:34:51Z

Canadian plant enthusiast Guillaume Poitras has been out an about taking photos of machines in Quebec and recently came across one of his favourite excavators at the moment a Hitachi Zaxis 200LC-3. This machine is a demonstration model which is being Read More......(read more)

Tiltrotator skills challenge

2009-11-19T12:36:30Z

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 good to Read More......(read more)

Liebherr Wheeled Loader Handles Rock Salt

2009-11-18T11:32:44Z

Cobra Middlesbrough Limited has been operating Liebherr wheeled loaders at their rock salt processing facilities in North Road for a number of years and these highly specialised materials handlers are fully equipped and protected for what is an extremely Read More......(read more)

Cat "rubber duck" shoots and scores!

2009-11-17T18:55:59Z

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 Read More......(read more)

Takeuchi and the calf

2009-11-16T12:02:38Z

Here's a mooo-ving tale from a friend of the Digger blog Jim Mudge. Earlier this year Jim hired a Takeuchi TB125 mini excavator from national plant hire company Morris Leslie's to do a job for his Father on their farm in Devon. The job involved Read More......(read more)

Dumptrucks upside down - down under!

2009-11-15T10:17:18Z

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 on and that has caused it Read More......(read more)

Sad news for Digger blog fans

2009-11-15T09:50:56Z

I start this week with some really sad news which certainly came as a shock to me when I was told last Thursday. Contract Journal a magazine that I have read all of my working life is to close at the end of November after 130 years in business along with Read More......(read more)

Fancy a machinery calendar for Xmas

2009-11-11T18:25:03Z

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 Read More......(read more)

Hyundai R210LC-9 first action video

2009-11-10T13:41:06Z

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 second of two new tracks Read More......(read more)

Steelwrist launch in the UK

2009-11-08T09:47:59Z

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 Read More......(read more)

It just slipped off boss!

2009-11-03T13:36:11Z

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 Read More......(read more)

Italian fire service choose New Holland excavators

2009-11-02T11:48:39Z

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 Group's yellow brand. This machine Read More......(read more)

New Holland Grand Prix 2009 (Turin)

2009-10-31T09:02:32Z

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 which is on the margins Read More......(read more)

American legend and an Italian classic

2009-10-29T18:38:05Z

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 Read More......(read more)

More big dozer action shots

2009-10-27T18:50:29Z

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 Read More......(read more)