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Tiltrotator skills challenge

Digger — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:36:30 GMT

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)

Liebherr Wheeled Loader Handles Rock Salt

Digger — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:32:44 GMT

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)

Cat "rubber duck" shoots and scores!

Digger — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:55:59 GMT

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)

Takeuchi and the calf

Digger — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:02:38 GMT

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)

Dumptrucks upside down - down under!

Digger — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:17:18 GMT

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)

Sad news for Digger blog fans

Digger — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:50:56 GMT

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)

Fancy a machinery calendar for Xmas

Digger — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:25:03 GMT

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)

Hyundai R210LC-9 first action video

Digger — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:41:06 GMT

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)

Steelwrist launch in the UK

Digger — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:47:59 GMT

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)

It just slipped off boss!

Digger — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:36:11 GMT

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)

Italian fire service choose New Holland excavators

Digger — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:48:39 GMT

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)

New Holland Grand Prix 2009 (Turin)

Digger — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:02:32 GMT

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)

American legend and an Italian classic

Digger — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:38:05 GMT

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)

More big dozer action shots

Digger — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:50:29 GMT

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)

New Komatsu 830E's down under

Digger — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:13:29 GMT

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...(read more)