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  • Tiltrotator skills challenge

    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 me !
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-19-2009

  • Cat "rubber duck" shoots and scores!

    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 in a clamshell grab and shoots to score 5 baskets...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-17-2009

  • Dumptrucks upside down - down under!

    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 to flip over! Bearing in mind that a Cat 785B is...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-15-2009

  • 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 production work this amazing calendar is now ready...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-11-2009

  • Hyundai R210LC-9 first action video

    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 at the Chalmers St level crossing in Avondale,...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-10-2009

  • Excavators over 12t - which are your favourites?

    This month in Plant Managers' Journal, we take a look at the market for excavators over 12t. It would be great to hear from ConstructionSpace members about your experiences using these machines, and which ones you prefer using. There haven't been many new excavators launched in the 'over...
    Posted to Plant and Machinery (Forum) by Will Mann on 11-09-2009

  • Steelwrist launch in the UK

    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, salesman and other industry professionals enjoyed...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-08-2009

  • 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 up the ramps and then she just starts sliding off...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2009

  • Italian fire service choose New Holland excavators

    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 looked superb in its red fire service livery...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-02-2009

  • New Holland Grand Prix 2009 (Turin)

    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 of Parco del Valentino, near the Polytechnic's...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-31-2009
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