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  • 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
  • Bucyrus and Cats dig for gold

    The Boddington gold mine is a large open cut mining operation that produces more than 230,000 ounces of gold per year. The mine is located about 150klm south east of Perth Western Australia. The primary excavators at the gold mine are Bucyrus 495HD's which have an operating weight of 2,652,000lbs...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-28-2009
  • Caterpillar 5130's in the UK

    David Wylie recently sent me these impressive photos of what are believed to be the last two remaining Cat 5130's at work in the United Kingdom. Caterpillar first entered the mining sized excavator/shovel market in 1992. The 5130 was first shown to the public at the Minexpo show in Las Vegas in the...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-25-2009
  • Komatsu PC5500 Loading 300ton trucks!

    Have you ever wondered what it must be like to operate one of these giant mining excavators? Well in this excellent video you can get a feel of what it must be like as you scoop up 29 cubic metres of material and deposit the 50 tons of spoil into a massive 300 ton dumptruck! Truly awesome! ...
    Posted to Digger (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-13-2009
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