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Cat D8K's and scrapers at work in Cannock - Digger - Contract Journal - Construction Space
Big dozer fan Bob Rocker from Florida has highlighted this video of a shiny new Caterpillar D9 which had got bogged in and was needing the assistance of a
Cat D8K's and scrapers at work in Cannock
This fantastic bit of video footage shows Roly Billings team of talented operators busy at work on a new job in Cannock Staffordshire, where they are shifting and stabilizing soil on the site of an old opencast works.
Cat D10T goes to work in France (Digger)
Valentin Vuillemenot from Lille in Northern France has sent us these great shots of French company Moulin's latest aquisition a Caterpillar D10T in action on its first job in ZI La Borie -Chavanon Monistrol / Loire. Delivered brand new in...
Diga Bara a mini revelation! (Digger)
I came across this simple but innovative product whilst reading my latest edition of Classic Plant & Machinery magazine. I think it is a great idea for the small builder and for a whole host of other users that could...
Mini diggers get a helping hand! (Digger)
Here are some photos from our Scandinavian friends showing a novel way of moving mini diggers around site. In this first shot from Oskar Johansson we see what is often described as the Rolls Royce of backhoe loaders a Swedish...
Tiltrotator skills challenge (Digger)
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...
Liebherr Wheeled Loader Handles Rock Salt (Digger)
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 corrosive...
Takeuchi and the calf (Digger)
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...
Dumptrucks upside down - down under! (Digger)
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...
Sad news for Digger blog fans (Digger)
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...
