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Old Poclains never die

9 Feb 13 Many photos of mine from past blogs that I have written continue to turn up on the growing number of plant groups on Facebook. One appeared last week of an old Poclain TY45 I discovered some years ago, in St Ive nr Liskeard in Cornwall, which is still in working order, so I thought I would share the post again.

It’s a Takeuchi foursome for E A Grey

7 Feb 13 West Country business E A Grey Civil Engineering Solutions, have just taken delivery of four new Takeuchi TB016 mini excavators from award winning dealership CBL.

Cat E Series excavator goes down for an extreme job

6 Feb 13 I came across an impressive, but poor quality photo on Twitter today and I just have to share it with you all on the Digger Blog.

It’s show time at the Executive Hire Show 2013

5 Feb 13 The 2013 Executive Hire Show opens its doors tomorrow (6th February) to the top decision makers in the hire industry

The two Cats take to the Antarctic ice

4 Feb 13 The two Cat D6Ns that have been specially modified by Finning to function in temperatures of up to -70°C, are now operating in Antarctica following their offloading from the SA Agulhas, the former polar research vessel that transported the machines to the ice.

CBL take Takeuchi dealer of the year award for 2012

3 Feb 13 Having enjoyed a very successful 2012 right across the product range, the Takeuchi dealer of the year for 2012 is CBL, Takeuchi’s dealer across the South England.

K&M Groundworks aiming for expansion with new Bobcat 8 tonne excavator

31 Jan 13 As part of the company’s expansion plans, K&M Groundworks, based at North Petherton in Somerset, has purchased a new Bobcat E80 8 tonne zero tail swing (ZTS) excavator from local Authorised Bobcat dealer, Bridgwater-based Kellands (Plant Sales) Ltd.

Liebherr’s R 9400 will be a star attraction for Digger

30 Jan 13 Liebherr is set to exhibit its 350-tonne R 9400 mining excavator at the Bauma 2013 trade fair in Munich, this April.

Old Cat 330 goes over the side but has a lucky escape

30 Jan 13 Been trawling through my archives again and came across a series of accident photos which were sent to me some years ago by an Australian reader.

Terex AC 1000 proves its worth in two wind turbine erection projects

29 Jan 13 On behalf of wind turbine manufacturer ENERCON, crane service provider Neeb-Schuch recently erected a total of four wind turbines in a windpark close to Hannover and a wind turbine in Benhausen, Paderborn, using a Terex AC 1000.

More Hydremas for HE Services

28 Jan 13 HE Services (Plant Hire) has just taken delivery of a further 10 Hydrema 912 dumptrucks. These low ground pressure articulated trucks have proven to be a popular addition to the company’s hire fleet for more than 10 years.

Luke Furse Earthmoving choose Hyundai dash 9s

27 Jan 13 Well known Devon based business Luke Furse Earthmoving, has recently purchased a pair of Hyundai 140-9 excavators from main dealer Molson. The Digger Blog was invited to take a look at the machines in action.

They start plant operators young in China

24 Jan 13 This video has been doing the rounds on the machinery forum circuit for the past week. It was posted on our Facebook page by regular reader Angus John MacAulay, and I feel its worthy of a spot on the main site.

Elevating scrapers from the archives

23 Jan 13 I have had some requests from readers for more archive shots featuring motor scrapers, so I have dived back into my scraper folder and found a few shots depicting elevating models.

Rare Hymac 690 update

22 Jan 13 I have had a number of enquiries from readers about the rare Hymac 690 we featured on the Digger Blog recently. Most people have been asking for more photos and information on what is happening to the abandoned machine.

Real horsepower on a muckshift

21 Jan 13 All the talk, hilarity and banter recently about horsemeat in certain supermarkets burgers, got me thinking about how important the horse has been to man throughout the ages, whether it be on the farm, during wars and also at work. I delved into the Digger Blog archives to find a shot of horses at work on a muckshift.

Digger Blog readers doing their bit in the snow

20 Jan 13 A number of our readers and friends have been snow clearing with various machines, and posting photos on their Facebook pages. I figured it would be nice to see their efforts here on the blog.

Builder gets on a firm footing with his first Cat machine

20 Jan 13 Liskeard based general builder Andrew Borlase Ltd, has recently purchased his first Caterpillar mini excavator, and the Digger Blog was invited to take a look at his latest machine.

Its snow joke as normal service continues at Arlanda airport

19 Jan 13 This video is a couple of years old now, but it depicts superbly how the Swedes cope with real snow every winter, while here in the UK we get 20cm of the white stuff and everything comes to a grinding halt!

JCB-2-Go Hydraulic isolation system

15 Jan 13 This week I am making a return to operating JCB JS range excavators, with a long term end user of JCB equipment in the South West, after my last deployment bizarrely came to a soggy end on a “waterlogged” site.

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