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Tue July 16 2024

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Scott Hastings gets to grips with Cat’s at Desford

25 Sep 12 On Wednesday 19th September regular Digger Blog reader and plant operator Scott Hastings, was invited by his local dealer Britcom Cat Compact, to attend their customer day at Caterpillar’s stunning facility in Desford. In this post Scott gives us his views on the latest kit he tried out during his “stick time”.

JCB 3C gets a piggy back

24 Sep 12 Check out this video featuring a JCB climbing into the back of a truck.

Digger reader goes dozing & digging Down Under

23 Sep 12 As previously reported here on Digger, one of our regular readers and contributors Michael Bullock, headed down to Australia earlier this year to pursue a plant operating based vacation, and by the sound of things is having the time of his life.

Daewoo operator felt the pinch

20 Sep 12 Regular Digger Blog reader, and all round plant man Luke Harris, has shared some more shots taken during his operating career, including this series of shots depicting the results of a cab crush.

Old time Akerman video

19 Sep 12 I came across this old school video last night on You Tube, and simply had to share it with the Digger Blog readers.

Restored Chinese wheeled loader takes pride of place

18 Sep 12 We have been sent some great shots of a fully restored wheeled loader, which is an early example from LiuGong.

Five Weidemanns in a row for Norfolk recycler

17 Sep 12 A Norfolk recycling centre is enjoying continued success with its latest Weidemann articulated loader, the fifth unit the company has owned since the late 1980's.

Help The Digger Blog in the Be2Awards

16 Sep 12 It gives me great pleasure to announce officially that The Digger Blog has very kindly been nominated for a Be2Award, in the best sustainability or built environment category.

Cat reaches another milestone with 500th D7E dozer

16 Sep 12 The Caterpillar facility in East Peoria, Illinois, has recently completed assembly of the 500th Cat D7E track-type tractor.

MJL Contractors add another 8 ton Takeuchi

13 Sep 12 Cornish civil engineering and groundwork’s company MJL Contractors Ltd have recently added a second Takeuchi TB285 to its comprehensive machinery fleet.

Big British welcome for olympic hero at JCB World HQ

13 Sep 12 Tour of Britain cyclists were today given a Great British welcome as they sprinted past JCB’s World HQ in Staffordshire.

Michael Bullocks dozer diaries

12 Sep 12 Regular reader and contributor Michael Bullock has recently headed off to sunnier climes down under in Perth, Western Australia. He has sent me some great photos from his current exploits in Oz, but in this post I am going to take a look back at some dozer’s Michael has worked on/with here in the UK.

It’s a close call for classic O&K excavator

11 Sep 12 Whilst researching for the recent O&K post here on the Digger Blog, I came across this video on You Tube and felt it was yet another one I should share with you.

Sanderson Forklifts gone but not forgotten.

10 Sep 12 During a recent chat with our good friend Roy Vinden, who is the Telehandler Product Specialist for Caterpillar Building and Construction Products at Desford, we were reminiscing about the now long gone UK forklift manufacturer Sanderson, with whom Roy was a former employee, which I thought deserved a post here on the blog.

Crane jib gets caught up down under

9 Sep 12 I have kindly been sent these crane incident photos from my ex school friend Michele McNulty, who has lived in Australia for the past 25 years.

Takeuchi micro digger gets forked!

6 Sep 12 Over the years we have been fortunate to receive some very interesting and often amusing photos from our Scandinavian plant & machinery friends, and here is another one I just had to share with the Digger Blog readership.

Hitachi EX8000-6s delivered into Africa

5 Sep 12 A gigantic fleet of Hitachi mining excavators has been expanded with the recent delivery of two EX8000-6s to Vale’s Moatize coal mine in Tete, Mozambique. The EX8000-6 is the largest excavator made by Hitachi and these are the first of these models being operated outside North America and Australasia.

Crusher bucket is a Champion addition

4 Sep 12 Fred Champion Groundwork’s has recently added a crusher bucket to its plant portfolio. The Digger Blog paid a visit to the site where the attachment is currently being put to good use, on its Doosan DX340.

Accidents will happen!

3 Sep 12 We haven’t posted many “oops” moments for quite a while now, so here is a small selection that some of our readers have submitted on our Friends of the Digger Blog page.

From the operators seat to salesman (Part Two)

2 Sep 12 Continuing our look back at the operating career of current M&M Plant salesman Luke Harris, with more photos from his excellent archive collection.

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