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Finning fly the flag for team GB in the Olympics

3 Aug 12 Following a tweet I posted on the @TheDiggerBlog Twitter page last week, it appears that Finning have come to the rescue.

James Bond uses Cat excavator as a giant tin opener!

3 Aug 12 In the latest teaser trailer for the forthcoming 007 movie Skyfall, James Bond discovers a novel way to make use of Cat 320D excavator during his pursuit of the inevitable baddies.

Excavator recovery from Russia with mud

1 Aug 12 You Tube is awash with videos of stricken machines being recovered. A lot of these videos originate from Russia and its satellite states, here’s a good one I came across recently.

MJ Smith's Volvo EC140D with dozer blade (action video)

31 Jul 12 Check out this new video from Volvo Construction Equipment, featuring the first D series EC140 with dozer blade to be sold into the UK market.

Its 100 Hydrema’s not out for AJK Plant Hire

31 Jul 12 AJK Plant Hire from Northwich in Cheshire have just purchased their 100th Hydrema 10 tonne Dumptruck from Hydrema (UK) Ltd.

End of the line for Komatsu’s biggest dozer?

30 Jul 12 General buzz around the machinery forums this past couple of weeks has been the likely demise of Komatsu’s biggest, and in fact the world’s largest crawler dozer the D575A-3 Super Dozer.

Coles Plant upgrade with new Cat products

29 Jul 12 Long term Caterpillar customers Coles Plant, based in Torrington, Devon, have recently added two new Cat machines to their comprehensive fleet.

JCB loader bucket doubles up as bed

27 Jul 12 There are so many funny photos relating to plant & machinery on the internet. Here’s one I came across last week on Facebook.

Old Poclain’s still earning their keep in France

26 Jul 12 We have kindly been given permission to post some photos of a number of old Poclain machines that are still working on a daily basis in France. There is still a great amount of interest in the famous French brand and it’s good to know that there are still many hard at work around the globe.

Classic plant rides again at Andrew Beaulah’s working day

25 Jul 12 A large collection of classic plant was once again put through its paces by plant enthusiasts at the recent working day at Andrew Beaulah’s Meaux Abbey farm, near Beverly, Hull.

Clean cab envy strikes the Digger Blog

24 Jul 12 Following on from last week’s post about Paul Richards extraordinarily clean Doosan DX140 cab, we have had a flurry of photos from operators who claim to have even cleaner cabs, and it gives me great pleasure to show some of the best in this selection.

Komatsu celebrate 25 years of excavator manufacture in the UK

23 Jul 12 A delegation of senior executives from Komatsu’s global headquarters in Japan, and its European headquarters in Brussels, visited Birtley, Gateshead, on Monday 16th July. They were there to celebrate the success of Komatsu UK Ltd, some 25 years after its official opening by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on 16 July 1987.

Cat looks set to rake up even more attachment business

22 Jul 12 The machinery attachment market is a big sector in the industry these days as more and more contractors are deploying new technology to give them the edge over their competitors. Caterpillar offers a vast range of attachments for their machines, including this new power box rake, designed for skid steer loaders and small wheeled loaders.

Is this the UK’s cleanest excavator cab interior?

19 Jul 12 I recently spotted this immaculately clean cab on a site I am currently working on in the South West and it made me beg the question, is it the country’s cleanest cab interior?

Excavator becomes a bargain basement machine

18 Jul 12 One of our Turkish readers has sent in this shocking photo, which features yet another demolition accident.

UK's first Volvo EC140D with dozer blade takes to the golf course

17 Jul 12 News reaches the Digger Blog about Devon based specialist groundworks contractor M J Smith's continued investment in Volvo Construction Equipment products with the addition of the first EC140D with dozer blade to be retailed in Great Britain.

Volvo demo was the crème de la crème in Lorient

16 Jul 12 In my final look back at the Digger Blogs visit to Volvo’s press event in Lorient, France, we take a look at some of the highlights from the stunning machinery demonstration that was put on by the team.

More new Cats join the pride at A1 Infrastructure

15 Jul 12 Lincolnshire based civil engineering company A1 Infrastructure have recently added two new additional Caterpillar machines to their fleet, with one of the new models initially making an appearance at the recent Lincolnshire Show.

Deere takes out a railway bridge!

12 Jul 12 Ross Fleming from Canada, has sent in this stunning photo from a major incident involving a low loader with a machine on the back.

Case CX700B proves to be a class act

11 Jul 12 Kirkby Lonsdale based Fairhurst Stone, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of York Stone paving, has taken delivery of a new Case Construction Equipment CX700B mass excavation unit.

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