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Thailand serves up some real digger treats (Part One)

26 Feb 12 Since the Digger Blog’s inception in late 2008, one of the most popular items has been reader’s holiday photos of plant & machinery. Owner operator, machinery enthusiast and regular reader Luke Finney, has sent in this latest batch from his holidays in Thailand.

Excavator goes over the side in dramatic style

23 Feb 12 This video was sent to me by one of our Dutch readers. It is a silent film, but I think it’s an excellent example of how things can go wrong very quickly.

Oil Quick technology shows its versatility on the job

22 Feb 12 An excellent video was recently posted on our Friends of the Digger Blog page on Facebook, by regular reader and contributor Scott Hastings. I first saw this system being demonstrated at Bauma in 2010, and thought it would be great to share with our readers and to expand the story with a bit of background on this clever system came into being.

Mini plant in abundance at the Executive Hire Show 2012 (Part Two)

21 Feb 12 Continuing our look back at the recent Executive Hire Show event, which took place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry earlier this month.

Digger puts the Hyundai R140-9 to work

18 Feb 12 The Hyundai Dash 9 models were officially launched into the European market in a blaze of glory at the Bauma trade fair in Munich in 2010. Since then the Korean machines have certainly made some waves in the hydraulic excavator market worldwide.

New generation JCB JS machines turn on the style in Spain

16 Feb 12 Earlier this month a whole host of product launches were presented to the assembled press in La Manga, Spain. Amongst the new products were the latest offerings from the 23-strong range of tracked and wheeled excavators

Hitachi excavator finds a soft spot!

15 Feb 12 Highly experienced operator and regular Digger Blog reader Shannon Cannell, recently posted some mobile phone photos on our Facebook page, and I think they deserve to be seen by the wider blog readership.

52nd Doe Show goes ahead with a blanket of snow

14 Feb 12 2012 is proving to be a busy time for shows so far - last week saw not only the Executive Hire Show take place, but also the 52nd Doe show, which took place at Ulting, Malden, Essex.

For Palma Contracting excavation was a family affair

13 Feb 12 It was a real delight to be contacted by Michael Palma from New York recently, after he had read the Tracked shovels from the archives post here on Digger. Michael has very kindly sent in some classic old time photos and information about the family business to share with us here.

Mini plant in abundance at the Executive Hire Show 2012 (Part One)

12 Feb 12 The 6th annual Executive Hire Show took place last week at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The Digger Blog went along to see what was on offer from a plant & machinery perspective

Unusual green Cat spotted

10 Feb 12 There seems to be lots of reports in the newspapers lately about big black cat sightings, not to be outdone the digger blog brings you a reported sighting of a green Cat!

A lifetime with track shovels & dozers

7 Feb 12 Neil Grainger who we featured in the recent “Always Digging” blog post, has been in touch with us to tell us about his father’s work with plant & machinery and has dug up some classic old photos to share with us too.

Morris & Perry take on G series technology

6 Feb 12 Independent quarrying company Morris & Perry Quarries Ltd has taken delivery of a new Volvo L180G loading shovel for its Gurney Slade facility in the heart of the Mendips.

JCB telescopic handler from Fork Rent goes to work in beautiful Looe

5 Feb 12 Following on from the recent announcement that leading UK hire company Fork Rent is expanding its fleet with an order for a further 600 JCB telescopic handlers, one example has just recently arrived on a site I am working on in Looe, Cornwall.

And the Union Jack JCB winner is ...

1 Feb 12 Its competition draw time again, with the two prizes on offer kindly donated by JCB.

Cat regeneration system explained

1 Feb 12 This interesting video from Cat, explains in detail how the operator deals with the new regeneration systems, which are being rolled out on the company’s latest machines to comply with the new Tier IIIB Europe (Tier 4 interim US) diesel emissions regulations.

More old and abandoned machines

31 Jan 12 JCB Owner/operator & plant and machinery enthusiast Luke Finney from Leicester, was so inspired by the recent Abandoned Machines post here on the blog, that he has sent in a large collection of photos from his own collection to share with us on Digger.

Tony Wagner Plant Hire takes first JCB JS130LC

29 Jan 12 Liskeard based Tony Wagner Plant Hire, has recently taken delivery of a JCB JS 130LC hydraulic excavator, which is the company’s first JCB machine.

H Dunston & Sons choose Volvo mini excavator for the first time

28 Jan 12 General contracting and plant hirers H Dunstan & Sons of Falmouth, Cornwall has broken with tradition and purchased their very first Volvo EC27C compact excavator from Volvo’s utility dealer for the south west of England " Plant & Engineering Services Ltd.

Exciting times ahead for Finning Cat in the mining industry

27 Jan 12 In this interesting video,Gary Agnew, Director, Equipment Solutions, Finning UK & Ireland answers key questions on Finning's decision to purchase the former Bucyrus distribution business from Caterpillar

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