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Blue Group appointed as new Terex Fuchs UK dealer

30 Nov 11 Waste processing equipment specialist Blue Group are delighted to be unveiled as the new distributor of Terex Fuchs materials handling equipment in the UK.

Nick Drew My Life in Plant (Part 8)

29 Nov 11 Work in the South West had dried up for me towards the end of September 2005, so I headed back “up country”, to do a bit more for my old friends at Northampton based, James King Plant.

Volvo excavators just keep getting better and better

27 Nov 11 With the new D series Volvo excavators set to be expanded even further next year, I take a look back at some of the Swedish manufacturers machines I have been lucky enough to spend some seat time in over the years.

Top tricks with a Takeuchi

25 Nov 11 Check out this amazing video which was highlighted to me by our friend and PR guru Louise Murphy, which features Dutch machine operator and artist Martijn Freriks, performing some incredible stunts with a Takeuchi TB250 5 ton mini excavator.

More Hitachi machines for leading French quarrying firm

24 Nov 11 A leading quarrying company in Brittany has shown its confidence in the aggregates market by ordering two new large Hitachi excavators. Pigeon Carrières has already taken delivery of the first ZX870LCR-3 for one of its large granite quarries near Rennes. The other identical Zaxis machine will be delivered to a limestone quarry in December.

Plant hire & sales business continues to bloom for WH Bond & Sons

22 Nov 11 The Digger Blog was invited to visit WH Bonds plant hire & sales division’s new premises at St Ive, in Cornwall, to find out more about the company.

JCB excavators ensure rapid river crossing for pipeline contractor

21 Nov 11 Six JCB excavators were recently involved in a complex and time sensitive application, laying 140 metres of pipeline under a Lancashire riverbed. Cumbria-based drainage and pipeline specialist, Waitings had just 24 hours to lay the pipeline during low tide on the River Lune in Lancaster.

Motor grading back in time

20 Nov 11 Here we go with another popular look back through the Digger Blog archives, this time focusing on motor graders from years gone by.

Caterpillar heritige video

17 Nov 11 This amazing video from Caterpillar is like a mini motion picture, and tells the story of the iconic machinery company from its humble beginnings to today's massive global brand.

Moortown goes for more Kubota mini excavators

16 Nov 11 Bradford-based construction, civil engineering and groundworks contractor Moortown has enhanced its equipment fleet with the purchase of six more market-leading Kubota mini excavators in a deal that now takes the total number of Kubota models used by the company well into double figures.

Who would operate a machine like this?

15 Nov 11 Came across this video on the superb Dutch plant & machinery website Bouwmachineforum recently and simply had to share it with the Digger Blog readers.

Doosan DX140LC makes a good impression on Digger

13 Nov 11 Last week I finally got into the seat of my latest mount, a Doosan DX140LC excavator which is owned by the Cornwall based MJL group. I have had mixed experiences in the past with the old Daewoo products, so I was keen to see how these Korean based machines have evolved.

Machine feast for Digger at Finning UK (Part Two)

10 Nov 11 Continuing our look back at the Digger Blog’s tour around Finning Cat’s UK headquarters in Cannock recently.

250,000 not out for Cat as backhoe loader production reaches a new milestone

9 Nov 11 The 250,000th Caterpillar backhoe loader was officially handed over to a customer from Texas at a star studded event at the company's Desford factory in Leicester yesterday.

Tiltrotator systems still catching the imagination with UK companies

8 Nov 11 The tiltrotator concept is continuing to attract the attention of many forward thinking UK businesses. As the “we’ve been doing it without them toys for years” die hard, old fashioned attitude starts to wane, can we look forward to seeing more of these incredible attachments on our UK sites in the future?

Hewden announces three-year partnership with Sale Sharks

7 Nov 11 Hewden, the national, multi-product hire specialist, has announced a new three-year partnership agreement with Aviva Premiership rugby club, Sale Sharks.

Machine feast for Digger at Finning UK (Part One)

6 Nov 11 During my recent trip up to the Midlands, I was very kindly invited to take a tour around Finning UK’s headquarters in Cannock, Staffordshire, and was treated to a couple of hours in machine heaven!

It all comes out in the wash for Green Solutions

3 Nov 11 Recycling is big business these days, and for Green Solutions these are busy times, Mervyn Rowe tells the Digger Blog about their specialist soil washing plant that they are currently putting to good use in Glasgow, Scotland.

Win a JCB 3CX model in Union Jack livery

2 Nov 11 Well its Digger Blog competition time again, and to celebrate the opening of “The Story of JCB” Exhibition last week, the company has kindly donated two items for us to give away in another free to enter contest.

Terex backhoe loader gets in the pink for charity

1 Nov 11 In support of the Wear it Pink Day, Terex drove a pink backhoe loader through Coventry to help raise funds and awareness for the Breast Cancer Campaign.

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