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OCTOBER 28, 2012

Yes its winner’s time again, and although this competition was not as well supported as our previous die cast model digger competitions, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter and for your continued support of the Digger Blog. Scot Vance from Fort William, Scotland. Jim Mudge, from Plymouth, Devon.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Looking back through the Digger Blog archives, it appears that I last got close to one of these machines at the 2005 SED (Site Equipment Demonstration) in Milton Keynes, where the team were putting on a great display of their range of products.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Swedish plant and machinery entrepreneur and contractor Conny Kolsjo, has sent us many interesting photos during the past four years of the Digger Blog, and this latest shot is no exception. Thanks must go to Conny for sharing this shot with us here on Digger.

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MAY 7, 2021

You can use a backhoe as a heavy digger to dig out holes and transport materials onto a piece of loading equipment. With so much heavy equipment in the construction industry, it’s normal to get confused about their uses. Some equipment is for large-scale operations, and others are for smaller projects. . 2) Bulldozer Or Dozer.

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APRIL 25, 2013

Sadly I couldn’t make it but I was happy to receive these photos to share with you here on The Digger Blog. It looks like the auction site, which only opened a year ago, is starting to really mature as a business. By all accounts, the equipment on offer there is getting broader.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

For the record the Digger Blog does not recommend youngsters take to the controls of machines unattended unless they are on a visit to Diggerland. However the young 5 year old Chinese lad operating this wheeled loader in this video is one of the youngest I have ever seen operating a machine with such skill.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Digger Blog reader and Marketing Manager for LiuGong Europe Sander Gesink, has been in China visiting the factory and getting an overview on how the company works. These machines, based on a Japanese design, were first developed in 1966 and were the company’s first models of wheeled loader.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

I am hoping to have 320E on test drive very soon, and I will be reporting on my experiences with it here on the Digger Blog. I am hoping to have 320E on test drive very soon, and I will be reporting on my experiences with it here on the Digger Blog. This new machine is Hunter Demolitions first Cat E Series excavator.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Regular Digger Blog readers will probably recall a number of posts in the past featuring these amazingly acrobatic machines performing all manner of climbing stunts, and also posts of the machine’s owned by Californian Menzi Muck owner Donald Halvorsen at work on some extreme hillside locations.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Fingers crossed the Digger Blog will make it to the Munich super show to witness the machines official debut. The first model will be the Cat 336E H, which the company claims will offer 25% fuel savings. The machine uses new hydraulic hybrid technology developed by Caterpillar.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Tony Wagner is a young plant & machinery entrepreneur, who rarely takes his eye off the ball in terms of what kit his customers are looking to hire-in from his company. Like so many people in the plant game in the South West, Mr Wagner has a great relationship with the team at W H Bond Ltd.,

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

But my brother and I thought it looked great and it would be a great advert for our company” Keen readers of the Digger Blog may recall this machine and others were featured in a post when it was on display at the entrance to Finning UK’s headquarters in Cannock during the Olympics last year.

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OCTOBER 7, 2012

These machines are becoming rather rare to find these days, but were, in their day, the first real mini diggers. While working on sites around the country, I’m sure many of us who operate for a living, will be only too aware of the attraction heavy plant & machinery holds for young kids. Machine in shutdown of course.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The Digger Blog thanks the Hard Hat Network for the use of this photo, and don’t forget if any readers have plant and machinery related photos which might be of interest to your fellow readers, please send them into me without delay.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2013

It was at this time that Austin caught the digger bug! Needless to say from that time forward Austin was hooked on diggers, and birthdays and Christmas’s became perfect opportunities to receive model diggers and other JCB digger related items. Austin’s father had a customer called P.P.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2012

We thank Karyl for sharing these photos with the Digger Blog. This large Hitachi EX8000-6 in backhoe configuration, is the first of two models that are being delivered to Rio Tinto’s Nammuldi Iron Ore mine, which is situated 60 kilometres North-West of Tom Price in Western Australia. million tons per annum.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Some of these shots have been doing the rounds on the machinery forum circuit for some time, but I had never seen them all before, so I figure it’s worth showing the best ones again here on the Digger Blog. One can only imagine that it would have been an insurance right off after this spectacular accident.

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

The Digger Blog will soon be running another of our popular competitions, this time featuring James Bond Skyfall merchandise and Caterpillar branded clothing. The machine itself has recently been the star attraction on the Caterpillar stand at Bauma China in Shanghai. I for one will be looking out for it in Munich.

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DECEMBER 2, 2012

The Digger Blog paid a visit to W H Bond’s dedicated plant and machinery sales premises in St Ive nr Liskeard in Cornwall, to see the company’s new Cat showroom and to talk about this high profile appointment, which now sees W H Bond’s associated with one of the most famous and recognized equipment brands in the world.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

If it does happen, and I for one sincerely hope it does, the Digger Blog will be covering the restoration project every step of the way with a series of update reports. As soon as I hear anything definite about this restoration plan I will let you know here on Digger.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Keen Digger Blog readers may recall our posts on Bartlett Contractors, where Rob worked in the past, and our post on his faithful Beagle Jake, who often accompanied him to work. The Digger Blog wishes this fledgling business all the very best for 2013. Check out contact details on their Facebook page.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Lookout for further more detailed reports from the Tom Price mine here on the Digger Blog. Lookout for further more detailed reports from the Tom Price mine here on the Digger Blog. Both dozers look equally impressive in this side by side shot I’m sure you will agree.

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MARCH 5, 2014

If you are in Vegas and want to share your photos with Digger Blog readers, please send them in.' If you are in Vegas and want to share your photos with Digger Blog readers, please send them in.' Of course, all the important stuff for UK and European buyers happens nearer to home. Except possibly fun.

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JANUARY 1, 2013

Don’t forget, if you have any photos and stories to share with us, we would love to post them here on the Digger Blog. Details are sketchy but from what I can understand Wilmin works as a young mechanic around Komatsu equipment in Indonesia. Contact me through the usual email address.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

A backhoe, also known as backhoe operator or rear actor, is a piece of heavy equipment often referred to as a digger. No matter the size, any agricultural property, mining operation, or construction project needs heavy equipment. Of course, heavy equipment’s diversity in terms of applications and size can be of great help.

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OCTOBER 14, 2012

The machine is occasionally operated by Steve Collishaw, who’s regular mount is the company’s new JCB JS145LC that we covered on the blog last year. Rest assured we will bring news of its replacement here on the Digger Blog. The machine which has an operating weight of 7.5

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

We thank Matthew Lugg for sharing these photos with us here on the Digger Blog. Coles Plant run a predominantly Caterpillar brand fleet of machines, in terms of excavators, dozers, track shovels and compaction equipment, with Volvo being the chosen make for articulated haulers.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

With a 22m³ bucket as standard equipment, the R 9400 is, according to Liebherr, the ideal machine for loading a mining truck fleet in the 136 tonnes class. The R 9400 is available with either a diesel engine or an electric motor, for optimal flexibility in a wide variety of applications.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Don’t forget if you see anything of interest plant and machinery wise we want to see it here on the Digger Blog. First up is this shot featuring an un-identified mini excavator, which is rather incredibly slung from a crane and is hammering away at a brickwork chimney stack. So don’t delay, send them in today!

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

During the Digger Blog’s visit to Intermat in Paris last April, I was delighted to see the European debut of the company’s latest Dash-5 models, offering advanced Interim Tier 4 engines, which offer more power, with lower fuel consumption.

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MARCH 27, 2013

This made me think back to when keen Digger Blog reader Danny Hall, sent in a series of photo's that he came across while surfing the web. Now the snow has thawed in Cambridgeshire, I am sure both the muddy and waterlogged site, will make for an interesting few days. ton machine which was used to dig around the stricken 3.5

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Yours truly Nick Drew, has been asked to judge the competition representing the Digger Blog. There are more major manufacturers in the No-Dig Zone, which is almost 54% sold and 20% of demo area remains. Confirmed exhibitors include Bomag, Ladybird Crane Hire, Kubota, Marubeni Komatsu, Merlo, Manitou and Promax Access to name but a few.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

The Digger Blog thanks Robert for this latest batch of photos. Here in England everything comes to a grinding halt when we get barely an inch of snow. Just last week we were all warned about the much hyped “Beast from the East” cold weather front, that was supposedly heading our way, prompting panic buying of food and fuel.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

Lookout for more shots from Michael’s Australian adventures on the Digger Blog soon. In a breakers yard, Michael spotted the sad looking back end of an old Caterpillar 657B motor scraper. Back in the day, the 657B model was powered by a 550hp (410kw) engine in the tractor unit, and a 400hp (298kw) engine in the scraper end.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

The Digger Blog thanks Sander Gesink for sharing these photos with us. During Sander’s recent visit to the company’s headquarters in Liuzhou, China, he was treated to a display of products in the reception area of the factory, as well as the historically important Z435 wheeled loader we featured in a previous post.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

The Digger Blog can’t make it this year, but here is a brief round up of some of the digger related products on show. The Digger Blog can’t make it this year, but here is a brief round up of some of the digger related products on show. tonne sector.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

If anyone follows this up I would love to hear about it and indeed cover any future restoration project here on the Digger Blog. He had heard on the grapevine about an old disused limeworks pit in the Petersfield area, where there is a lot of old machinery lying and rusting away, which includes an old Hymac 690 excavator.

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