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Caterpillar excavator reaches new heights thanks to a Cat ADT

By Nick Drew | 18:52 GMT, Saturday, 21 January 2012 | View Comments

This photo has been shared with us by Verbruggen Patrick, who is one of our readers from Belgium and a member of our Friends of the Digger Blog page on Facebook.

It shows a very innovative way to perform some landscaping work high above some gabion baskets from ground level. The contractor has loaded the Caterpillar 315D excavator onto the back of a Cat 730 articulated dumptruck to gain the necessary height for the excavator to perform the task in hand. It appears that the excavator is safely chained down on the back of the truck, but even so it must be a strange feeling operating the machine from that position.

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Thanks to Verbruggen for sharing this awesome photo.

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This article was published on 21/01/2012 (last updated on 21/01/2012).