It can dig out 9,000 tonnes of gravel an hour from a pit in Stauffendorf near Deggendorf, in southeastern Germany.

The machine is being worked hard, four days a week, by a company called Gran, not just for gravel extraction but also for the development and cultivation of the gravel extraction site.

You don't need me to tell you that Bauma is the world's largest construction trade fair. It is huge. And it is where just about all the best and most important new machinery makes its debut, either in prototype form or market launch.

Last time, in 2016 (pictured above), there were 3,425 exhibitors from 58 countries occupying 605,000 m² of exhibition space, drawing 583,736 visitors from 219 countries. More than half a million visitors!

The HX900 L is the second-largest model in the Hyundai stable, behind the 120-tonne R1200-9.

It is powered by a Scania DC16 084A - 478 kW (641 hp) water-cooled stage IV compliant engine and its operating weight is 88,800 kg.

Astra Site Services claims to be the UK’s largest supplier of hydraulic excavator attachments. It was taken over by A-Plant last year and now operates as a specialist division within the group.

Astra’s specially adapted breaker for Ovenden has been deployed on the River Thames where it is being used to dismantle a partially sunken pontoon at the Deptford waterfront development, Convoy Wharf.

A dedicated arena at the show will celebrate the heritage and legacy of the machines that have laid the foundation for today’s industry.

The classic plant exhibition will be fully operational, with vintage dump trucks, excavators and loading shovels. And there's space for more, if you have somethign suitable to show.