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'Earthmovers in Scotland' by David Wylie

16 Nov 16 Landing with a hefty thud on my desk comes this substantial 440-page coffee-table tome from digger-enthusiast turned photo-journalist David Wylie, called 'Earthmovers in Scotland'.

Kubota restoration marks 50,000 sales landmark

9 Nov 16 Kubota dealer Walsh Plant Services has renovated an original KH10 mini-excavator, Kubota’s first ever model back in 1979, to celebrate the milestone of the Japanese manufacturer selling its 50,000th excavator in the UK and Ireland this year.

Peter Andrews still stands by JCB

8 Nov 16 After nearly 50 years in business, Andrews Plant Hire remains one of JCB’s most loyal customers.

Keep it clean!

19 Oct 16 In this short video, Paul, one of Worsley Plant's engineers, gets enthusiastic about how easy it is to maintain the Lehnhoff Variolock Quickcoupler.

100th Doosan conversion for road/rail specialist

12 Oct 16 GOS Tool & Engineering Services has just bought its 100th Doosan excavator for adapting to road/rail working.

No cab for Komatsu's self-driving truck

4 Oct 16 It’s all about self-driving vehicles these days, it seems. Hard on the heels of new from Volvo (see previous posts, below) comes news of Komatsu’s Innovative Autonomous Haulage Vehicle.

Volvo showcases automated and hybrid machines

20 Sep 16 Good news for plant operators: Volvo’s best efforts to date show that a driverless wheeled loader is still only 70% as efficient as one with a skilled operator behind the controls.

Look no hands! Volvo’s self-driving truck

9 Sep 16 Earlier this year Volvo Group began tests and demonstrations of its autonomous self-driving trucks for mining applications. Now here’s the footage.

New primary mover for Dales quarry

2 Sep 16 There's a big new digger ripping up the Yorkshire Dales...

First footage of new Liebherr loaders

31 Aug 16 Among the 20 or so new machines that Liebherr launched at Bauma earlier this year was a new series of mid-range hydrostatic-drive wheeled loaders.

Favourite machines of a Latin American autocrat

24 Aug 16 If you were a South American 'el presidente' destined for prison for corruption and human rights violations, what sort of construction machinery might you favour?

WD Lewis gets attached to Hill hitches

10 Aug 16 Welsh civil engineering contractor WD Lewis has signed a deal worth more than £100,000 with attachment manufacturer Hill Engineering for 20 Tefra quick couplers and 60 Titan buckets.

Crowds flock to see Cornwall's Man Engine

3 Aug 16 This is the kind of eccentricity that makes this country great. The Man Engine is a great big mechanical puppet – the largest that the UK has ever seen, apparently – and he has been striding his way across Cornwall for the past couple of weeks.

Kobelco's latest heavyweight contender

2 Aug 16 Here is the new SK300LC-10 from Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe.

Acorn antiques? No they’re brand new!

21 Jul 16 The village of Staplehurst, in the Weald of Kent, is home to Acorn Hire, a totally independent supplier of tools and machinery to local contractors and builders, as well as the DIY-ers.

Underground quarry opts for Weidemann loader

7 Jul 16 Here’s a machine that we don’t see much of in UK construction applications – the Weidemann compact wheeled loader.

Hugh's that man!

28 Jun 16 Who is this reckless daredevil? Why, it’s Hugh Edeleanu. And while after this display there may be trouble ahead, as the song goes, I suspect he will be happy to face the music and dance.

Big British Buckets

20 Jun 16 This excavator bucket weighs 45 tonnes and has a capacity of 35 cubic metres. It is thought to be one of the largest ever made in the UK.

Kubotas into action for Einig's new HQ

15 Jun 16 David Einig bought his first excavator at the age of 17 and four years later in 2008 set up as David Einig Contracting Limited, offering agricultural contracting and earthmoving services across Oxfordshire and beyond.

Case 521F XT customer proves itself to be no time waster

8 Jun 16 Not everyone is keen on letting you try before you buy, it seems, but Case's customer-focused flexibility appears to have been crucial in this deal.

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