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I have been sent a couple of shots by Wilmin Conzvert from Indonesia, which feature two Komatsu excavators that are quite clearly in big trouble!

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I have been sent a couple of shots by Wilmin Conzvert from Indonesia, which feature two Komatsu excavators that are quite clearly in big trouble!

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/komatsus-in-a-spot-of-bother

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I have been sent an incredible series of photos by one of my former work colleagues Alan Russell, who has had a long and illustrious career as a senior buyer with a number of civil engineering companies in the Hampshire area.

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A COMPANY which runs the largest fleet of JCB telehandlers in Brazil has invested in additional machines so it can forge ahead with a contract to build a tunnel to house a new ring road.

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/explosive-performance-from-tunnel-firms-jcb-loadall-fleet

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As previously mentioned in my post earlier in the week, I went walkabout in Jandia on a mission to get medicines for my other half, who had gone down with the usual in flight lurgey, which she has now kindly shared with me! Anyway during my travels, I came across a trio of little gems, including two rare machines that I have never seen in the UK.

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This video was recently posted on my Facebook page by regular Digger Blog reader Geraint Jones.

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/archive-footage-on-the-building-of-the-m1-motorway

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The famous and very distinctive blue liveried Kobelco excavators, are all set for a return to the American, European, Middle East and Russian markets, following the ending of a ten year global alliance between Kobelco Construction Machinery Co Ltd and CNH Global N.V.

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Whilst I was away on my Christmas holiday, I received a random text from a guy who just called himself Wayne, telling me that he had discovered an old Hymac 690 hydraulic excavator that might be saved from the gas axe if someone was willing to rescue it.

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Normally associated with Volvo articlulated haulers, loading shovels and medium sized excavators, Kelston Sparkes Group has taken delivery of Volvo CE’s flagship excavator, the EC700C for the first time which has gone to work on primary extraction on one of the company’s prestigious contracts in the Mendips.

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This video was posted on our Facebook page by regular reader Jack Westwood, and with the downhill skiing season upon us, I thought it would be a good one to share with you all.

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