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Posted: **Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:40 pm**

We head back down under now, to remind ourselves just what the sun looks like, and to be treated to some more excellent machine photos from Michael Bullock, as he continues his working holiday in Western Australia.

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Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:52 pm**

The recent announcement that Kendal based Exc@v8 - Total Plant Solutions have become UK dealers for the Swiss made Menzi Muck specialist excavators, reminded me of a spectacle I witnessed during my last visit to Bauma in 2010.

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/menzi-mucks-coming-to-a-hillside-near-you-thanks-to-excv8

Posted: **Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:55 pm**

Liskeard based Tony Wagner Plant Hire, has just purchased his first Caterpillar machine from the recently appointed Compact Cat dealership for Cornwall and West Devon, W H Bond Ltd.

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/tony-wagner-finds-the-purr-fect-cat-for-his-customers-needs

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:00 pm**

Lifelong plant man Rob Williams had always dreamt of running his own plant hire & groundworks company. In July 2012, he finally took the plunge and Williams Plant came to fruition.

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/plant-mans-dream-becomes-a-reality-1

Posted: **Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:00 pm**

Diggers made by Staffordshire-based JCB are about to embark on a mission to help recover Spitfire warplanes designed by one of the county’s most famous sons and believed to be buried in Burma.

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/jcb-diggers-join-the-hunt-for-buried-wwii-spitfires

Posted: **Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:04 pm**

This week I am making a return to operating JCB JS range excavators, with a long term end user of JCB equipment in the South West, after my last deployment bizarrely came to a soggy end on a “waterlogged” site.

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/jcb-2-go-hydraulic-isolation-system

Posted: **Thu Jan 17, 2013 4:06 pm**

Liskeard-based Tony Wagner Plant Hire has just purchased his first Caterpillar machine from the recently appointed Compact Cat dealership for Cornwall and West Devon, WH Bond Ltd.

© 2013 The Construction Index
http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/tony-wagner-finds-the-purr-fect-cat-for-his-customers-needs

Posted: **Sat Jan 19, 2013 4:12 pm**

This video is a couple of years old now, but it depicts superbly how the Swedes cope with real snow every winter, while here in the UK we get 20cm of the white stuff and everything comes to a grinding halt!

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/its-snow-joke-as-normal-service-continues-at-arlanda-airport

Posted: **Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:12 pm**

Liskeard based general builder Andrew Borlase Ltd, has recently purchased his first Caterpillar mini excavator, and the Digger Blog was invited to take a look at his latest machine.

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/builder-gets-on-a-firm-footing-with-his-first-cat-machine

Posted: **Mon Jan 21, 2013 4:14 pm**

A number of our readers and friends have been snow clearing with various machines, and posting photos on their Facebook pages. I figured it would be nice to see their efforts here on the blog.

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http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/digger-blog-readers-doing-their-bit-in-the-snow

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Nicks Blog | More stunning photos from our man Down Under

Nicks Blog | Menzi Muck’s coming to a hillside near you thanks to Exc@v8

Nicks Blog | Tony Wagner finds the purr-fect Cat for his customers needs

Nicks Blog | Plant man’s dream becomes a reality

Nicks Blog | JCB diggers join the hunt for buried WWII Spitfires

Nicks Blog | JCB-2-Go Hydraulic isolation system

Nicks Blog | Tony Wagner finds the purr-fect Cat for his customers' needs

Nicks Blog | Its snow joke as normal service continues at Arlanda airport

Nicks Blog | Builder gets on a firm footing with his first Cat machine

Nicks Blog | Digger Blog readers doing their bit in the snow