HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITE MAP HELP CONTACT WORK FOR US   Saturday 11 September 2010 Make CIN my HomePage    DIGGING AND MOVING STORIES [ 175 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Cat plans bigger diggers (Friday, 18 June 2010) CATERPILLAR has decided to leap into the mining shovel market with plans to produce a range from 110 tonnes to 725t. Full Story... Site dumpers fulfil market need (Monday, 7 June 2010) SITE dumpers are growing in popularity on Australian construction sites, according to a Sydney hire company. Full Story... Extended high-lift 994F takes the load off (Monday, 31 May 2010) CATERPILLAR’S extended high-lift version of its biggest wheel loader, the 994F, is designed to speed up loading of Cat 793 and similarly sized haul trucks. Full Story... Buy a skid steer, get a free sports car (Wednesday, 7 April 2010) NEW Holland is tempting construction equipment buyers with the offer of a shiny new red Ferrari with every L series skid steer purchased. Full Story... Mini gets contractors out of tight spots (Monday, 1 March 2010) MINI excavators able to handle work in tight spots have become a popular addition to the equipment line-up of many contractors. Full Story... JCB contributes to Haiti relief effort (Wednesday, 20 January 2010) JCB has answered the call for construction equipment to help the disaster relief effort in Haiti following last week’s devastating earthquake. Full Story... Semco debuts new Fiori loader (Wednesday, 13 January 2010) FIORI’S new ML700 compact micro-loader has been released by Australian distributor Semco. Full Story... Loader scoops up awards (Wednesday, 16 December 2009) A COMPACT, remote-controlled crawler loader designed and built in Western Australia has won two major industry awards and was a finalist for a third. Full Story... Digga wins prestigious award – again (Friday, 4 December 2009) DIGGA Australia has won Gold Coast Business of the Year for the second time in six years. Full Story... Side door makes safe sense (Wednesday, 21 October 2009) EARTHMOVING contractor Matt Dicker says safety and ease of operation were the primary considerations when he recently decided to upgrade to a new skid steer loader. Full Story... New compact wheel loaders from Hitachi (Friday, 16 October 2009) HITACHI Construction Machinery Australia has extended its ZW wheel loader range with the introduction of two new compact models, the ZW40 and ZW50. Full Story... Case sweetens its excavator deals (Wednesday, 14 October 2009) CASE Construction Equipment says its four-year, 4000-hour CASECARE protection package, free with new mini excavators purchased before December 31, will help smart contractors gear up to take advantage of growing construction activity. Full Story... Kubota helps with bushfire recovery (Monday, 12 October 2009) A TRACTOR with front end loader donated by Kubota Tractor Australia is helping the Victorian Farmers Federation to rebuild fences damaged in February’s devastating bushfires. Full Story... Youth policy pays for BTR (Monday, 5 October 2009) A STRATEGY of continually upgrading its machinery fleet to ensure maximum productivity and efficiency is paying dividends for Adelaide company BTR Excavations. Full Story... Weighing up the options (Monday, 21 September 2009) FOR those in the market for a skid steer, one consideration is whether to go with a wheeled or tracked machine. It’s a decision that has been made harder by the explosion in the number of manufacturers offering track options. Full Story... Middlemount all go (Wednesday, 16 September 2009) THE mining lease for Macarthur Coal and Noble Group’s Middlemount project has been granted, triggering construction works with first coal expected next year. Full Story... Downer on contract high (Wednesday, 9 September 2009) DOWNER EDI has garnered new work worth $A500 million thanks to contracts at Ensham Resources and BMA Norwich Park in Queensland and a five-year deal in New Zealand. Full Story... Track loader a hit with Triple S (Wednesday, 9 September 2009) TRIPLE S Earthmoving and Pipelaying Contractors director Steve Borgmeyer says the reliability and ease of maintenance of the company’s New Holland C175 rubber track loader are the best he’s seen in 30 years of operating earthmoving equipment. Full Story... Skid steer no. 7 the best yet (Monday, 17 August 2009) GEELONG’S Neil Hucker says his new Case 440 Series 3 skid steer loader has double the power and an infinitely more comfortable cab than his first Case skid steer, bought 31 years ago. “My first ever Case skid steer [an 1845] had a 48 horsepower engine and rippers on the back with five tynes which would loosen the soil,” Hucker said. Full Story... Remote monitoring foils equipment thieves (Friday, 14 August 2009) KOMATSU’S Komtrax remote monitoring system has helped a Sydney plumber to quickly recover his stolen mini excavator. Full Story... Long arm digs deeper (Monday, 10 August 2009) RIMIC Civil’s excavator fleet comprises a mix of Sumitomo and Komatsu excavators, with the most exotic being a Komatsu vertical shaft excavator imported directly from Japan around three years ago. By Greg Keane Full Story... Downer’s mobile move to recruit indigenous workers (Wednesday, 5 August 2009) ONE of the attractions at this year’s Diggers & Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie has been the Downer Edi simulator trailer, developed by the mining contractor as a mobile training unit to help attract indigenous Australians. By Kate Haycock. Full Story... NSW contractor chooses nimble JCB excavator (Friday, 31 July 2009) NEW South Wales contractor William Cauchi says the most appealing feature of his new 14-tonne JCB JZ140D excavator is its zero tail swing, which makes it ideal for use in tight spaces. Full Story... Finnish dredger walks on water (Monday, 27 July 2009) WITH increasing attention being paid to maintaining urban waterways, Stormwater Systems’ Anto Pratten needed a machine that could work in both very shallow water and deeper water, and had the capacity to excavate with either a bucket or a cutter suction head. Full Story... Dingo widens dealer network (Wednesday, 22 July 2009) MINI loader manufacturer Dingo Australia has added two new dealers – Centracks in Central Queensland and HQ Equipment in the New South Wales Hunter Valley. Full Story... The skinny on Gehl’s new compact (Friday, 17 July 2009) AT only 910mm wide and 1900mm tall, Gehl says there are few places its new 1640E skid steer loader can’t get into. Full Story... Lifting output (Wednesday, 15 July 2009) A LETOURNEAU L-1850 has won a three-loader battle to become part of the frontline loading fleet at Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines’ Super Pit. Full Story... Hirer endorses Kubota minis (Friday, 3 July 2009) KUBOTA compact excavators head the equipment line-up at Sutherland area hirer Able Hire. Full Story... A proven formula (Tuesday, 30 June 2009) New model ranges from Hitachi and John Deere head the list of recent wheel loader market developments. By Greg Keane Full Story... JCB backhoes in the army now (Wednesday, 24 June 2009) JCB has started delivery of specially armoured and camouflaged backhoe loaders for the French military. Full Story... 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