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Diggers and Dozers
by Mark
The hottest news and the latest industry trends from the fast-paced world of construction equipment.
Episodes
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JCB's pothole purge
To mark the recent National Pothole Day, the BBC Radio 4 show - You & Yours - decided to focus upon the emotive issue of potholes. As part of that feature, they chose to focus upon the newly-introduced PotholePro machine from British construction equipment giant, JCB. To provide some industry...
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JCB's purge on potholes
At 1pm on Monday the 11th of January 2021, JCB declared war on poorly maintained roads with the official launch of the new PotholePro machine. Just a few hours later, Diggers and Dozers convened a meeting of the War Cabinet, gathering together industry influencers and representatives from JCB’s...
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Cat takes its place among tech giants
At first glance, Caterpillar's decision to exhibit at next year's Consumer Electronics Show might seem at odds with the company's heavy iron and blue collar reputation. But make no mistake - Caterpillar is an innovation giant; and it has thoroughly earned its place among the global technology elite.
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Trumped up charges
According to report in The Construction Index, JCB stands accused of human rights breaches because some of its machines were used in the demolition of Palestinian homes. Such accusations are misplaced and out of touch with the realities of global construction equipment sales. Furthermore, the...
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Smart Construction
The Komatsu stand at the recent ConExpo exhibition in Las Vegas was one of the big draws of the show. In particular, visitors were queuing to have their photo taken in the bucket of the massive WA800 wheel loader – one of the biggest machines at the show. But just behind that machine, Komatsu had...
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The Hire Exchange
If we lived in a normal world, this episode would have been recorded at the swanky Quaglino's restaurant in London during a posh lunch. Sadly, we find ourselves living in the COVID-19 world in which any sense of normality is but a distant memory; and in which posh lunches have given way to…
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The Tinder of Telehandlers
Imagine a matchmaking website that, instead of helping you find the partner of your dreams, paired telescopic handler customers with the most suitable and most local telehandler hirer. Well imagine no longer. Matchmaker-in-chief Lee Rigby has been in the rental industry for 30 years, working for...
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What's My Ride #6
The reason this podcast is called What’s My Ride is – simply – because we wanted to concentrate upon the men and women who sit behind the levers and drive the equipment. So our latest guest doesn’t strictly qualify. Because Jeff Pinion is a freelance Brokk operator. And rather than being sat on…
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The Guilt Trip, with Peter Haddock
This is the second show in a two-parter recorded at the Las Vegas Convention Center and features a discussion between myself and vlogger, podcaster and journalist Peter Haddock of Content with Media. If you haven’t heard the first episode, I strongly urge you to go back and give it a listen. I…
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ConExpo 2020 Highlights, with Peter Haddock
The show you’re about to hear is part one of a two-parter that was recorded during the ConExpo exhibition in Las Vegas. Both parts are a discussion between myself and vlogger, podcaster and journalist Peter Haddock of Content with Media. Peter had just come from the finals of Caterpillar’s global...
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What's My Ride #5
Regular listeners to the What’s My Ride series will know that – until now – we have focused upon operators with – and I say this with the greatest respect - quite a few hours on the clock. This episode is different. This episode features Sean Walkley who – at just 19-years old – is just starting...
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The Titan of Free Fuel
ConExpo 2020 was the show at which electric-powered construction equipment came of age. It was the show in which prototype machines we had seen in the past became real, living and fully-functional. And it was the year in which a host of new prototype machines pointed to future developments in the...
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Hitachi takes control
Anyone that is active on social media will know that Hitachi has recently been posting some cryptic messages that seem to hint at a new development in which machine control takes centre stage. We can exclusively reveal that the new development is a new series of mid-range excavators and that...
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There's an app for that
Could apps be used to help operators improve their skills, reduce fuel consumption and increase production levels? Could they be used to help refresh the skills of experienced operators? Volvo Construction Equipment's Carina McLane certainly thinks so; and she is using all her skills and insight…
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Whats My Ride #4
Our latest guest on the What’s My Ride show is arguably the most famous machine operator in the UK. Which is ironic because these days he spends more time behind a computer keyboard than he does behind the leers of a digger. Nick Drew is the name and the face behind the Digger Man Blog; and he…
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Viva Las Vegas
This time next week, the eyes of the construction equipment world will turn towards Las Vegas and the latest ConExpo exhibition. The exhibition will be the largest gathering of construction equipment in the world this year, and the organisers are expecting upwards of 140,000 visitors to the show....
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What's My Ride #3
In this enlightened age, a woman working in construction is not exactly newsworthy. But when Pamela Evans climbed behind the levers of an excavator some 20 years ago, she was a pioneer. In this latest episode of What’s My Ride, Pamela shares her experiences and her thoughts on why more young…
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What's My Ride #2
Our guest on the latest episode of Wha's My Ride is Paul McHale. Pal's skills as a high reach demolition excavator operator have taken him - literally - around the world, taking in New Zealand, the Falkland Islands, Norway and Antarctica. So sit back and enjoy some global travel in the company of...
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What's My Ride #1
In the first-ever episode of What's My Ride, we speak to Nigel Williams, a CPCS blue card plant operator who is currently spending his working day behind the levers of a Kobelco SK180 excavator. Nigel shares his journey into the construction sector, the machine he likes the best, the machine he...
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Sunward Excavators
Set aside your preconceptions about Chinese-built equipment. Like the Japanese and Korean machines that have gone before them, the latest Chinese machines look markedly different from their first-generation predecessors. Diggers and Dozers' editor Mark Anthony takes a closer look at the Sunward...
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Mecalac TA3SH Site Dumper
In this, the pilot episode of the new Diggers and Dozers podcast, we put the spotlight on the new TA3SH power swivel site dumper from Mecalac. The machine will not be unveiled until the American Renal Association (ARA) show next month (February 2020), so this is a sneak preview of a 3,000 kg...
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Diggers & Dozers Podcast - Coming Soon
Welcome to the new sound of construction equipment; the Diggers and Dozers Podcast. Designed to bring you the latest news, views and trends from the global construction equipment sector, this new podcast is now trundling towards you like a Cat D11 running at full speed. So listen up and subscribe...
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The hottest news and the latest industry trends from the fast-paced world of construction equipment.
HOSTED BY
Mark
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