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    Cooked Komatsu Demag

    That one in trucking life was going from Werris creek mine back to Gunnedah mines.Unless they rebuilt it real quick then I dont think its the same machine.
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    Side Boom

    It was a good afternoon in Toronto.
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    Side Boom

    more from Toronto
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    Side Boom

    Got these at Toronto the other day at a place called Pickering.A bit of a bonus.First day in Canada and i get this.
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    Side Boom

    Just got to get my act together and resize them.It was a good afternoon though 4x sidebooms recovering a tank car.
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    Side Boom

    I was recently in Toronto on business from australia and a bit of a highlight was hulchers recovering a train wreck just north of the city.Using Sidebooms.It was a good spot with a bridge to stand on to watch the action.
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    Scrapers from Australia

    Hi Gordon. Those pics were taken at the dragstrip at Eastern Creek.
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    From Australia

    Thanks BC BOY.I have plenty of dozer lift pice .Havent seen it for a while though been a biy quiet.As for the barge.He reckons its the first time he used his seat belt.
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    Are Scrapers Becoming Obsolete?

    Wheres that job at Gav.
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    Still at it!

    I always remember a a kid growing up back in the 1960s in Christchurch NZ there was a local company called Ryan Brothers and they used to have a few of these Cats(cant remember the size)and a fleet of International 5 yd tippers.They were always down at the New Brighton beach loading out sand and...
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    The history of the towed scraper

    Tell him to work harder i am getting anxious
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    The history of the towed scraper

    Hi Biggerdigger That contrfedpublishing,site is a good one.It said that the guy who write the historical storys is doing a book.Do you know if he did it
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    my dredge new york pics

    For fear of getting yelled at I will add my 2 bobs worth.If you look at the companys web site with the pics of the machine it does not have the cable on it.Well I reckon that they rig it on depending on where they are digging ,what they are digging and to what depth they are digging.It appears...
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    Excavators from Australia

    The pub burnt down on a Fri nigt and they pulled it down on the Sat morn.before it fell down.As for control there wasnt much just a cop or 2.It was on Victoria Rd as you are aware is the main road into the city so they had to react quickly.The best part was the machine operator and his buddy...
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    Excavators from Australia

    It took some getting out that thing.The Komatsu certainly did it hard.The operator put the hand brake on when it sunk and then it did not release when they were dragging it.When it first got bogged he attempted to dig him self out resulting in him digging a bigger hole for himself.Then the tide...
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    From Australia

    He wasnt real thrilled about it .But he did it.There was a 30 tonne excavator attached to the back.
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    Excavators from Australia

    With the old pub getting demolished it was directly opposite my house.Some how I managed to sleep through it burning down.Talk about lazy.
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    Excavators from Australia

    The backhoe is owned by the local council and was going along the beach do do a bit a work on a stormwater outlet.Well he got stuck and the tide came in.He He.It cased a bit of mirth among the locals as the council is not particularly popular and they ended up with mud on their face.The two...
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    From Australia

    This is what happens when you dig up a gas main.The machine was wrecked and they couldnt put it completely out untill they turned off the gas about 2 hrs later.
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    Excavators from Australia

    Now the bogged one
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