A Northumberland surface coal mine is the setting for the hydraulic excavator which is currently the biggest in Britain and the biggest Terex model in Europe – the Terex O&K RH 200. It works with advanced noise- and dust-suppression technology to load nearly 50 tonnes at a time with a 26 cubic metre bucket.

At work in a Yorkshire limestone quarry is the largest excavator Caterpillar currently has in Britain. Only four of these 5130s were ever brought into the country.

A Scottish coal mine yields examples of the R 9350, Liebherr’s biggest excavator in Britain, working with the country’s largest fleet of Terex TR 100 dump trucks and a big Cat 834H wheeled loader.

Other highlights of this exciting programme are a 340-tonne O&K RH170, the only one in Britain, and an old 480-tonne O&K RH 200 loading Cat 789 trucks. There is even a quick look at Chevington Collier, a decommissioned Bucyrus-Erie 1260W walking dragline.

As in his other acclaimed DVDs, Steven Vale supplies plenty of information about the machines in his enthusiastic and detailed script narrated by David Holt.

Contents

Terex O&K RH 120-E hydraulic excavator
Terex TR100 dump trucks
Liebherr R 9350 hydraulic excavator (face-shovel and backhoe)
Cat 834H wheeled dozer
Cat D10T tracked dozer
Bucyrus Erie dragline (retired)
O&K RH 170 hydraulic excavator
Cat 785 dump trucks
O&K RH 200 hydraulic excavator
Cat 789 dump trucks
Cat 385 hydraulic excavator
Cat 5130B hydraulic excavator
Terex O&K RH 200 hydraulic excavator