Awesome Earthmovers

You really have to get up close and personal with the Komatsu PC7000E-11 at Bauma to appreciate the true scale of it. As far as we know it’s the largest excavator brought to a trade show in backhoe configuration. The previous record was held by Komatsu as well with the PC7000 face shovel at Bauma 2016

How much easier is this compared to using a lowbed where you need to chain the machine down and risk going over the side when loading and unloading? We visited Hope Quarry recently to see how Gemma Barber moves her new Cat 395 around using a set of Sleipner E90 dollies #sleipner #finningukireland #cat395 #quarry #excavator #lowbed

Some more footage of The Beast of Bauma 2025, the Komatsu PC7000E #komatsu #komatsumining #mining #engineering #bauma2025

Concept Hitachi excavator with Rototilt at Bauma 2025

Komatsu D475A dozer on the move after being on display for MINExpo 2024

Menzi Muck M545X demo at Bauma 2025 #bauma #bauma2025 #menzimuck #construction #heavyequipment

Komatsu unveiled the Power Agnostic 930E haul truck at MINExpo 2024, built on a modular platform enabling a smooth transition from diesel to battery or hydrogen. Following the show, the truck heads to Boliden’s Aitik mine for its first real-world field tests. Under the Komatsu GHG Alliance, both companies will gather insights to refine the truck’s decarbonization capabilities #komatsu #mining #minexpo #minexpo2024 #dumptruck #komatsuminiexcavator

Sleipner E90 Dollies saving undercarriage and final drive wear on a new Cat 395. It’s as simple as tracking into them. With the front end of the excavator elevated by placing your bucket into the back of a suitable truck you can move around site fast with no wear on the undercarriage. Read the story in the latest issue of the magazine #sleipner #quarry #construction #excavator

The largest in Komatsu’s diesel-electric line of mining wheel loaders, the WE2350 #heavyequipment #komatsu #mining #minexpo #construction

Cat’s largest wheel loader, the 995 sitting ready to be dismantled and shipped out following MINExpo 2024 #mining #heavyequipment #construction

Meet the world’s first fully electric excavator. Nabtesco’s game-changing machine ditches hydraulics for a smarter, fully electric powertrain—combining reduction gears, electric motors, and control systems for unmatched efficiency, power, and speed. Smaller batteries. Bigger impact. We caught it in action this afternoon at Bauma 2025

Bagger 1473, christened as The Blue Wonder, is a Type SRs 1500-series bucket-wheel excavator prototype that was left abandoned in a field in Schipkau, Germany. The excavator had been used at the Tagebau Meuro mine from 1965 to 2002. After it was withdrawn from service, the municipalities of Senftenberg, Großräschen, and Schipkau collaborated to preserve the opencast mining machine. Between August 29 and September 15, 2003, Bagger 1473 was moved approximately 8.5 kilometres (5.3 miles) from the Meuro mine to near the EuroSpeedway Lausitz. Its new location would serve as a monument to the region’s former lignite mining industry. The machine was transported across industrial roads and railways owned by the LMBV, ensuring that public traffic remained unaffected. #bagger1473 #engineering #heavyequipment #mining #coalmining #lignitemine #mine #minerals

Read about this Komatsu PC700 with Smart Construction 3D Guidance in the latest issue of the AE magazine

A slightly different perspective on Bauma 2025

We’re blown away by the Komatsu PC7000 at 2025’s Bauma. Here’s a few quick facts on the massive mining machine. #komatsu #komstsueurope #mining #excavator #bauma2025 #bauma

Dappen screening bucket demonstration at Bauma 2025 #bauma2025 #bauma #construction #engineering #heavyequipment

The 100th anniversary Cat D6XE dozer at Cat’s Malaga Demonstration and Learning Center this week. You’ll get to see this machine at Bauma 2025 in April #construction #dozer #bulldozer #catd6XE #caterpillar100

Komatsu’s massive PC7000E at Bauma 2025. The 700 tonne class mining machine is powered by two 1250KW electric motors which is the equivalent of 3260hp. It has a bucket capacity of 44m3 or 57.5y3 #mining #komatsu #komstsumining #bauma #bauma2025

Read the story in the next issue of the magazine on a set a Sleipner E90 dollies used to transport a new Cat 395 around a quarry

MB Crusher and Screening bucket demos at Bauma 2025 #bauma #mbcrusher #construction