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Looking downhill past the back end of the Dalry graveyard towards the Diggers pub on the right hand corner.
All compartments open, as well as the cab doors. Due to the compartments only being 2 studs wide, there's not much room.
The Flickr Lounge-Fragile
Sadly the bee population on our earth is suffering at the hands of industry.
The Digger Bee is unique in that it lives in the ground. They come back every year to forage on the Black Currant Blossoms.
I love photographing them. They are quite unique looking due to their large proboscis.
This little fella is getting quite bold now. Tonight he posed for me on top of a JCB which my lovely neighbour ( a builder ) keeps in the field at the bottom of my garden.
So I've christened my new little friend with an appropriate name.
White mud cake, shaped and covered in fondant. Made for my cousin's son who just loves tractors. Inspired by a design from elite cake designs.
Taken on my Super Frankanette, which is identical to the Super Frankarette LR1. Not sure why mine hasa different name.
Lovely rangefinder with a cracking lens. For more information visit:
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Ilford HP5 Plus, Rodinal 1+50, 11 minutes at 20°C
flashed with a yellow gell to bring out the colour of the digget better and blue on the rest, shortly after the stars came out which would have been better...
Een graafmachine in de sneeuw. Genomen in Arnhem, Nederland.
Digger in the Snow, taken in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Got lucky again! Well, actually I spotted the men on the beach just in time: I had to sprint with all my heavy gear to make sure I lined up the two diggers with the sun before it set completely... Just in time!
This is when I went to watch monster trucks do there stuff at the NIA in Birmingham. The Grave Digger is my favorite truck. The noise from these beast being inside was amazing. :o)
The JCB Display Team, more commonly known as the "Dancing Diggers" performs across the length and breadth of the country and is recognised as one of the top arena attractions available.
The team has appeared on television many times, showcasing the amazing abilities of the machine operators as they push their diggers to the absolute maximum of their capabilities.
The team comprised of 4 giant JCB 3CX diggers and one 527-55 loadall.
The four JCB's in the team weigh 8.5 tonnes each and cost in excess of £48,000 each.
The Display Team drivers perform dare devil stunts and formation digger dancing. During a performance accompanied by music they push the machines and themselves to the limit, thrilling audiences of all ages.
The stunts performed are not only very difficult, but are also very dangerous, and must, under no circumstances be attempted by anyone in the audience!
Whilst on location the team provided a static display for the public which was very popular
The Machines
527-55 LOADALL
The JCB 527-55 is a hugely efficient Dieselmax-powered Loadall. It’s powerful, productive, manoeuvrable, comfortable and safe.
3CX Eco
The JCB 3CX is the world’s number one backhoe loader (along with the JCB 4CX). The 3CX is a product of JCB’s efficient design philosophy, responding to today’s rising fuel prices and environmental concerns with class-leading efficiency and low running costs. In short, innovative technologies have been applied to squeeze the absolute maximum out of every drop of fuel on the JCB 3CX Eco.
The Company
The firm was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England.
The JCB logo dates from 1953; from 1960 the company typewriters were given an extra key to render it accurately. The logo was designed by Leslie Smith, and is off-set at 18 degrees from the horizontal and 22 degrees from the vertical - the angles Joe Bamford liked.
To demonstrate his faith in the hydraulic failsafes on JCB machines (which lock the arms in the event of a loss of hydraulic pressure, preventing them from crashing to the ground), Joe Cyril Bamford arranged to have several backhoes raise themselves up on their arms, and drove his car beneath them.
This has since developed into a world famous demonstration of the versatility of the backhoe configuration. The JCB display team (JCB Dancing Diggers) tour agricultural shows and produce videos, showing some of the unusual ways in which such vehicles can support themselves or manoeuvre. For example, it is quite common for drivers to support the vehicle on both buckets, either for turning on the spot without damaging ground, or for spinning the tracks in a puddle to clean them. The display team expanded this concept into a sort of vehicle gymnastics. The drivers are members of JCB's demonstration team, who visit prospective customers and demonstrate machines on the customer's property in order to prove the machine's suitability for the task at hand.