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Semi-automatic quick hitch alarm system offers low-cost solution to a burning issue. Every once in a while, a product comes along that you just think is RIGHT; an iPod moment, if you will. Well here’s the latest. It doesn’t look like much but the semi-automatic quick hitch alarm is clearly the result of a considerable…Read moreRead more

Joint -Venture ramps up fight against demolition equipment theft. At SED 2009, Enigma Vehicle Systems PLC and Meck Lock UK will announce a new collaboration in security and tracking products for the UK demolition and construction equipment industry. The companies have jointly developed a new system that provides the benefits of the Skyline advanced GPS…Read moreRead more

In an exclusive podcast, www.demolitionnews.com discusses the subject of quick couplers. The issue of semi-authomatic quick couplers is a problem that simply refuses to go away. In this exclusive podcast, www.demolitionnews.com’s Mark Anthony discusses this thorny topic with David Jones of CDM2007.org. Please note that the podcast has been split into three parts of less…Read moreRead more

Caterpillar cuts working hours at Desford backhoe/mini plant still further. UK Trade magazine Contract Journal is reporting that Caterpillar has agreed even shorter working hours for staff at its Desford plant in Leicestershire which assembles mini excavators and backhoe loaders. From 1 June, the working week for the staff of around 500 is being reduced…Read moreRead more

New series of The Detonators available to preview now. Our good friends (and sponsors) C&D Consultancy have advised us that a new series of the Discovery Channel series “The Detonators” is about to start and that some preview footage is now available online. Although C&D’s work on the blowdown of Sighthill Flats, Glasgow is not…Read moreRead more

Thank you for all the site visits and comments yesterday. The recession is in meltdown, the G20 are in town and there were rioters on the streets of London. But here at www.demolitionnews.com, we were enjoying our most successful day since we launched last year. Thanks to a ridiculously stupid April Fool’s prank, this site…Read moreRead more

The Health and Safety Executive has announced radical steps to reduce site accidents. With on site accidents static or rising, the Health and Safety Executive is recommending radical steps to prevent injuries from slips, trips, cuts, scrapes and broadsword attack. Effective 1 April 2009, the HSE is recommending that all workers be supplied with a…Read moreRead more

French Caterpillar executives detained by employees amidst redundancy pay dispute. UK trade magazine Contract Journal has picked up on a report in The Times newspaper about the apparent “bossnapping” of some senior French Caterpillar executives. Four of the equipment giant’s executives were apparently detained by their employees in a protest over redundancy pay. Further details…Read moreRead more

An excavator operator has been airlifted to hospital after being struck by a 10 metre pipe. Fire crews have been called to rescue an excavator operator after a 10 metre steel pipe fell three storeys and punched through the roof of his cab, pinning him in his machine. Full details can be found here.

Attachment and quick coupler manufacturer Miller unveils new-style quick coupler. If you cast your mind back to 18 December 2008 – you know, just before the office party – you might recall Miller International’s Keith Miller speaking here about the subject of semi automatic quick hitches and changes to regulations and the like. Unbeknown to…Read moreRead more