Diga-Bara is just the ticket for Hamilton Plant Hire

by Nick Drew | Wed 07 May 2014

Diga-Bara is just the ticket for Hamilton Plant Hire

During his recent visit to the ScotPlant exhibition Scott Hamilton bought a Diga-Bara off the Exac-One stand and has been very impressed with his purchase so far.

Inverness based Scott Hamilton, who trades as Hamilton Plant Hire, has been interested in acquiring a Diga-Bara for some time. Scott is clearly one of the more innovative breed of machine men that we are starting to see more of in the UK, having already equipped his Terex TC20 mini excavator with an Engcon tiltrotator some time ago, he always has an eye on kit that can improve his flexibility and improve his profitability whilst serving his customer’s needs.

Although Scott runs a high spec excavator his latest addition to his fleet is a somewhat more simple idea. Although having said that, in the right application the concept is highly effective, doing away with the need for an additional dumper and driver. The whole job can become a one man operation keeping costs down for all concerned.

Scott’s first outing with the Diga-Bara DB 1300, which is the second in a four size line-up, was last week, where he was engaged in a job digging a track around a perimeter and fill with topsoil to facilitate the planting of a hedge. Scott estimated that he shifted around 45 tons of material with the Diga-Bara during that first day!

On his second day Scott shifted 80 tons of gravel prior to spreading. Summarizing Scott said, “It’s a great little piece of kit, simple design but very effective with so little to go wrong and to top it all its very easy to use, I’m delighted with it!”

As an owner of a Diga-Bara DB 1500 version myself, which I have had for a number of years, I echo Scott’s sentiments and simply can’t understand why we don’t see a few more of these simple tools around. Talking to Andrew Harker, Managing Director of Exac-One Ltd at the ScotPlant show he told me that they have proven to be popular in Scandinavian countries, and in particular in Norway where quite a large number have been exported.

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