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Want to claim the cost of new attachments against your tax and benefit immediately? Get in quick before the end of financial year June 30. There has never been a better time for small to medium businesses to buy! An instant asset write-off of $30,000 is now available for you until 30 June 2020, if you own and run a small to medium sized business that generates under $50million turnover annually. The extension of the instant write-off scheme had been announced by the Australian government in April 2019.  What this means for you: Instead of claiming deductions over several years, the instant asset write-off scheme allows you to immediately deduct assets costing less than $30,000. And - even better - there is no limit to the number of assets a small or medium size business can claim. Let’s say you have an earthmoving business that has held its annual revenue at around $300,000 for the past three years and you are looking to expand your business in different directions or to r

Need to mount a Digga Ram Drill to your tractor and want to make sure everything is into place before you start drilling? To make it easier for you, we have summarized the most important steps to be followed: Start with the Ram Drill in storage position Disconnect the 3pl stabiliser bars  Connect the left linkage and put the linchpin in  Connect the right linkage and put the linchpin in Connect the hydraulic hoses by pushing them straight into the rear remotes Connect your top link by adjusting your 3pt linkage and the hydraulic ram to line up the hole Once top link is connected move 3pl lever into the float/down position. Do not adjust 3pl once top link is connected as it may cause damage to post hole Digga or Tractor.  Raise your storage legs by pulling the pin, lifting it to the highest position and fixing it with the linchpin – repeat on the other side Connect the PTO shaft by sliding the cover back so you can access the universal joint. Twist until lined up, push th

Article by Louise Heginbotham from Machines4U The Diesel Dirt & Turf (DDT) annual charity golf day,  sponsored by Digga , was in full swing last week. Held at Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club, more than 130 participants all teed off to raise money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (OCRF). The charity is very close to the hearts of the event organiser as well as the event sponsor, Digga, whose CEO and managing director, Suzie Wright, sadly passed away from ovarian cancer last year. “At Digga we have given to many different charities over the years. But we’ve made the decision that ovarian cancer research is our cause now. We’re very grateful to be given the ability to select the charity for this event,” says Lionel Smitka, Digga Marketing Manager. “The OCRF are fantastic people and it’s a great cause that’s close to many of us at Digga and within the wider industry.” Machines4U director, Steve Krebs, along with one of our account managers, Jade Flack, attended the

Pioneers in pendulum drilling Designing, manufacturing and testing auger drive units for over 30 years has given us real insight into the requirements and rigors of drilling. Armed with this information we’ve worked to innovate and improve components based on industry demand and feedback. All our drive units and gearboxes are designed and made in-house as compared to some manufacturers within the industry, who use off the shelf components from various suppliers and design a unit around these components. All our components including hydraulic motors have been especially designed for our auger drive and for the drilling application.     Below are a couple of innovations which feature in our PD gear boxes. Integrated input housing Instead of using off the shelf motors and adding fittings to join the gearset to the motor we’ve teamed up with Eaton and designed a motor which merges the motor with the input housing, allowing direct connection to the gearset, hereby eliminati

Here at Digga we want to encourage women to work in the male dominated construction industry and raise awareness about motivations for women to join the industry and challenges that women face, when deciding to take this career path. a s studies by the  University of NSW have shown in the past, women still only represent a minority of the workforce in Australian Construction. According to Prof. Doc. Bensom Lim, the challenges that lie ahead are the strong masculine culture, discrimination in employment, harassment at the workplace and limited apprenticeship opportunities, which often makes women shy away. There is so much to gain from working in construction and women, who have joined the industry are self-confident and driven by a desire to acquire new skills and completing challenging task. Tiah Selkrig is a perfect example of a woman, who has decided to ‘demolish’ the stereotypes of gender roles in construction and proudly advertises her pink Digga screw anchor drive and