TIGHT squeeze
In our industry we have machines suited to the multitude of applications involved and over the last 40 years we have seen unprecedented expansion in the variety, quality and technological advancement in all brands of excavators, but none more significant than the increase in popularity of mini excavators.
From Australia’s first attempts at importing the mini excavator in the late 1970s to the newest models flooding our shores today, we are definitely spoiled for choice.
Banbury Engineering, in my opinion, was the first heavy machinery importer to introduce the mini excavator range into the Australian market: the Nissan N3 mini digger.
These particular machines were not taken seriously enough to make much of a dent in the market but, despite having some serious design issues, they had potential.
These particular machines were not taken seriously enough.
Banbury at that time was
