Welcome to www.oilyhands.co.uk
Also known as www.diggers-dumpers-plant.co.uk and www.flamingskoda.com
Towable digger, excavator and backhoe website. Features Fleming Micron, Powerfab, Mantis, Benford, Roughneck, Gopher, Smalley, Tow-hoe, Standard Muscleman, Termite, Mitchell Cotts, Mini Gigant, Baromix, Euromach, Bronco, JPB, Digger 50, homemade and other small diggers. Links to current manufacturers such as Groupe-FCM and suppliers of plans for the Ground Hawg Homebuilt Backhoe and CDP Excavator. Includes other plant and mechanical information, Digger Bucket Page, Plant Photo Gallery, Dumper Restoration Project and useful links for Digger Spares and Repairs. Extra information and pictures to add to the site always appreciated. Also includes a section dedicated to preserving information about Johnson Machinery Limited.
- Home
- Site Overview
- Contact the webmaster
- Latest additions
- Plant Discussion Group
- Plant photo gallery
- Fleming Micron digger restoration
- Powerfab digger page
- Roughneck diggers
- Gopher micro excavator
- Smalley diggers
- Benford ME130 and Mantis digger
- Tow-Hoe and Standard Muscleman
- Mitchell Cotts digger
- Termite Micro Excavator
- Baromix Major
- Mini Gigant
- Euromach Jolly and Bronco Micro Excavator
- Topi Motorshovel
- Robinson Rouse CR840
- JPB2 Mini Excavator
- Digger 50
- Faucheux K240
- Benny Skorpio
- Nemag K10
- Dig-It
- Kendig
- FCM Diggers and Backhoes
- Homemade backhoes and new towable diggers
- List of known towable diggers
- Digger buckets
- Digger spares and repairs
- Towable digger V. Mini Digger?
- Frequently asked questions
- Fleming Micron engine change
- Dumper Restoration
- Dumper Restoration p. 2
- Johnson Machinery Section
- Steelfab
- Ditch clearing
- Belle Minimix 130 repair
- Older projects
Mini Gigant GS 210
The Mini Gigant was a Swiss built mini-excavator from the 1980's which was offered with a Honda petrol engine, electric motor or a Kubota diesel. It could be purchased with a range of attachments including a clamshell bucket and a breaker.
The Mini Gigant appears to have been quite a well built machine which would account for it's weight of 670KG.
The picture above was taken at a trade show some time in the 1980's and shows a GS210 in the background with a smaller machine in the foreground. This little machine is a Rigling Midget Micro.
You can view a PDF of the original English sales leaflet for the Mini Gigant by clicking here
Or view the Danish? version here
Or view the Swedish version here
Sven's Mini Gigant - added 24.7.14
Sven from Sweden has kindly provided some photo's of his Mini Gigant. He says of his digger, "I have no prior experience with digging, so I have nothing to compare it to. However, I was surprised by how easy it was to get used to operating the machine and how powerful it is. It definitely beats manual digging".
Sven's Mini Gigant is in great condition.
He has been using it with the one foot bucket
Always good to keep the seat dry with a piece of polythene!
We don't know very much about the Mini Gigant machine so if you have a operators manual to add to this page then please contact the webmaster.
My thanks to Wayne and Sven for supplying the information for this page.
More towable digger information
- Contact other Mini Gigant owners and share information through the Digger Discussion Group
- Digger spares and repairs
- Powerfab towable diggers
- Roughneck digger
- Other types of towable digger
- List of known towable diggers from the 1980's and 1990's
- Towable digger v. Mini digger with tracks? Advantages & Disadvantages