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Mitchell Cotts Environmental digger
This is a very rare towable digger from the 1980's. I have only ever been contacted by one owner of this machine and have very little information about it apart from the sales literature and the pictures of Matt's digger below.
It was quite a good design with four fully adjustable hydraulic legs and full 360 degree slew. The design is much better than the Smalley (another 360 degree machine) and is a bit like the Powerfab 360w. The Mitchell Cotts had a separate trailer for moving on the road and was powered by a Honda petrol engine.
Here's Matt's Mitchell Cotts digger loaded onto its trailer.
Mitchell Cotts trailer. At 1000kg I wonder if this trailer had brakes to be road legal?
Close up of the diggers controls. I like the handles to help you climb on and off the excavator.
The Mitchell Cotts up on its hydraulic legs. This would be great for loading from a loose stockpile but for trenching you would probably set the legs lower.
Can you help improve this page?
- Do you have any more information about this digger or the company that built it?
- Have you got a manual for this machine?
Thanks to Matt for the pictures on this page and to Wayne for the original sales sheet
More information
- Contact other Mitchell Cotts owners and share information through the Digger Discussion Group
- Digger spares and repairs
- Homemade Diggers and Current Manufacturers
- List of known towable diggers from the 1980's and 1990's
- Towable digger v. Mini digger with tracks? Advantages & Disadvantages