In The Dirt

Updated: 26 Apr 2025 • 90 episodes
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Join Mack Plovie In The Dirt with featured industry guests as they discuss, dissect, and explain trending topics in the construction & mining industries. If you like learning about new technology, industry hot topics, business, heavy equipment, and anything dirt related for that matter. This podcast is worth a listen. Find Mack on social media @earthmovers_media and check out our website for more! https://earthmoversmedia.com

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What is earthmoving and mining like in New Zealand? Well Mack travels around the world to find out. On this episode, Mack sits down with Richard Clark, Brand and Events manager with Terra Cat to talk all about Mack"s adventures in New Zealand. We visit all the big dirt contractors and mining companies on both North, an

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How BIG is Ritchie Brothers spring auction? Well on this episode, we find out! Mack sits down with Mark McPyke, Edmonton yard refurb manager, and Rob Chappell, Regional Sales Manager for Ritchie Brothers to talk all about Ritchie Bros big spring auction in Edmonton Alberta We learn about what it takes to move thousands

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Arguably Cat"s most iconic dozer, the D8, turns 100 this year alongside Caterpillar. Mack sits down with Sam Meeker, market professional for medium track type tractors (D4-D8 size), to talk about the next gen D8 which so happens to be in production the year Caterpillar turns 100 years old as a company. You won"t find a

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How are buckets designed and built? Mack sits down with Ryan Parker and Fred Duling of Hensley Industries to talk everything buckets and GET. They discuss the history of Hensley Industries, engineering/designing a bucket, what makes Hensley buckets unique, ground engaging tools (GET), metallurgy of GET, designing bucke

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Why is operator training so important for the modern day earthmoving or mining company? I sit down with Jay Collup of Collup Enterprises to talk everything operator training. Jay has an incredible background working for Caterpillar at Tucson Proving Grounds and other Cat dealers, which has made him an incredible resour

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Mack sits down with Ed Lingel, President of Daequip Premium Attachments, to talk everything buckets and entrepreneurship. The episode details the Daequip story products they offer, how they work with customers to spec custom buckets, the new Daequip quick coupler, their new facility in Abbotsford, Dormel Roll off bins,

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