Water worker

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24 April 2008

Dutch Contractor Pannekoek Has used a Komatsu PC30MR-2 (2,91 tonne, 20,6 kW) with a 5,5 m long boom and slick configuration for ditch cleaning work in Vaassen, northwest Netherlands. The work is being carried out for the Rijkswaterstaat, the government department responsible for coastal and water management in the Netherlands.

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