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- Welshpool Powys
Classic plant
- Thread starter Kevtherev
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- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Spent many hours in one of these in a carry cot.
Be illegal nowadays!!!
Rusty#1
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- Location
- Near Whitchurch Shropshire
Couple of my favourite's
And not a very good pic but a b100 drott with a factory fitted jcb backhoe currently trackless!
Got loads of tracked stuff I'll get some more pics when I get chance , also got a jcb dumper real old thing don't see many I'll dig it out and take a picture!
And not a very good pic but a b100 drott with a factory fitted jcb backhoe currently trackless!
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Btd6 dozer
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
First diggers I learnt to drive on
Rusty#1
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- Location
- Near Whitchurch Shropshire
Our old war horse cost £400 12 years ago, starts runs digs first time every time, quick hitch on the back , ace tool, they don't build em like this anymore
In action with the root cutter
John 1594
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire
friend bought this last year from deepest darkest norfolk, i got the job of fetching it back, 150 mile round trip
forward/reverse on that rather strange pedal, its certainly not a machine for confined spaces!!!!
forward/reverse on that rather strange pedal, its certainly not a machine for confined spaces!!!!
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Instant reverse that pedal is called marvellous for loader work when you master it.
Hands free!
Hands free!
Rusty#1
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- Location
- Near Whitchurch Shropshire
@Kevtherev the 3c pictured above was from westbury aswell! Your mates won't be a power train if it's a mkII tho power trains were only late mkIII's I'm guessing a mkII is a 4 speed brockhouse torque convertor
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Yes it's 4 speed torque T reg I'm not that up on JCBs more a ford and case man!
Rusty#1
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- Location
- Near Whitchurch Shropshire
T reg is 1979? Could be a mark III then to be fair
RushesToo
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- Location
- Fingringhoe
Nerds corner!
Boy o boy I started out operating one of these,had a set of rippers and 4 in one on mine, I can remember your hands and feet were extremely busy!! I can also remember replacing the clutch/ brake bands through a removable plate behind the battery box, you couldn't see but only feel what you were doing! by the time you had finnished you had no bark left on your hands for sure,fond memories though very good reliable machine, unlike cat equipment now!!unfortunately.
- Location
- south norfolk
Never seen a powerslide on one of these,only jcb's and @John 1594 that massey is probably a 3303 ans the instant reverse control is brilliant.far easier than a modern lhr transmission control
Nick...
mf298
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- Location
- Ayton, Berwickshire
First one for me too! many (happy) hours with fingers chilled to the bone because I couldn't work the back actor with gloves on!
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Yes lovely machines there is still one here(retired)14000hrs on clock L reg 1972.kids today don't know how lucky they are they wouldnt be able to drive a 4 lever!!
Mursal
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John 1594
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- Cambridgeshire
safe to say i dont think this was JCB's "greatest moment"
leyland powered skid unit...usual clutch and brake issues, and an engine what consumed oil faster than the north sea made it
leyland powered skid unit...usual clutch and brake issues, and an engine what consumed oil faster than the north sea made it
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
I used a digger years ago and had the front bucket crowded as far as that. Quick push into the far bank of the ditch with the back hoe and both front rams were bent! Actually snapped one of them. :O
Nobody told me you should just rest it on the floor, so I will tell you before it happens again.
Rusty#1
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- Near Whitchurch Shropshire
I hear what your saying, that would only happen when pushin away hard with the back actor, we quite often use it with the bucket like that helps get abit of extra height on the job but don't push away,
Says he who's trawling the classic machinery section at 11.46pm