Cat 435G Scraper Box

Nick Drew · **Posted:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:30 pm

Hi all,

As I mentioned in the dozer thread I found this old scraper box lying on a site in Okehampton today, I believe Ross Cambell used to pull this box with his Cat D8H which is currently undergoing a refurbishment at his yard.

Sure would be nice to see this old box in action !! :thumbs_up:

Perhaps Roly could tell us the main difference's between the 435 & 436 boxes :?:

Nick

Rolyd8k · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:52 am

Hi Nick,the main difference is box capacity,435 heaped is 17yds 463 is 26yds
and at £1+ per cube thats a lot of extra shillings in a day, :thumbs_up:

i,ve never
owned a 435, even my 22A,s have always pulled a 463, theres a bigger hole
to get the muck in and a bigger hole to empty it out,plus bigger,wider tyres
to hold you up,i personaly think a 435 is well matched to a 200hp D7G, it looks
to be a good straight tidy box.
RB

Nick Drew · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:25 am

Rolyd8k wrote:

Hi Nick,the main difference is box capacity,435 heaped is 17yds 463 is 26yds
and at £1+ per cube thats a lot of extra shillings in a day, :thumbs_up:

i,ve never
owned a 435, even my 22A,s have always pulled a 463, theres a bigger hole
to get the muck in and a bigger hole to empty it out,plus bigger,wider tyres
to hold you up,i personaly think a 435 is well matched to a 200hp D7G, it looks
to be a good straight tidy box.
RB

Thanks Roly, :thumbs_up:

Knew I could rely on you for the lowdown

Yeh I thought with my untrained eye :dizzy:

that it seemed to be a straight bit of kit?? not that I know that much about scrapers sadly :cry:

Nick

RichardJW~ · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:54 am

Not sure whether any of the west country boys remember but Wakeham Bros at South Brent used to run a D6C & Kom. D65 with scrapers back in the late '60s till mid '70s......can vaguely remember them doing the site clearance for Beadon housing estate in Salcombe back in about '71/'72, but I was knee-high to a grasshopper in them days

nicky lamb · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:15 pm

That box does look fairly straight.Dont let the rust fool you.Nick,do you have an update on the refit on that D8?I remember you started a thread on it somewhere about 18 months ago.

Nick Drew · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:17 pm

nicky lamb wrote:

That box does look fairly straight.Dont let the rust fool you.Nick,do you have an update on the refit on that D8?I remember you started a thread on it somewhere about 18 months ago.

Hi Nicky,

Im afraid I don't know how things are progressing with Ross Cambells D8 refit? I haven't been up that way for a bit and now that I have moved out of Okehampton I am not so likely to see how things are going

I will try to schedule a visit at some point time permitting :dizzy:

Nick

nicky lamb · **Posted:** Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:00 pm

ok,good luck with your business venture by the way :thumbs_up:

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