The Classic Machinery Network

Craig that's a Hymac 590C

Jeremy

Chris glad to hear that you are finally getting things sorted with your dumper brakes.

Jeremy

essexpete wrote:Wish it was not so far away. It would be good to put faces to folk on here.
Peter

Pete make a long weekend of it, I think you'd enjoy it and it would be good to meet up.

Jeremy

Hi Lee, you may be correct there, is it my imagination or can I see cracks in the cast housing? It's still not beyond repair though.

Jeremy

XS650 wrote:In the diary so hoping to get there .

Craig

Will be good to catch up

Jeremy

Never mind perhaps Fred and Norm could make the summer working event? I hope that Andrew does have a summer event this year as he did not bother last year due to other commitments.

Jeremy

Pete, there is a local company to where I live called P Forkers which specialise in hiring out this type of machinery, they had a few machines based on old JCB Powerslide style excavators and a couple on old Hy-mac 580D machines but I think those have long gone now and only the JCB's remain, this is...

Hi and welcome :wave: I would try a hydraulics/drives specialist they may be able to fit a different seal to the ram and offer a guarantee, I know this is a pain but it's one possible solution, the other would be to get the hydraulic oil pressure checked on that service because perhaps if it is set ...

I am hoping to have the Hy-mac 580BT and Poclain 75 in operation for this event.

Jeremy

essexpete wrote:So I guess the Commer is a petrol? Is that an early Hough loading it?

Pete, it's not a Commer if you look carefully you can see it has the Karrier name on it, I was never sure what the connection was between the two companies?

Jeremy