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by canaldrifter
Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:00 am
Forum: Excavators
Topic: JCB Flowerpot
Replies: 2
Views: 2560

JCB Flowerpot

A slideshow you might appreciate:

This was at Anderton on the Trent and Mersey canal a few years ago:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109319369926360976163/JCBFlowerpot#5916563413480138098

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by canaldrifter
Wed Jun 18, 2014 3:22 pm
Forum: Loaders/Backhoes
Topic: JCB Flower Pot
Replies: 1
Views: 2030

JCB Flower Pot

Trent & Mersey Canal, Anderton: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vYcF927cyDc/UhvbE8eOZXI/AAAAAAAACwM/HloaJwZzKQI/s640/HPIM2433.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Jdpwj6ELT1U/UhvbFFj9PdI/AAAAAAAACu8/xPdJf9eyek8/s640/HPIM2434.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fEjQzbczcRk/UhvbEifqHgI/AAA...
by canaldrifter
Wed Jun 18, 2014 3:17 pm
Forum: Cranes
Topic: Aynho Lift In
Replies: 0
Views: 2056

Aynho Lift In

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaDkReoIG8A[/video]

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by canaldrifter
Wed May 28, 2014 1:14 pm
Forum: Trucks/Lorrys
Topic: Low Loader Brake Fire
Replies: 0
Views: 2319

Low Loader Brake Fire

It can easily happen. Fortunately there isn't much to burn on the back of a low loader. I once had to drop a load of waste paper on the A4 in a bit of a hurry when that went up! the danger is not a brake locking on. That will stop the vehicle. It is a brake that is adjusted up too much so that it ju...
by canaldrifter
Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:02 pm
Forum: Trucks/Lorrys
Topic: Henrietta Street bridge reconstruction
Replies: 0
Views: 1956

Henrietta Street bridge reconstruction

Lots of wheels. Good reversing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSMVvhLdxL8

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by canaldrifter
Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:09 pm
Forum: Trucks/Lorrys
Topic: Classic Trucks with Plant
Replies: 170
Views: 76564

Re: Classic Trucks with Plant

I had no idea this unedited footage existed until I stumbled over it this morning. It was uploaded to YouTube in Aug 2013. It shows the loading of steam dredger, Perseverance, from the Basingstoke canal, en route to the canal museum at Ellesmere Port, in Oct 1993. There is some nice tandem lifting b...
by canaldrifter
Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:24 am
Forum: Trucks/Lorrys
Topic: Classic Trucks with Plant
Replies: 170
Views: 76564

Re: Classic Trucks with Plant

Whats the instrument you are playing in Dream Captain called? Thanks. The instrument is an autoharp. There is another track here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAdClw0qjys All the accompanying shots were taken during the restoration of the Basingstoke canal by volunteers back in the 70s. The machi...
by canaldrifter
Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:00 am
Forum: Trucks/Lorrys
Topic: Classic Trucks with Plant
Replies: 170
Views: 76564

Re: Classic Trucks with Plant

Don't know if you guys would be interested, but I'm a bit of a folk singer. I wrote this song years ago. I've just found this on YouTube, uploaded by my brother 15 months ago. The wagons were all ones I drove. It's had a few hits it seems: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpU9vaP-9G4 Tone (with finger...
by canaldrifter
Sat Jan 04, 2014 12:52 pm
Forum: Trucks/Lorrys
Topic: Classic Trucks with Plant
Replies: 170
Views: 76564

Re: Classic Trucks with Plant

Brilliant photos , love old working pics like these, with a bonus of a Hymac 370 and a Triumph TR6P police bike . A friend ran as second man on wide loads into London in 70s and was quite surprised when picking up their Met Police motorcycle escort that the two riders were given brown envelopes at ...
by canaldrifter
Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:33 pm
Forum: Trucks/Lorrys
Topic: Classic Trucks with Plant
Replies: 170
Views: 76564

Re: Classic Trucks with Plant

usedjcbdave wrote:
canaldrifter wrote:

It appears that Edward Box bought the tractor unit in 1937 and it was sold onto Pickfords Haulage in 1949


I'm trying to imagine what the drive axle loading would be!

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