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I was a jockey on one late 60s early 70s, Mick Pearce had 6 brand new.

On a job in the seventies we had some of there old Maggy Duetz dumptrucks tipping to me when i was on a 22a string blade, some of the trucks were a bit tired on the hydraulics, i had to tuck the blade under the buck and give them a lift.

ron54 wrote:My mate Dave Moggeridge spannered for him down in Devon/Cornwall I recall.
Tall feller.proper Dorset accent ring any bells?

I was working on a contract in Norfolk, the fitter there was named black Bob, he was a jock. atb.

Any old timers on here work for Mick Pearce of Bracknell in the 70s. I started my heavy muckshifting days with them. When they went belly up i worked for Peter Dalton ( Dalton Contracts ). I became a GF for him. I finished my muckshift days as GF for Lancaster Earthmoving. All the best boys, dig dee...

thanks XS650 for the link for AUSA parts, am now sorted.

hi lads i am an old newby on here, reading bigkits comments, i remember in the good old days when some of the scraper boys digs were a tarp over the scraper box.

XS650 wrote:Assume it's an Ausa dumper , as these have been sold in UK for quite a while you might get parts at a UK Ausa dealer here like this one -

http://www.dumperparts.co.uk/ausa-dumpers.html

Craig

thanks for your help lads. will give that link a try craig

my son in law lives in spain and has an UASA, these little dumpers have a Deutz diter single cylinder diesel engine. when i was out there a few weeks ago, i ground the valves in, unfortunately when i put the head back on i nipped one of the external push rod tubes. Have any of you lads heard of thes...

Grey haired newby saying hello. been retired a while now. started as plant operator in late 60s. Later became muckshift foreman for Dalton Contracts. Finished my muckshifting days as GF for Lancaster Earthmoving. Happy Days. No Regrets. Dave Garford