The Classic Machinery Network

Some pre - hydraulic demolition all RB ' s RB 19 with face shovel and battered Commer ( QX ? ) tipper. rb5.jpg Wimpey RB22 with face shovel knocks down victoriana building with beutiful replacements behind rb.jpg RB 19 ? with drag shovel seems to struggle while Drott gets stuck in loading Thames Tra...

Sure looks like an interesting auction.

Modern looking RH4 -early 70s?

Loading Commer Tipper


2 Having fun with water mains




Workforce in Austin A40 so must be while ago.

[ but messy, smelly, wet modern facilities were not ideal for the children. (Get a mop Hugh ) They really are taking the authentic 'on site' experience too far ! :D But seriously why not send your safety concerns to Diggerland as well. They've already had one bad accident with an overturning ex-army...

Thought all old Hymacs were 580s one time but know this isn't

These are my favourite type of pic and hit a rich vein lately, if i've got the id of machines wrong please tell ,luckily for me lots have an id written on the side :D ;- Quite exotic for Wales in 1962 - Mercedes with Blaw Knox mixer. image1 p.jpg Unusual use for scraper ,AEC Coles loads one with bri...

Fantastic 70's fashions for the man about site, 1980 digger dumper price £6,216.00 ,a lot of brass in 1980. Going by BPI rate ( beer price indicator) a pint was 25p in 1980 around £2.50 now so thats 10 times increase making adjusted price £62,160.00 which would now buy three 3te mini excavators ? 00...

I know one fowlervf said he had lost his job and was working away from home and couldn't get on the forum as much any more. It's just a shame for the forum in general that more of the members dont join in insteed of just looking I think you have said before ,we cant make them post if they don't wan...

Think i've got a brochure on it ,somewhere bought a great pile of Thwaites stuff for pennies a while back off ebay, funny though the old dumper stuff seems to sell quite well now. Dumper revival ? they must be about the cheapest form of transport.

Anyone know how much it might weigh??

35cwt according to this Selwood catalogue;-