The Classic Machinery Network

mike 360* wrote:As for my family, they're alright now, just that me and my sister went off to uni, she has become a school teacher, where as i drive a digger! haha!

Someones got to build the Schools

Steve

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Top photos Steve, I love the ones with the Fentons Priestman excavator in them, If I remember rightly I think Graham said your Dad used to operate that one ?Nick Hi Nick Dad's was the Komatsu dozer of Fentons - the plant manager at the time had all the machines painted that green & yellow so th...

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A young Graham on the rear wheel -


A Ford i think rather than a County

Steve

Would that be a D80A? The first D60's that I saw had a down-sloping hood from the dash to the radiator but I can't recollect ever seeing a D80 with that styling, hence my guess. That and the fact that the donk sits so high - I always thought the D80's were a little top-heavy myself. Thanks for shar...

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tim wrote:Nice pics Steve-do you know where Hoveringhams pit was in Reading? Tim

Hi Tim
The pit in the picture is between M4 junc 12 & 11 - There is still a Tarmac concrete plant there and John Moulds recycling plant.
Steve