The Classic Machinery Network

It must of been a very hard day for the poor little thing I went back later the same day to watch them lift it unfortunatly camera less but it took 2 much larger cranes and several aborted attempts to get it righted but not something you get to see everyday ! !

Many of you will know the name Bedford Trucks , well as soom of you will know it was for many years built in Dunstable , when they closed the doors for the last time the site was rented out whilst plans where made as to what to do with it (it being such a large area) some was sold off to Sainsburys ...

Another far from the norm , not much change out of £100,000 8.5 metre lift hydraulic fork extenders omni directional narrow isle. Had pre programed height levels and a camera to see what you was doing at 8.5 metres up , 9 tonne unladen weight it was a beast. hubtexfinished_sized.jpg hubtexcontrols_s...

I was lucky enough to of been able to drive this truck at 8 metres high was rated at 1.5 tonne, 3.5 tonne lift . The mast was a triple extension and as you can see in the photos even the wheels where special.The only problem was at 8 metres the mast tended to sway a great deal as the 2 fixings where...

OK we have all seen them , some of us have driven them but there are so very many reach/counter balance/omni directional/side loaders to name but a few and so very many differant makes. How about a sud subsection just for them ? I have been lucky enough to drive quite a few in my time from bog stand...

Excellant attention to detail , looks amazing , have you got shares in Plastrut LOL.

Andy

Totally amazed by this set up , are some of those Kibri and Herpa ?

Andy

WOW this is amazing so far , I cant wait to see it finished , its gonna be amazing.

Is it to scale or just from the mind ?

Andy

Welcome to CMN! RC models are cool! I had a Tamiya Grasshopper for many years, now I have a Tamiya Plasma Edge. I started off many years with a grass hopper , wonderful fun toys , but for lovers of construction/lorrys there is a whole world of 1:14 / 1:16 scale kit out there for the complete truck ...

Hello everyone on CMN , I have always had a love of construction machines and heavy haulage , but have been unable to do much about it. But I hope to soon be able to combine this hobby interest with another of mine Radio Control , I have a couple of Tamiya 1:14 scale RC models but will soon as possi...