The Classic Machinery Network

Hopefully we are going to be joined on this great site by the owner of the shiny 39 soon.He goes by the name of sandshifta and he would have moved hundreds of thousands of tons of the stuff.He will have some good photo,s and clip,s to look at.He,s like me and many other,s that love the big moon bugg...

Back in the eighties at Greenbushes in the S.W of Western Australia we used to put Kato 1550s i think they were on the back of Inter payhauler,s and take them miles out the bush to satellite pits.The scary thing was the operator had to sit in the digger with the bucket a couple of feet of the road.W...

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These 657E,s belong to B&J Catalano from Brunswick Junction,just north of Bunbury in the south west Western Australia.Catalano,s have around 20 scraper,s including about a dozen or so 57,s,both E,s and G,s.They also have a 39,some33,s,37,s and ,2 51E,s.They also own a decent fleet of Dumper,s,Di...

Yes that would be uncle Les,he,s got Dozers ripping in limestone pits.Thomas Contracting have around 30 machines,mainly diggers,dozers and mulchers,they do alot of clearing.They also have a few loaders and artic watercarts.All the Thomas clans are around Baldivas area near Rockingham,just south of P...

At a mine at Greenbushes in the southwest of western australia in the 80,s they had 2 hopto,s 1900,s i think they were.About 100 tons and had screamin gm motors in them.They were white and blue.

Forgot to add Wormall,s had the back motor out and was being used as a 33 until they fixed the motor.

Some more 39,s from West Oz.Two that would make you cry Wormall,s 39 burnt to the ground earlier this year.Apparently the operator could,nt get to the extinguishers it was too hot but he did,nt call for help for sometime.He would,nt be very popular there are,nt many of them as it is.On a happier not...

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