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As promised some extra pics of our Thwaites Nimline: http://www.classicmachinery.net/forum/images/userpix/69225_1SBZSY7SFQCVU1598008086.jpg That offside rear tyre is at least 48 years old! All the others have been replacements over the years...and random sizes http://www.classicmachinery.net/forum/i...

Thanks Pete, I'm hoping to get my 2 year old son into the family fascination with things mechanical, so far he's enjoyed sitting on the MF65 and the dumper but only when they're stationary and not running, it's been the same story with the motorbikes too. I think the JCB will get him very excited......

Hi, as an engineer, with mechanical sympathy, I should probably know better but, over the years, I haven't exactly been the kindest custodian or user of farm and construction implements... It all started pretty much from birth; as some of the earliest photos of me are seated at the wheel of a Thwait...

Just realised I had some pics on my phone from our dumper's latest adventure: http://www.classicmachinery.net/forum/images/userpix/69225_3DY2O8GDN8U881597956701.jpg Where she was joined by the MF65 who was being (ab)used to clear a path between the trees chopping up the brambles http://www.classicma...

I just fell out of my chair... My first post on here since joining, to access the services manual for the latest addition to the family (more of that in a bit), and out of idle curiosity I wandered into the Dumper section just to see if anyone had been posting about Thwaites Nimline dumpers and blow...