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- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Harvesters
- Topic: New Holland Combine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 442
Re: New Holland Combine
I think there are still a few of that era of New Hollands running on smaller mixed farms with small fields and narrow lanes. Here, on the more arable orientated farms, of Essex and East Anglia, the combines (and everything else) have just got bigger and bigger. When I worked as a student over 40 yea...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:26 am
- Forum: Excavators
- Topic: Hymac Excavators
- Replies: 1153
- Views: 459597
Re: Hymac Excavators
XS650 wrote:Thanks Jeremy.
If the man who wrote the book on Hymac says 181 thats good enough for me !
Was asked the question over on IMCDB where I am considered the British plant man
Looks odd in red.
Craig
Perhaps the rest of the fleet were Poclain!
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:08 pm
- Forum: Heavy Haulage
- Topic: Classic pictures Updated 20/04/2024
- Replies: 4279
- Views: 3031379
Re: Classic pictures Updated 24/03/2024
Has the boom an extra pivot or is it a slide out job? How do you know that is a Dorman? Not doubting our Hymac expert, just asking.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:30 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Fuel cans?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 214
Re: Fuel cans?
A PITA!
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: Wheel Loaders
- Topic: Jcb3c 2
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1163
Re: Jcb3c 2
I would think a 15w/40 would help keep up oil pressure in warmer weather on an old engine. I still use mineral oil in more recent build engines.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: Heavy Haulage
- Topic: Classic pictures Updated 20/04/2024
- Replies: 4279
- Views: 3031379
Re: Classic pictures Updated 20/03/2024
Jeremy Rowland wrote:essexpete wrote:mechman wrote:Hi all
Unusual bucket arrangement on the tracked loader, second last pic.
Norm.
Looking at the bucket teeth, it must load over?
It does look like it loads over, bet the operator had a sore neck after a shift on that.
Jeremy
Proper nasty but better than a shovel!
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: Heavy Haulage
- Topic: Classic pictures Updated 20/04/2024
- Replies: 4279
- Views: 3031379
Re: Classic pictures Updated 20/03/2024
mechman wrote:Hi all
Unusual bucket arrangement on the tracked loader, second last pic.
Norm.
Looking at the bucket teeth, it must load over?
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Compact Excavators
- Topic: Hyundai.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1994
Re: Hyundai.
Nice little machine. Quite a lot of Hyundai sold in this part of the UK by Ernest Doe.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:04 am
- Forum: Paving Equipment
- Topic: What roller
- Replies: 4
- Views: 911
Re: What roller
It almost looks like an adaptation of a pedestrian twin drum?
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Tractor World 2024, Malvern.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 692
Re: Tractor World 2024, Malvern.
The mixer 6 wheeler is a D series with, probably, the Perkins V8 engine.