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Hi Heres a Neal Unit on face shovel. On the one we had the slew clutches, which were in the cab beside the operators seat were cooled by electric fan.[ :o img][/img] They ran very hot causing problems for the operator and for the operation of the machine. :thumbdown: Neals then moddified the machine...

Hello, I managed to find two photos of a crawler mounted B-K 50 on the net, one with a hydraultc scoop attatchment. :o Also some other B-K products which may be of interest. :thumbup: I didn't know they were into dump trucks. :o They called them Mining Dumpers, the biggest of the range had 40 ton pa...

Hi
Heres more competition from the 60's .This time from Whitllock,I don't know anything about them, dont think they made many.

Fred

WabcoMan wrote:I seem to recall these being advertised for sale for use behind Bristol Taurus track type tractors in the 1950s.
They were advertised as a Bristol scraper.

Hello again
Heres the 1950's advertising refered to.
Fred.

[quote="TIM]I,ve looked this one up in three different books Fred and it seems power units were International and Ford between 70 and 105 hp-payload was 9 to 10 tons in a 7 cu yds body.One book says they were not big sellers but contractors Campbell and McGill (the original designers) had sever...

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I seem to recall these being advertised for sale for use behind Bristol Taurus track type tractors in the 1950s. They were advertised as a Bristol scraper. :ugeek: Hi Wabco Man, Your right, :bow: I remember the Condor being advertised with the Bristol crawlers in the 50's too. :thumbup: ( You must ...

the trailer looks like a Tasker trailer, used to make them near Andover. The tracked loader might be a Drott :wave: Its a Drott on the low-loader alright :thumbup: but what model is the Case :?: :?: Steve :) Hi All, Great photos. Thanks for posting. :thumbup: :thumbup: I think :think: the Case is p...

Hello Chris
Change for changes sake can never be a good thing. The JCB logo is part of British Heritage.
They should never let outside marketing pressures influence change to something so fundimental to their prestigious image.
Fred.

The shaft was about .75 of a mile deep Thats a hell of a depth Fred ... and is it right that it takes many years for the shaft backfill to settle ... what depth was the bottom of the cap ? Martyn Hi Martyn.Thank you All. You are right the back-fill does settle over time. :thumbup: I dont know about...