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Hi All :wave: here's another old girl likely to end up in a yard somewhere. Looks too tidy to be a breaker and running too!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hymac-580b-Breaking-/261252322811?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET&hash=item3cd3da15fb Graham, Gavin; the machine in this photo ...

Hi All :wave: here's another old girl likely to end up in a yard somewhere. Looks too tidy to be a breaker and running too!! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hymac-580b-Breaking-/261252322811?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET&hash=item3cd3da15fb Didn't the 580B have the "original s...

Gavin Phillips wrote:That FAI/Hymac backhoe looks like a 180B or 180C to me. The same machine was also rebadged as a Moxy too; still an FAI design though.

Nice find!

Hi Gavin,

If it was'nt so bloo*** far from me I'd go take a look.
looks like it might be an interesting possible replacement for my 3CX.

Me again !!
here's one I've not seen before, Jeremy?

Perhaps you can shed some illumination on it for us all?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HYMAC-FAI-EXCAVATOR-/271245126738?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET&hash=item3f27782c52

Regards,
The Druid

Hi All

here's another old girl likely to end up in a yard somewhere.
Looks too tidy to be a breaker and running too!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hymac-580b-Breaking-/261252322811?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET&hash=item3cd3da15fb

Gavin Phillips wrote:Seems like there's plenty of 580's kicking around on eBay, albeit the boom & "powerslide" caught my eye on this one.

Who knows, maybe one day a 1080 or 1290 will show up on there...

Make quite a useful tool with a shorter dipper for it
The Druid

Not sure if this has been posted before but this "long reach" Hymac 580C turned up on an eBay search today. http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Hymac-crawler-Digger-Excavator-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/QzIAAMXQLw1R1KGx/$T2eC16V,!zcE9s4g3MFHBR1KGwcmLg~~60_12.JPG http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hymac-crawler-Digger...

Nick Drew wrote:I would suggest its a B model

However I'm sure Jeremy will be along soon to confirm the true identity

Nick

Hi Nick,
I'm sure you're right.
The 'font of all knowledge' will be able to categorize it in an instant !!

We're waitin' Jeremy.

Regards
The Druid

:wave: Hi All, For anyone lookin' for 141 bits, there's a rather sad lookin' ol' 141 on the bay today.been posted before, with no takers by the seem of it. Hope this is of use to someone. Regards, The Druid :thumbup: Who wants to guess if that is a 141B or a 141C? Was there ever a 141? Best regards...

:wave: Hi All, For anyone lookin' for 141 bits, there's a rather sad lookin' ol' 141 on the bay today.been posted before, with no takers by the seem of it. Hope this is of use to someone. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HYMAC-HY-MAC-HY-MAC-141-BREAKING-/171051191819?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction...