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Thanks for this. Fascinating stuff. Can't believe even then they were pushing trees over without sweeps, I wonder how many ops got crushed under palm trees.

based on old 933 series.good little piece of kit.not many machine men today can work these. It had little to do with the 933, they brought out the D3 and 931 at the same time, based on the same skid unit. First models had a twist grip throttle on the transmission lever, 3 forward and 1 reverse, whi...

Don't recall him working for Tim, but that doesn't mean he didn't. He did a lot for Fenland Tractors in his spare time. Did your father have half of a set up at Moulton Chapel? I seem to remember an Albert being at Tim's but I was only a little lad at the time! No that would be my Uncle (Peter &quo...

Can any of you remember Albert Upson, a welder at Spalding? Used to strike an arc, then keep it going until the electrode was burnt down without looking at it while he was talking to someone. When he chipped the slag it was as good as most of us could do looking what we were doing. Did Albert Upson...

Can any of you remember Albert Upson, a welder at Spalding? Used to strike an arc, then keep it going until the electrode was burnt down without looking at it while he was talking to someone. When he chipped the slag it was as good as most of us could do looking what we were doing.

I've had backside time in a 632 and it was a lovely bit of kit, so much lighter than the Cats to operate. I think now you can specify the v-trans/pedal steer on Liebherrs, which I would go for. As far as I'm concerned, joysticks are for slid steers. My all round favourite was the old 943, there was ...

There aren't too many liebherr drotts here, Jim. I've never had to spanner one so don't know one way or the other. From what I've heard they are a good machine. Never seen a Fiat or Allis tracked loader, but I gather there were a few Fiat-Aliis's about.

Anyone got any info on these pictures? I remember the MAN 6x6's with double trailers from an article in Truck magazine back in the late '70's, they were working on a new airport runway if memory serves in France.

There were quite a few at one time, the army ran them, so did the coal board. The problem I think was they weren't competitive on price, didn't have the dealer support nationally, and the sizes produced were in direct competition with the D7/8/9's, which were undoubtedly good machines. My only opera...

Don't think they made an 8260, probably a 8250. As for good ideas, what are you thinking of?