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Photo Competition 2019: Win a CAT Tie Clip!

Last post by Holger « Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:21 pm
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by Holger » Tue Oct 22, 2019 2:41 pm » in Photo Competitions

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Hello!

Some weeks ago Alan approached me and offered an original CAT tie clip for the members of CMN!
We talked via email for some time and agreed...

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Nice one!
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George Wimpey (Plant)

Last post by denis carthy « Sun Oct 18, 2020 4:22 pm
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by Nick Drew » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:20 pm

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I started my working life straight from school with George Wimpey at their Southampton depot in the plant workshop around 1977 they were a great...

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Mark Williams, hi, was what you call a major OCCS in S Wales the one at Glyneath? I think it was called Measgwyn. I was on that for while about 1964,...
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Johnson Machinery Ltd Contractors Plant manufacturer

Last post by IBH « Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:11 pm
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by Aeronut » Fri Aug 07, 2020 8:18 pm

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File0036.PDF
I was an Apprentice and draughtsman at Johnsons from 1972 to 1978 and collected a lot of sales brochures along with this company...

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Thank you for uploading it was an interesting read indeed, especially as Johnson are one of the less well profiled British construction equipment...

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Braham Miller Group

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:40 pm
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by Ian Fletcher1970 » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:46 pm

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Does anyone remember or have any info on the Braham Miller Group, I remember an advert in Contract Journal from the late 1970's/early 1980's and...

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Hi everyone, I can tell you a lot about Millers my father was Group Erection and Service Manager, I have lots of info about everything they were...

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Wrekin Construction.

Last post by IBH « Fri May 15, 2020 3:41 pm
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by IBH » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:42 am

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Wrekin Construction is a medium sized English building and civil engineering contractor here in the UK, unlike many other construction companies in...

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Part 3 - From Wrekin's website:

Image 1: Civil Engineering:
L-R: Unknown(possibly Golcar Aqueduct); unknown;
M4 Message Signing Jct 26-37, S Wales...
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John Laing Archive

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by hair bear » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:55 pm

Historic England have released some of the John Laing photo archive with more to follow.

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Gardner Diesel Engines

Last post by mauricehalton@gmail.com « Sun Feb 09, 2020 2:33 am

by mauricehalton@gmail.com » Sun Feb 09, 2020 2:33 am

For anyone that needs information on, parts of, or advice about the Gardner range of diesel engines, there is a FB group that could be useful....

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Hobson's of Eggborough

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by XCAV8TOR » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:29 am

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Did anyone on this forum ever work for Hobson's of Eggborough ?

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Hi tried posting a reply but it didnt upload so here goes again - worked for hobsons back in the mid sixties on a JCB7 did a short spell up at...

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Dick Hampton

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by modelman093 » Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:00 pm

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Does anyone have memories / pics of the earth moving company Dick Hampton which was based at Bentley in Hampshire. In the 60s and 70s they were to be...

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Ok, give me a minute...
There you go, from about 5:20 in.
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HARVEY PLANT HIRE

Last post by Forster « Sun Sep 15, 2019 6:54 pm
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by martyn williams » Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:26 pm

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Has anyone got any photos or info on Harvey Plant hire? they were based at Newton Abbot,Devon.
Thanks
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Have not seen or heard of Harvey Plant for many years. In the summer of 1961 they had a brand new Cat D9 on hire to Taylor Woodrow at the Royal Arms...
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Larry Webb

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by modelman093 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:56 pm

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Thank you to all those who contributed to the thread on Dick Hampton. Another name from that era was Larry Webb - does anyone have any recollections...

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I started as an apprentice fitter for Saville Tractors in 1979 !! I was told that when Larry Webb Was working the Sunbury by-pass (M3) He had 4 IH...
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JOHN JONES EXCAVATIONS

Last post by IBH « Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:26 pm
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by martinB50 » Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:04 pm

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I heard this week that jj are calling it a day? once they finish with the A46 works the company will be wound down, anybody else heard this?

Regards...

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John Jones (Excavation) Limited has been reactivated and is 50% owned by Vinci Construction UK Limited (trading as Taylor Woodrow for civils work)...
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Tue Jul 09, 2019 6:26 pm
A Waddington & Co Dartford-Farningham sewer contract

Last post by fang « Sun Jul 07, 2019 12:56 pm

by fang » Sun Jul 07, 2019 12:56 pm

Does anyone have any photos of this contract from the early 1970's?

A narrow gauge railway of approx 1 1/2 miles long was used to transport...

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Dawnus

Last post by IBH « Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:30 pm
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by IBH » Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:24 pm

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The Welsh construction group Dawnus went into administration in March and, before their website went offline I saved a number of images for posterity...

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Part 2:

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Sir Alfred McAlpine

Last post by Alex_Carry « Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:52 pm
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by our kid » Wed May 06, 2009 10:29 pm

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Hi anyone out there can help with any old photos? specifically Foden low loader from mid to late fifties and what model it was, because it was the...

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My grandfather worked in the late 50's through till 75 for mcalpines, Tommy Carry is his name. He drove motor scrapers, d8's and excavators all over...
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Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:52 pm
SPEC SHEETS LECURA WARNING

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by landroverbob » Wed May 08, 2019 12:00 am

HI to all, just a warning about LECTURA SPECS who advertise specsheets on the net . I paid €30 to find the spec of my Alldig by Thwaites . 25% of the...

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UMO Plant of Letchworth 1970s/80s

Last post by Demo driver « Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:54 pm
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by roadcommander2 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:58 am

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Does anyone have any recollections of UMO Plant?

They were the importers of a range of Russian plant & equipment including Belaz dump trucks,...

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Hi just found this site whilst looking for a photo of the 256 I was the demonstration driver for UMO plant at Letchworth back in the early 70s quite...
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Richards and Wallington

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by martyn williams » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:53 am

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Just wondered what happened to this company.They had a few RB 22's on NCB sites in the 1970's in South Wales.Any photos out there ?
Martyn

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Hi Ian,
Great to see those pics, not only did I work on plant on hire to Christiani Shand on that job circa 1969, (I was there to repair a Case 450...
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Mon Nov 12, 2018 2:40 am
Dalgliesh Bros Moffat

Last post by Garsdale « Mon May 07, 2018 6:13 pm

by Garsdale » Mon May 07, 2018 6:13 pm

Does anyone remember Dalgliesh Bros Moffat.

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French

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by LDK » Sat Nov 06, 2010 7:31 am

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Anyone got any memories or pictures relating to French? They had so much work going on in the 60's and 70's that I am surprised that they have not...

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I was with W C French on M6 at Burton Kendal about 1968 or 9, they were about the only company who paid a small bonus to the scraper drivers apart...
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Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:14 am
Multidrive - Another David J Brown company

Last post by essexpete « Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:20 am
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by BulldozerD11 » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:38 am

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From the Hymac Discussions and the Brown Group and BM group items as well.

I'v started a Multidrive Article as saw a Multidrive spreader at Lamma...

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Sorry if this has been posted up:

D J Brown was involved the Northrop Ford tractor conversion in the early 60s.
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Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:20 am
C J Pryor

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by john » Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:42 pm

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The company based at Harlow Common. You dont seem to see much about them, but I remember they ran a lot of CAT's and other big plant plus a lot of...

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I used to work for Pryors from 2000 til 2007 when I went off to be a manager.

I used to do the Southern quarries run, all CEMEX pits, with the old...
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Road Rollers Limited

Last post by v1230nm « Mon Apr 03, 2017 9:35 pm
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by IBH » Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:26 pm

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Two adverts for Road Rollers Limited, whom I don't know anything about. Ads are from 1970 and 71.

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Hi IBH.
From what I remember a lot of their plant was painted green and I think they were taken over by Isis Plant in the late seventies or early...

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Wyatts of Snetterton

Last post by Jeremy Rowland « Sat Dec 03, 2016 10:44 pm
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by bob » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:47 pm

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worked for them in seventys Ben had 24 scrapers and 3 R35 dumptrucks at the time but the dw 21 where not used much after 1976 when I drove one on the...

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Smashing old photos there :thumbup: love the one that looks like its been taken from inside an old Morris Minor. :thumbup:

Jeremy
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Letrobe

Last post by Britman « Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:21 am
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by hoggie » Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:19 pm

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I remember a company called Letrobe had four TS14,s on hire but struggled to keep them going and got the name one load Letrobe

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I worked for La Trobe on 2 short occasions but do not remember the name but I believe they had a fitter nick named Squeaky if I remember...
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Komatsu buys Joy

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