Wirtgen road planer; but what model?

[Gavin Phillips]

Calling all Wirtgen/road planer enthusiasts!


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Just snapped this one this morning. It seems quite regular here to paint over anything with the model number. I'm sure its a conspiracy to keep us people who have an interest in machinery guessing at what we're looking at.

Anyway; its not a huge machine by any standards. The traffic cones are a decent scale to size it up against I suppose.

Any ideas?

Best regards

Gavin

[IBH]

Can't give you an exact model number, but it is possible to narrow it down to about half a dozen models of ''Large Milling Machines'':
http://www.wirtgen.co.uk/en/products/wirtgen/cold-milling-machines/index.php

[Tracshovel]

Looks like a W2100 machine....around 36tonnes and plenty big as road planers go.

[Hugh Jaleak]

I think Wirtgen give the machine a model number based on its drum width. Take some measurements when its parked up and you should get an answer!

[Stormin]

Looking at Tarmac's website for their road planing division
you can just make one out in the brochure as being a W2100.

http://www.tarmac.co.uk/products_and_services/contracting/idoc.ashx?docid=74cb6189-c445-4c5f-83d6-2a42983476a3&version=-1

I didn't even know until now that Tarmac had their own planing division.
All the jobs they've done for us the planing has been contracted out.

[IBH]

Tarmac bought NRP from the now defunct Rand Group (UCS Civils, UCS Plant etc) a few years back to augment Tarmac's National Contracting division and to provide a steady supply of road planings to Tarmac Recycling and also their asphalt plants I believe.

[BulldozerD11]

Heres one spotted waiting for a road closure earlier in the year. Wirtgen model W2200 ?

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[FOWLER MAN]

Hello all,
Here are some photos from my Austrailian connection. My neice is married to a great Aus. guy from Brisbane who runs his own road planing and construction company. These photos are from his website but I have been promised more and hopefully better ones in the futre.
Planers at work:-

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Surfacing :-

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Asphalt production at their new plant:-

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Bitumen tanker:-

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Some road maintainance plant for hire:-

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Fred
Sorry but the photos are in the wrong order again

[BulldozerD11]

Good selection of Photos Fred. Bet a Batch plant does not come cheap so must be a fair size outfit he has down under.

(the pictures appearing in reverse order in preview has caught me out before with the captions as well )

[FOWLER MAN]

Good selection of Photos Fred. Bet a Batch plant does not come cheap so must be a fair size outfit he has down under.

Hello
Yes Dave, Tony started operating a planer in 1980 but he's running a fair size outfit now.
Check out his website at:- www.rpq.com.au (I hope this is not considered advertising)
Fred