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Re: Cat 641 scraper

Post #11 by superdigger » Mon Jul 20, 2015 7:53 pm

i was on youngs occs site at brougton moor cumbria, we had morshans on hire to strip top soil , sub soil, a good size bigger box than 631,they could carry sum yardage, but lugged about with that single engine


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Re: Cat 641 scraper

Post #12 by Jeremy Rowland » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:52 pm

SRB wrote:G'day Jer,

All is well thank you! How's things with yourself?



All good with me thanks Stu; I'm keeping rather busy one way or another so that can't be bad, glad all is good with you. :thumbup:

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Re: Cat 641 scraper

Post #13 by 68a » Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:52 pm

Morshan still exists under various sons names.24's but Becher bought the 41B's.The A's were all scrapped late 90's


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Re: Cat 641 scraper

Post #14 by 68a » Sun Jul 26, 2015 2:54 pm

Morshans 641's last worked for Budge at Cockermouth about 1997


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Re: Cat 641 scraper

Post #15 by superdigger » Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:11 am

yes that was the site i was on, richard budge took over the mining side off r@a young, i worked for budge on the ok 120 in durham till2005


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Re: Cat 641 scraper

Post #16 by kingfisher_61 » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:15 am

Dah wrote:Having a night reading old posts!

I noticed a picture of a 641 scraper and didn't know they existed!

Were many of them about? Are the much bigger than the 631's?

Dave


Bullen & Davis had a few with rock boxes on them, i maybe wrong but i seem to recall they came from Sweden.


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