The Poclain Thread "Vive le France"!!

[Richard S]

Hope these pictures come out

[Richard S]

Very welcome to CMN Richard!

I have added the pictures one by one so that they can be watched directly. I hope you dont mind!

Not at all, I think Ive put them on again
Regards

[Holger]

No problem!

[Jeremy Rowland]

That is a very tidy Poclain that you have there thanks for sharing the pictures, you must show us the pictures of the machine as you are restoring her and when she is finished.

Jeremy

[Richard S]

Will do Jeremy
Regards

[Richard S]

Hello everyone
Some more pictures
Regards
Richard S

[Jeremy Rowland]

Thanks for keeping us updated Richard you are well on the way with the restoration now.

Jeremy

[Mark.Rive]

Great pictures, and a nice job you're doing to. Keep up the good work Mark

[banjosteve]

Hello everyone, newbee here. I just want to thank you all for the great pictures of the Poclain excavators. They are bringing tears to my eyes. I drove some of these models in the Steel works. My first Poclain was a TY45, it was fitted with a clamshell grab and at other times an orange peeler. It had one rear wheel which was nearly triangular, and as I drove it around the Ravenscraig site I would nearly have sea sickness. I remember it took me a wee while to get the hang of the gear stick being on my right hand side. I also drove an LY80, an LC80 and 75 and 90 tracked models. We also had a TY45 road railer for railway work.

[Jeremy Rowland]

Hi Steve and welcome I'm pretty sure I saw a pic of a TY45 with an orange peal grab in this months CP&M magazine, there were a few such machines used in local scrap yards in the Midlands during the seventies, and also the TYS.

Jeremy