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love it or hate it

Post #1 by d4c24a » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:39 pm

knowing less and less about more and more until pretty soon i will know almost nothing about practically everything


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Post #2 by tim » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:45 pm

Nice one Graham-love the sound of those Detroits :thumbs_up: Tim


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Post #3 by Martyn Henley » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:48 pm

I can remember when i first moved to Kent, they were in the process of battering the clay cliffs on the sea front, and the company ..La Trobe that was doing the muck shift was using 6 TS14.. Beautiful noise


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Post #4 by bob » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:16 pm

I drove one in early seventy s and they had a lovely note and a lot more go and more gears than the leyland engines wyatts had a champion grader with a gm engine in it was direct drive and the engine use to die quick so you had to be quick on the clutch.
Here is another you tube gm engine on a euc
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A8kZFcm0v ... re=related
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Post #5 by nick lamb » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:27 pm

Top noise,
Nick D,this is what a Detriot sounds like....enjoy :thumbs_up:


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Post #6 by tctractors » Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:36 pm

I cannot understand you Guys ??? that racket used to drive me mental, try a few 15 hour shifts, your brain damaged I am living proof.

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Post #7 by alan627b » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:01 am

With 4 headlights, wouldn't those actually be TS18's? Good video, but I'll stick with cats, I'm deaf enough as it is...
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Post #8 by martyn williams » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:04 pm

Never been a fan of two strokes,but a very impressive sight they make.We had a few of blackwells scrapers working by us a few years back.You could hear those detroits from the top of the valley :dizzy:
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Post #9 by catpeter » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
just LOVE it! :thumbs_up: :thumbs_up: :D
Sadly never hears it here anymore!
Must get my 72-51 loader running SOON! :D


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Post #10 by betonyo » Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:55 pm

Hello ,

I'm new here.
It's my vidéo and just to tell you that these Terex always running in Belgium and it's the last scrapers of the country :cry:


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