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Re: How many left?

Post #11 by nick lamb » Sun May 22, 2011 12:12 pm

There's a few more about than you may think.There are some within a few miles of my yard(cat 613b,some TS 24A/B's and maybe a few Cat 641's.
Don't think that I'll evere get to see any TS24's working in this country again though.Just too noisy.

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Re: How many left?

Post #12 by argie » Sun May 22, 2011 12:49 pm

Hi Nicky,
Who do they belong to? Are they working more to the point! :D
Paul


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Re: How many left?

Post #13 by nick lamb » Sun May 22, 2011 6:45 pm

HI Paul,the Cat 613B belongs to a mate of mine just down the road but it doesn't work for a living allthough it's in tidy shape.
The 24's belong to Kevin Morgan and they are lying near Finnings (Winsford depo').I last worked with them in 2001 and couldn't tell you when they last worked.I'm sure he's still got some 641's lying about (ex Morshan's of Wigan) and a few D9G's.


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Re: How many left?

Post #14 by macca1 » Sun May 22, 2011 7:48 pm

Mike d550 wrote:Banks still use 631 and 637's from time to time on the opencast sites and Bechers have 657's, 651's, 637's and possibly others at various sites around the UK.

I agree its a shame there are not many scraper fleets kicking about and think some of the health and safety on sites is a little OTT!

Bring back the good old days!

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Mike D550

P.S just remembered Blackwells had some 637G's but am not sure if they still have them!



i was told banks had cut theres up for scrap last year and know ?

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Re: How many left?

Post #15 by modelman093 » Sun May 22, 2011 10:14 pm

Did anyone watch the prog about the national Grid on the box this evening? - a few seconds of a fleet of 5 or 6 Euclid TS 14 or 24s doing the earth works for a new power station.


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Re: How many left?

Post #16 by donbuz » Mon May 23, 2011 11:50 am

modelman093 wrote:Did anyone watch the prog about the national Grid on the box this evening? - a few seconds of a fleet of 5 or 6 Euclid TS 14 or 24s doing the earth works for a new power station.

yes i did

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Re: How many left?

Post #17 by Mike d550 » Mon May 23, 2011 1:16 pm

I was at Shotton only a couple of months ago and saw some of their 631/637's parked up. I had a conversation to one of the site supervisors about them and he said they would probably not get put to work again! Sad news as i watched these machines strip the top soil for the Fox Covert and Shotton sites with great interest. I have a site visit arranged at Brenkley in the next couple of weeks and will ask the question about the fate of the scrapers when i'm there.

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Re: How many left?

Post #18 by McGrath » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:22 pm

The mention of moving motorscrapers on the road, which was common practice well into the 70's, reminded me of many hairy incidents that took place over the years. Hampton's 14s on route to M1Hendon via the A40,meeting some Shellibare Price machines travelling the other way in the middle of HighWycombe on market day! Or the 14 stuck in the arch on the acient bridge in the middle of Monmouth, the list goes on. There was a guy called Chris Wadsworth in the Monmouth area back in the mid 60s who had four 24s which naturaly were always roaded, but he also had a Scammell trailer with a dolly which was hitched behind one of the 24s to move the 9. That would most ceartainly be a hanging offence today. Health and safety eat your heart out.


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Re: How many left?

Post #19 by nick lamb » Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:20 pm

couldn't road scrapers today :( imagine the oil slicks on the road :lol:
crossed a few roads in my time though...would flick the apron abit to give the lads on the road crossing something to do when it was cold :D


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Re: How many left?

Post #20 by McGrath » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:51 pm

Hi Nick, I have enjoy your knowledgeable comments throughout the CMN site. Re lifting the apron, I very nearly came to grief with that one night shift when I was with Costain. We had 24s on a long haul and to liven things up in the early hours we were racing, I was doing great untill the guy in front, who naturaly I was catching, did just that on the haul road. I was flat out with both feet hard on the boards when I went airbourn. Lets say it ruined a perfectly good pair of Marks&Spencers underpants! Blackguarding, not much room for that now. Must ask are you kin to Mick Lamb? Worked with him and his Dad Tommy on several Hampton sites back in the 60s. Cheers.


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