Dresser Drott

[brian]

Back in the 1990's I was doing some of the earthworks at Little Barford power station. I remember one gang working there had a Dresser drott working there, if memory serves a 125 or 165, I'm not sure. Can anyone else remember seeing it, or have any idea who it belonged to? It's the only Dresser drott I've seen in the UK and I'm curious to know a bit about it.

[JimInOz]

Here's a pic of both IH versions.

[sean]

Seen a good few dresser 100 and 125 drotts over the years for sale in the plant trader, got a pic of one i saw in eric warburtons yard,i will dig it out and post it on here for you,sean

[newjcb123uk]

Isn't it amazing how the Drott did everything at one time except dig founds. The 360 hydraulic excavator totally obilterated the crawler loader concept not only in function and speed of loading but operator comfort - how many remember the constant trundling and back shake (ache) of the crawler loader just to load and empty one bucket load compared to the near living room comfort of using a 360 excavator to do the same task? - (I do )

[martyn williams]

Happy days Chris
They will be doing away with operators next.
Martyn

[DaveS]

I remember a bloke importing the last ones to come into Britain, made in Eastern Europe. He was quoted as saying every one was sold before the ship docked!

Wonder where they went?

Dave. S.

[sean]

Hi brian,i found the pic of the dresser drott after much rooting around,i took a trip to a yard with a friend to buy a complete jcb 110 for parts for his own 110,i had a good scrounge around the yard and took a few pics,and this was one of them.the year i took the pic was 2001.sean