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Smalleys on barges
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:10 pm
by Neversweat
Re: Smalleys on barges
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:24 pm
by Nick Drew
Great photos Steve,
And I think they are in the ideal section too !!
Nick
Re: Smalleys on barges
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:03 pm
by John Gaunt
Very interesting pictures, Steve, thanks for sharing them. Looks like a suction dredger attachment on the one you are winching out of the lake.
Re: Smalleys on barges
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:49 pm
by IBH
Brilliant photos
Land & Water have some of those in their fleet but the upper Smalley excavator has been removed and a JCB 803 grafted ontop.
Re: Smalleys on barges
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:36 pm
by Gavin Phillips
A 6808 amphibious shallow river dredger, incredible!! Never thought any of these would still be around. Excellent pictures, thanks for posting.
ONe of these machines (although locally modified) was at work in the 1970's on the Cromford canal restoration project.
Re: Smalleys on barges
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:00 pm
by nick lamb
Top pics Steve,I've never seen anything like these.
Re: Smalleys on barges
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:51 pm
by IBH
Is it just me or does the design of the Smalley look like a zero tail swing 580C
Re: Smalleys on barges
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:57 am
by 1djspikey
Hi guys
i couldnt help but notice this post ive found some pictures of a similar smalley canal dredger at tapton locks chesterfield
Re: Smalleys on barges
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:36 am
by Jeremy Rowland
Nice pics lads, welcome johnathan thanks for posting
Yes IBH you must of read my mind because I did think there were a few similarities to a 580C
Steve that looks to be a very interesting yard in the first pic, there is an old wagon in the background with a name that looks like Marston Beck on it, any ideas to this trucks identity? Looks like an old ERF to me? Would make a nice candidate for restoration.
Jeremy
Re: Smalleys on barges
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:01 pm
by tim
Jeremy Rowland wrote:Nice pics lads, welcome johnathan thanks for posting
Yes IBH you must of read my mind because I did think there were a few similarities to a 580C
Steve that looks to be a very interesting yard in the first pic, there is an old wagon in the background with a name that looks like Marston Beck on it, any ideas to this trucks identity? Looks like an old ERF to me? Would make a nice candidate for restoration.
Jeremy
I think it may have come from this fleet-they were taken over by London Brick Company in 1968
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Tim