The Classic Machinery Network

Bloody Hell - These are just the type of photographs us anoracks are looking for :ugeek: I remember when I worked in the JCB Factory in 1990 and 1991 as part of a university placement I got access to no go areas where I got to see some of these prototypes - the guy looking after me was about to reti...

Aye No Problem - the next couple of weeks would be good as I have a Cat 365 , 345 and a fleet of six - 40 ton Bell dumptrucks on site - Oh and a D9 as well Send us a PM and Ill send you my contact no. chris

Hey - easy done m8 - I slid a CAT 325c into a ditch the other day - travelling along in pouring rain over gorse and wet clay - the top layer just gave way and she just slid downhill - the scary thing was I had no bucket on and had to slam my nice quick hitch into the ground to anchor myself - The ai...

Heres some pics of my new Cat 963C which replaced a previous model for use on my Landfill Site last year- Our first crawler loader was a 941 which really earned her money. I then went for a couple of 953s and then eventually went for the larger 963 twice. I favour the 953 as its much more agile and ...

Ah cheers Nick for the welcome - howd you fair with the CAT - did it work out??

Hi-ya Nick - You can't beat a bit of "get up and go" when it's about starting your own business. Try for the stars and if you get to the moon then you haven't done bad is my philosophy ;) I run a lot of Cat equipment and it is very hard to get a 12 tonner with such low hours - I bought a n...

Thought I'd share one of my first (or at least totally finished) projects that I started and finished last year. A Thwaites Alldig 100. I really love this little machine which incidently wrecked the rear axle recently - They are totally useless on anything wetter than moist tissue paper and there ar...

Aye I do like the fellas to look after the machines - I keep preaching that they cost more than a fancy car which I'm sure they would polish every day. I have a landfill site which uses all the big stuff and also run CJM Plant which specialises in the refurbishment of old and classic plant and I als...

Hiya Philip yea the 3D looks great although not the most attractive (never liked the highlift version) yer man did a great job on it and must have stuck to the task in hand to get it finished on time. yes you can fit an extradig as long as the machine is fitted with a double pump that can cope with ...

Hi Nick - No pics of a H 42 but I did stumble upon this H44 in a breakers yard - apart from having its tracks missing it was in great nick - I even managed to get in the cab and play with the levers like I was a 10 year old ( hope no one overheard me making engine sounds) :lol: Fantastic stuff Paul ...