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Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:43 pm
by Gavin Phillips
Calling all Wirtgen/road planer enthusiasts!
URL of the original image: http://image85.webshots.com/85/0/28/44/2570028440056294567lyiPYl_fs.jpgJust snapped this one this morning. It seems quite regular here to paint over anything with the model number. I'm sure its a conspiracy to keep us people who have an interest in machinery guessing at what we're looking at.
Anyway; its not a huge machine by any standards. The traffic cones are a decent scale to size it up against I suppose.
Any ideas?
Best regards
Gavin
Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:27 pm
by IBH
Can't give you an exact model number, but it is possible to narrow it down to about half a dozen models of ''Large Milling Machines'':
http://www.wirtgen.co.uk/en/products/wirtgen/cold-milling-machines/index.php
Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:53 pm
by Tracshovel
Looks like a W2100 machine....around 36tonnes and plenty big as road planers go.
Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 11:14 pm
by Hugh Jaleak
I think Wirtgen give the machine a model number based on its drum width. Take some measurements when its parked up and you should get an answer!
Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:45 pm
by Stormin
Looking at Tarmac's website for their road planing division
you can just make one out in the brochure as being a W2100.
http://www.tarmac.co.uk/products_and_services/contracting/idoc.ashx?docid=74cb6189-c445-4c5f-83d6-2a42983476a3&version=-1I didn't even know until now that Tarmac had their own planing division.
All the jobs they've done for us the planing has been contracted out.
Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:51 pm
by IBH
Tarmac bought NRP from the now defunct Rand Group (UCS Civils, UCS Plant etc) a few years back to augment Tarmac's National Contracting division and to provide a steady supply of road planings to Tarmac Recycling and also their asphalt plants I believe.
Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:21 am
by BulldozerD11
Heres one spotted waiting for a road closure earlier in the year. Wirtgen model W2200 ?
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The Austrailian connection
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:35 pm
by FOWLER MAN
Hello all,
Here are some photos from my Austrailian connection. My neice is married to a great Aus. guy from Brisbane who runs his own road planing and construction company. These photos are from his website but I have been promised more and hopefully better ones in the futre.
Planers at work:-
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Surfacing :-
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Asphalt production at their new plant:-
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Bitumen tanker:-
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Some road maintainance plant for hire:-
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Fred
Sorry but the photos are in the wrong order again
Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:56 am
by BulldozerD11
Good selection of Photos Fred. Bet a Batch plant does not come cheap so must be a fair size outfit he has down under.
(the pictures appearing in reverse order in preview has caught me out before with the captions as well
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Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:59 am
by FOWLER MAN
BulldozerD11 wrote:Good selection of Photos Fred. Bet a Batch plant does not come cheap so must be a fair size outfit he has down under.
Hello
Yes Dave, Tony started operating a planer in 1980 but he's running a fair size outfit now.
Check out his website at:-
www.rpq.com.au (I hope this is not considered advertising)
Fred