This picture of Perth harbour's Poclain 350 was taken about fifteen years ago, not long after the original red boom was replaced with the ochre Case-Poclain one.
I was round there last week and they still have the machine! Wonder how many 350s are still at work?
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Dave there was one forsale on E-Bay only a few weeks ago 
They must be a hardy machine.
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They must be a hardy machine.
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It's survival is even more surprising when you realise that Perth's main scrap yard is right across the road!! 
There'll be a few tons in that old beast.
Their newer Fuchs was featured in Earthmovers a while back. In between the two machines they had a rather unusual huge tracked Hitachi which came from Hydrex.
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There'll be a few tons in that old beast.
Their newer Fuchs was featured in Earthmovers a while back. In between the two machines they had a rather unusual huge tracked Hitachi which came from Hydrex.
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Nice one Dave!
There is or were still at least 2 in GB at work in original colours about 5 years ago. One was at work in a Derbyshire block stone quarry and the other belonged to Yeomans; this was a really fine example working on grab at Harlow sidings. It's no longer there but was too straight to be scapped so must be doing a few hours somewhere.
Attached is a 220B that breaks oversizes as and when.
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There is or were still at least 2 in GB at work in original colours about 5 years ago. One was at work in a Derbyshire block stone quarry and the other belonged to Yeomans; this was a really fine example working on grab at Harlow sidings. It's no longer there but was too straight to be scapped so must be doing a few hours somewhere.
Attached is a 220B that breaks oversizes as and when.
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A 220 at tail end of career, probably Argos cutlery now 
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Jeremy Rowland wrote:Nice pic Rob
That looks a very tidy machine indeed.
Jeremy
It's about as good as you'd see today! They were quite numerous in the 80s and a strong competitor to the H16 and 235.
Think it's safe to say that your 220 is something else now Graig! Where was that picture taken? These days the HSE would have a heart attack seeing that!
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Saw this poking out of the hedge whilst in France...................
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Saw this in the middle of a field.....................
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One of those 220B's is still knocking around up here in Derbyshire! I saw it on a Low Loader on the A38 on friday! Im pretty sure it was that one in the pic with the hammer on it! Or it was pretty much indentical....same hammer and dipper arm!
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