MUIR- HILL EARTH HILL
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:15 pm
Hello All
During my research on Blaw Knox equipment, I have been in contact with Dr Tom Shelley who was the Development Engineer with Blaw Knox from 1979 to 1983......He has been kind enough to send me a couple of photo's he took of a project he was involved with......A prototype MUIR HILL machine called the EARTH HILL , whilst it was on test in a chalk pit at Northfleet where the Bluewater shopping Centre is now.
He also told me that...... "The Earthmill, a mobile excavator was capable of shifting 400 cubic metres or 1250 tonnes of material per hour, and it never went into production because we never obtained an order for one. Like so many British companies, we were great at coming up with innovations but less good at selling them and making money out of them.Muir Hill, which was at the time, also part of Babcock Construction Equipment until we were all sold to International Baumaschinen Holdings which collapsed in November 1983".
I would like to thank Dr Shelley for sending me the photo's and letting me share with every one on the CMN forum
I wonder if you guys have ever seen this machine before or if you know anything about it?
If you have any questions about the machine, I might be able to pass them onto Tom and see if he can answer them.
Regards
Richard
During my research on Blaw Knox equipment, I have been in contact with Dr Tom Shelley who was the Development Engineer with Blaw Knox from 1979 to 1983......He has been kind enough to send me a couple of photo's he took of a project he was involved with......A prototype MUIR HILL machine called the EARTH HILL , whilst it was on test in a chalk pit at Northfleet where the Bluewater shopping Centre is now.
He also told me that...... "The Earthmill, a mobile excavator was capable of shifting 400 cubic metres or 1250 tonnes of material per hour, and it never went into production because we never obtained an order for one. Like so many British companies, we were great at coming up with innovations but less good at selling them and making money out of them.Muir Hill, which was at the time, also part of Babcock Construction Equipment until we were all sold to International Baumaschinen Holdings which collapsed in November 1983".
I would like to thank Dr Shelley for sending me the photo's and letting me share with every one on the CMN forum
I wonder if you guys have ever seen this machine before or if you know anything about it?
If you have any questions about the machine, I might be able to pass them onto Tom and see if he can answer them.
Regards
Richard