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It's rope excavator nirvana Jeremy :thumbup: in a stunning location, well worth combining with a break in the Lakes. Plus loads of other stuff and on non working days you're just allowed to roam freely which is a rarity these days. Got to wonder how much will ever get restored though as there is so...

Nice pics Fred I see you made it up to the Vintage Excavator Trust then I must make an effort and go there myself one day the 110RB looks interesting could you go in the machines cab or main housing? I would love a look round that one myself.

Jeremy

Jeremy Hook was Case-Poclain's head office, main workshop, stores and distribution centre for the UK, though there were depots at Halesowen, Leeds, Bolton(?) and Glasgow that I remember. The two brands were just starting to come together then but served different markets - Case were mainly wheeled ...

Just caught up with this thread , well done Jeremy in saving another old beast and Like others have said I do admire your tenacity ! Out of curiosity how far is Meaux from your home ? Craig Craig it's around the 136 mile mark; takes me around two and a half hours to get there, it's not really a bad...

Jeremy I can't be much help with your restoration I'm afraid, I worked at Hook for two years in the transport department running the low loader fleet, but it's lovely to see one being rescued. Mick Mick no problem I had just wondered if you had worked on them as I know that Poclain had one of their...

Nice one Ian I never realised you had run your own mixer.

Jeremy

Some nice disaster pics to Steve including the toasty Liebherr track shovel.

Jeremy

Jeremy Thanks for this, it's brought back a lot of happy memories of Hook in the early 1980's! Hi Mick did you used to work for Poclain down there? I am finally starting to make good headway with this project, there are still a few jobs that I want to get done before going back to work on the Hymac...

I managed to get up to the machines on Thursday and today; I ran the Hymac up and moved it about a bit then decided to tackle the next jobs on the Poclain. First job was to look at the slew motor which was loose, a closer inspection revealed that two of the M16 bolts securing the motor had sheared o...

essexpete wrote:Would it be possible to rename the original thread title to include mini digger/excavator?

I'll get Holger to sort it

Jeremy