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Hi Andy nice loader, I would take the old belts off and measure them and have a loook see if there is a local belts, bearings, drives supplier, even an internet one, cheaper than OEM.

Jeremy

Hi Ian, no problem good luck with it.

Jeremy

XS650 wrote:Never noticed banana arms , new to me also.
The Foden it is loading is a very short 6 wheeler.

Possibly the way the spare wheel is carried makes t appear short?

Jeremy

Did they ' engineer Wolverhamptons future'. I worked on a construction site in Wolverhampton centre in 1988 tbh it was pretty grim at that time . They owned quite a few different industries around the country including NEI Thompson Tankers which used to be at Moxley just down the road from Wolverha...

Billy26F5 wrote:The horns are up on top so I vote for a late Type 3, never seen a Type 4 with the horns there (not even the late ones), and anyway they would have been less likely to be in a yard like that.
Sandy

You win the bigger anorak award

Jeremy

Let me just slip on an anorak... Yes, it's an EE type 3, in green would have been a D6xxx number and later on Class 37xxx. :think: Ahem, anyhow, Is there a story to the D tipper? At a glance I'd say from the first photo it ran down the slope on the left backwards and through the wall. Can't really ...

hair bear wrote:Is it my imagination - or is the crawler in the train yard painted in 'coaching stock' crimson and cream?

Yes it is indeed, I think railway people referred to it as "blood and custard"

Jeremy

Hi Rob and welcome your dumper looks very much like this one:




https://www.thwaitesdumpers.co.uk/compa ... ment/1975/

Jeremy

Steven Parr wrote:Yes, lots of languishing going on here.

Nice photos, thanks for sharing, can I ask what is the high cab Hy-mac material handler in the background, it looks like a 595/596?

Jeremy

XS650 wrote:I did think that myself !

Pete, Craig, yes I must confess at the initial glance I thought it looked a bit like a Poclain 81, certainly early Poclain style livery.

Jeremy