The Classic Machinery Network

Markus I am in the process of replacing lots of low pressure hydraulic hoses on the old Poclain excavator that I will one day set about restoring; technically if the machine has been stood a while there should be no pressure left in the system but it does not hurt to operate the controls with the en...

Nice one Paul always good to learn something new and in this world every day brings something new along.

Jeremy

Rich all belts stretch so there must be a way to adjust the tension; what does the top pulley look like? Years ago when I worked on trucks the compressor drive belt on the Seddon Atkinson 200 Series engine was adjusted by shims in the pulley, you simply took the front off the pulley and took a shim ...

essexpete wrote:That last photo will have a certain person coming over all sweaty!

Is the rope shovel moving snow in Paris? looks like an Austin A35 in the background. Perhaps winter of 62/63?

Yes a nice 580D there

Jeremy

What are these massive engines powering Jeremy? I was thinking of hanging around to watch the lump being unloaded and perhaps if the weather conditions had been better I may have, however I spoke to the chap who runs the unit next door and he informed me that after all the messing around trying to ...

essexpete wrote:What are these massive engines powering Jeremy?

Pete I'm not sure I think some are used in large industrial plants and the like for power generation purposes.

Jeremy

joeyjoe wrote:I am having trouble finding the download section, where is it located under?
Thanks

Look towards the top left of the page next to 'quick links' and 'FAQ' you will see the 'Downloads' tab click on the word and it will take you to them.

Jeremy

Another heavy load that turned up at the unit next door to where I work today; sadly there was a hold up with the lift and it was still on the trailer when I left work, the load which is a Rolls Royce Bergen engine was being loaded onto skates to enable a Versalift fork truck to push it into the wor...

I think that Craigs rusting Track Marshall wins this one I am not going to start a new photo competition perhaps we need to give it a rest for a while; many thanks to all who have entered photos over the years the competition has been held

Jeremy

Well life has been busy of recent and getting up to said Poclain and Hymac have been a problem for me I like to book a Thursday off work to go up there as Andrew Beaulah and the other lads who work on the machines are present however I have just been too busy so I managed to get in a 'flying' visit ...