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Try again .......I worked at Old Cliffe Hill then Stud Farm, 87 onwards, remember Malc in his Ford Cargo with all those models, John Harris too when he was based at Tarmac Ampthill too (I was in the lab their too when it opened) Any one remember "Cobblers" from Northampton, who did the ND...

hi all, been a while but heres a few more bk's , Hello Steve , the PF20 looks in a similar condition to my own PF20 in that it has been converted to LPG for the screed heating .The BK90 is in real need of a sympathetic home if only I knew where to find it ! No doubt the BK191 is a Craig Plant recon...

Conny Harts machine with the dreaded Telescreed on a BK95. Good post. Hello all,looking at the lads in that picture makes me want to turn the heating up ,brings back some cold memories !The mat in the picture looks ok for all the woes BKs telescreed had .From experience Constables had some very nic...

I thought you might like that one Neil :thumbup: another one sent to me by Tom Shelley. On another note Richard in an earlier post I mentioned working with some of your old compadres from Bardon Roadstone who are now with F T Goodwin ,it is in fact Bob Taylor ,Roy Dean,and co plus Andy Deans young ...

On a bit of lean mix work, yet another quality machine doing a quality job :thumbup: Hello all, hope you are all well.Steve hope life is returning to some normality for you after your loss it just takes a lot of time but best wishes .But Jesus is it busy at the moment I just haven;t got a minute to...

Here's a couple more from Tom Shelley taken in the early 80's :thumbup: Some tests of a tracked BK106 on recycled asphalt at Blois France and a BK105. Can anyone remember either of these models? Richard :thumbup: Hello Richard , great pictures and thank you to Mr T Shelley .I never really came acro...

Dah wrote:Thats got me thinking! It looks loads faster but I'm not sure why?!

Looks like you still have to manually place the bricks - just on the machine rather than on the floor?

Think they are popular in Holland , don't know about the rest of Europe , and have been around for some time .

hi gentleman, i was'nt sure wether to start a new thread or post one this one, but does feel more approiate here on the bk thread , but gents another great asphalter has gone up to the tarmacers heaven , on weds evening i lost my father , dave fisher , although many of you here would 'nt of heard o...

Great little find Neil, You may want that for your collection.......is it for roofing tho? Not sure if you looked up the manufacturer, follow this link :thumbup: http://www.farvis.com/2013site/farvis/profile.html Hello Richard ,I think it's too small for roofing ,and from my observations tar pots f...

A few notes from me if I may. ARC's depot was in Shirley Road, Rushden, (I think the former gasworks site), remember it well, but now long gone for housing. Will see if I can find out about Bill Drage, my late Father in law has a sister who's Father in Law was a Bill Drage. He sadly died a few year...