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Michael - it looks to be a Benford TT50. I'm not sure what year it would be but the (hopefully) attached brochure scans are from 1975 if they are any help to you.

Bryan

Martin the Unladen weight is 1440KG - see attached scan. Hope this helps. Bryan

Hi - it looks to be a Thwaites 9000 4 ton/tonne dumper.

Hopefully attached are spec sheets if these are any help to you

Bryan

Heres one I snapped in the race paddock area at the Isle Of Man TT 2009, a 535-140 HiViz Loadall - I believe that ACE Hire are part of the GAP Group, is that correct ?

Hi Brian, thank you for that. Yea I seen the pic, wonder how the driver got it up like that & how they couldn't get it down again ! Wish I'd got a pic of the Demenex JCB 532 on its side at the Ballinrees WTW site in Coleraine when I started there (to replace the driver that was on it ! ) Going b...

Hi all, JJ McMahon of Cookstown in N.Ireland still had 2 of the Masterhandlers & a Finlay handler when I worked for them in 2000 (& also a Matbro TS300 13 metre telehandler). I can't remember the model numbers of any of the but the Finlay seemed to be a 7 metre machine with stabilisers &...

Pictures of the Manitou MT1740SLT I'm currently driving, & the companies 'reserve' telehandler a Dieci Icarus 35.13. The Dieci is a beast to drive but seems better balanced than the companies Manitou MT1435SL.

Newjcb123uk is the CAT 330C long reach in your picture the one sold by McCormick Macnaughton on the CAT 345C undercarriage?

Hello John, The print code for the Ford 360 Hydraulic Excavators brochure is GB.02/75/29m/IRE 6.5m The code for the Ford H42/H44 brochure is MSP - 11000 - 7-73 it also has UK/7/73 on it. The brochures are a wee bit tatty but I have attached a scan of the front & back of the 2 brochures for you. ...

A couple more JCB telehandlers from the Farrans/EarthTech Ballinrees WTW site. Again took with a picture camera so please excuse the poor quality