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hi all,

I was wondering how much weight a david brown 996 loader will lift,

could be

classic 1 tonne dumper, 2 cyclinder lister diesel, gravity tip, handle start
£500

not sure of the make, i bought this to do a job, and it worked great, didn't skip a beat.

im in the okehampton devon area.

the old girl is up an running again, my m8's been using it the last few weeks, u can't beat the old school stuff, it was build to last, does anyone know what sort of weight these things are empty, thanks

ok thanks thats great, i'll go out and get some

what oil do you guy's use in your old lister diesel engines, (2 cyclinder)

i saw some where to use SAE 20/20w and it'll take 10.8L, does this sound right.

towed it into the garage today to have a propper look, fuel filter was full of rust an gunk, so ordered up a service kit,
drained out the fuel tank, so hopefully will be up an running great again soon. no idea what engine oil to put init, looked for ages on net an nothing, any i guess.

any tips on starting these dumpers, just been out to start it to put in garage to tidy up an i just can't get it to start , cant under stand it, as used it on sat an sun it it started up on the first go almot every time, even first think in the morn when it was cold.

oh right ok, thats great, i'll see what i can find, many thanks.

also on the exhaust side of engine there is 2 small holes, ive been told to pour diesel in there before i start it so make it start easyer, is this right, as i dont want to damage engine,

many thanks for all ur comments.