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- Thu Jan 28, 2021 1:05 am
- Forum: Dozers
- Topic: David Brown Trackmaster Crawler
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Re: David Brown Trackmaster Crawler
You've done the old girl proud - thanks for sharing.
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:07 pm
- Forum: Scrapers
- Topic: International Harvester motor scrapers in the UK
- Replies: 6
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- Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:18 pm
- Forum: Scrapers
- Topic: International Harvester motor scrapers in the UK
- Replies: 6
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- Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:07 pm
- Forum: Scrapers
- Topic: International Harvester motor scrapers in the UK
- Replies: 6
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International Harvester motor scrapers in the UK
The current edition of Heritage Tractor has an article by Peter Longfoot (retired farmer , Caterpillar enthusiast and author of Little Ten to Big Ten) about improvement works on the A1 (the Stilton bypass) in the 1950s. The article has some images from the Peterborough library, one of which shows tw...
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: Loaders/Backhoes
- Topic: Anything Whitlock ( Diggers, dump trucks, cranes et al )
- Replies: 197
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Re: Anything Whitlock ( Diggers, dump trucks, cranes et al )
Yes, the origin of the Whitlock lay with a Scottish farmer/ inventor , a Mr Robert Ewan in the late 1940s . He took out patents on a back hoe attachment and sold the idea and manufacturing licence to Whitlocks in 1950 and the first Whitlock built Dinkum Diggers were sold in 1952. Presumably JCB got ...
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 10:56 pm
- Forum: Loaders/Backhoes
- Topic: How to remove stuck roll pin
- Replies: 25
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Re: How to remove stuck roll pin
Quote " so worn that it has a step in it and essentially the ram has dropped and will be locking it in place. So no amount of heat or bashing on it is going to help. If everything is unloaded and the other end of the ram free, I wonder if it could be as simple as moving the ram on the pin and l...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 12:27 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Classic Plant and Machinery
- Replies: 13
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Re: Classic Plant and Machinery
I've not even received an Old Glory!
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 5:40 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Classic Plant and Machinery
- Replies: 13
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Re: Classic Plant and Machinery
Poor customer relations. I've cancelled my direct debit to both CPM and Tractor and Machinery.
- Wed Aug 05, 2020 12:24 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Classic Plant and Machinery
- Replies: 13
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I now realise that its demise was announced in PL's forward to the June issue. I'd skipped reading that page and gone straight into the "meat" of the mag. Thoroughly enjoyed the article about Dick Hampton's muck-shift for the Milford Haven branch line but I'm sure that while D8s certainly ...
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:33 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Classic Plant and Machinery
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Classic Plant and Machinery
Have I missed an announcement ? Just been told that CPM has ceased publication.