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Dah wrote:Having a night reading old posts!

I noticed a picture of a 641 scraper and didn't know they existed!

Were many of them about? Are the much bigger than the 631's?

Dave

Bullen & Davis had a few with rock boxes on them, i maybe wrong but i seem to recall they came from Sweden.

Gerard wrote:any good welders about??

new cylinder required too!!

Yesssss me, i used to charge from £200 - £300 to fix summat like that lol.

KWDLDK wrote:Yes thats them, there is a MacAlpines thread on here in the companies section that you should find interesting

I think i've read the Macs thingie but i'll look again in case i've missed summat lol.

KWDLDK wrote:Are you Steves brother ?

No, do u mean Big Jimmy and Les's brother Steve ? i worked with them both in the late 70s.

Can any of you good fellows on here tell me who built the M62 from Risley Moss to Manchester please, i know Mac's did from Liverpool to Holcroft Lane on the moss but not sure if they did the whole Motorway, thx in advance, Dave Bretherton.

Martyn Henley wrote:Nice one Craig ... is that a 380 or 550 Suzie in front of yours ? nice 750 Suzie and i take it thats a Honda 750 4 the other side ?

Hi, i had a 380 & 550 Suzuki many moons ago, they drank more fuel than a 245 Mass Ex i drove lol, happy days lol.

Brings back fond memories here too. The last one I worked on had snapped the boom up at Buckton Vale quarry. hiya, i used to do the welding at Buckton Vale Quarry for Mac's, Dave Wilson was in charge, they had bought a new Liebherr R964 shovel and i did all the welding repairs on that as i prepared...

In Keith Haddock's Earthmover Encyclopedia, it is mentioned that the RH60 was the largest hydraulic shovel at one point until it was replaced by the larger 151ton RH75 in the early 1970's. This machine continued to be produced in fairly modest numbers in both face shovel and backhoe configurations,...

argie wrote:Hi Dave,

I recognise Rob Browns name but not Russ Bakewell's. Andrew Foster is MD of Scottish Coal, another ex CC man.

Paul

Russ was in charge of the workshop at Telford, also a boxer like his boss.

argie wrote:Hi Dave, Not too sure about the transfer of men from CC to SC although I do know a lot of men went with them.
Paul

Thx a lot Paul, i wonder if the plant manager Rob Brown and Colin Cornes right hand man Russ Bakewell moved to SC ?