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ron54 wrote:

johnnies11 wrote:are they still going worked for them opencast south wales

I recall visiting their yard just outside Devizes several years ago,it had all been cleared.

C & P have finished, the yard is now used by Reids involved in soil stabilizing and plant hire repairs etc I live just by it.

Narbonne France 1998 with two Tatra 813,s between rounds of the Europa Truck Trial. Driver of the Kenworth shook my hand on arrival at our destination in admiration as I had kept up with him all the way from Spain and he did,nt think it was possible :bow: . I got about 3 mpg out the Scania :arrrrgh:

In the States and possibly other markets, Yanmar still offer a model - the CBL40: http://us.yanmar.com/products/construction/backhoe/ Hi thanks for that link, interesting to see a modern version would appear that it has got a bit bigger than the 21 :gooodpost: regards Nick

very nice photos there nick. Is that a hymac in the background.What all was used to lift such a load. Hi Brian, we winched it on by parking the trailer alongside had the log sat so the weight would fall onto the trailer and with a steel cable anchored off two points on the trailer and winched it wi...

MAN with Tatra 813 - British team vehicle for the 1998 Europa truck trial competition. I had great times driving around Europe with this but every stop that I made had to allow an extra hour or so to answer questions have photos taken etc

Devon 1992 (somewhere) Me and the mighty ERF with Sweet Chestnut log off to Newport Wales for shipping to Portugal.

Bray PS 10000 with Scania 112 M and and one oak log weighing approx 18 tons destination Barchards of Hull.

Rare little backhoe I used to operate/maintain back in the late 80,s Only one in the UK I was led to believe. This is a scan of the sales brochure mine had a full cab.

Hi Norm, would it be possible to separate them will make starting much easier and safer. As you have removed the heads maybe worth checking the bumping clearance ie distance between cylinder head and piston at TDC as you mentioned in an earlier post about being to much compression this can be adjust...

Hi Norman, I have never come across a PH2 with the decompression levers joined so assuming this is the case then as someone has alluded to you must firstly set the fuel rack to the start position, this is done by pulling out the fuel over load adjustment screw and pushing the racks right open.Then o...