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by matd32
Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:01 pm
Forum: Mining equipment
Topic: Hitachi EX1800
Replies: 11
Views: 7939

Re: Hitachi EX1800

lynchy wrote:Nice pics mate,had those Barford adts?conveyor down for coal,was the Hitachi there because a Demag 'went over'?or is my memory wrong?

we put them in to finnish the backfill up there
by matd32
Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:00 pm
Forum: Mining equipment
Topic: Hitachi EX1800
Replies: 11
Views: 7939

Re: Hitachi EX1800

Site Admin wrote:Nice photos! Thank you for sharing!

:D
by matd32
Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:00 pm
Forum: Mining equipment
Topic: Hitachi EX1800
Replies: 11
Views: 7939

Re: Hitachi EX1800

was up there bout 01/02 site being re instated,very remote,some great wildlife and birds of prey,yeah Mowlems site, had some Barford adts for coal hauling,had to use conveyor down to bardon mill for coal,saw big dumpers coming off site on low loaders tight fit on those roads! yeah tight roads we ha...
by matd32
Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:58 pm
Forum: Mining equipment
Topic: Hitachi EX1800
Replies: 11
Views: 7939

Re: Hitachi EX1800

Had a D8 up there for nearly a year with Tommy McCullough.He bought it.Took one of those 785's for a load or two.I don't recall the big H.Two Demag 185's were the prime movers.Mowlem Mining I think.Ward Bros and Banks had D8,D9 kit.Lots of 245's with D400's and A35's did the first strip belonging t...
by matd32
Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:57 pm
Forum: Mining equipment
Topic: Hitachi EX1800
Replies: 11
Views: 7939

Re: Hitachi EX1800

argie wrote:Nice photos! Are they Short Brothers units?
Paul

Hi yes they were shorts old ones
by matd32
Sun Feb 23, 2014 6:13 pm
Forum: Mining equipment
Topic: Hitachi EX1800
Replies: 11
Views: 7939

Hitachi EX1800

Some photos when I use to work on these, These were taken at Plenmellar OCCS Near Haltwhistle in Cumbria, A few years back now
by matd32
Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:18 pm
Forum: Haulers/Dump Trucks
Topic: KOMATSU HD 785 DUMPTRUCKS
Replies: 44
Views: 31082

Re: KOMATSU HD 785 DUMPTRUCKS

Hello all Here are some pictures of Komatsu HD785 dumpers i took when i worked at whatley quarry near Frome in Somerset England in aug/sep 2007.The one i am standing next to has got a fully rubberised skip/dump body.I found the truck nice to drive and it had a really good turning circle,all round n...
by matd32
Sun Feb 23, 2014 5:14 pm
Forum: Haulers/Dump Trucks
Topic: Heathfield Dump Trucks
Replies: 4
Views: 5540

Re: Heathfield Dump Trucks

XS650 wrote:Spotted this old warrior about to start a shift this morning -
heathfield.JPG

:D we use to have a few h33 heathfields similar style a bit bigger when I was working for short bros
by matd32
Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:19 pm
Forum: Companies
Topic: KELSTON SPARKES
Replies: 26
Views: 15470

Re: KELSTON SPARKES

D2 Robert Knighton wrote:Some photos i took in 2004 at Amesbury

Great photos :thumbup:
by matd32
Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:17 pm
Forum: Companies
Topic: KELSTON SPARKES
Replies: 26
Views: 15470

Re: KELSTON SPARKES

John Gaunt wrote:Super photos, Robert, thanks for posting them.

:gooodpost:

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