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anyone know of ripper single shank for d7g?

Wanted single shank ripper for D7G
With shank Dozer has ripper valve fitted will consider other types can modify if required

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Graham

Just appeared on E-Bay item number 141660222279 not sure if it will stay on there for the full length of time, It looks like its had a fair bit of time and money spent on it, ready to show. yes it looks good, I recall having a go on one in 1966, it was a big old lump in those days, I recall it was ...

Graham I know of two 690 machines that survive; one is included somewhere in this thread and its the machine that survives down south at the former Bunkerhill limestone mine, the other belongs to Paul McGuigan who is planning to restore it. :thumbup: Jeremy thanks Jeremy, I wil have search for it, ...

Hi Rob, Well the only machine that was between the 590 and the 880 and 890 was the 690 and there were only 64 of these produced by Hymac. They weighed in at 19.6 tons compared to the 890 at 22.5 tons as I have said outwardly the 690 resembled the 890. Whilst the 590/590C was larger than the 580C th...

Yes Fred the world has gone soft on these rat bags people need to be made accountable for there actions back in the day in Australia if your kids did something wrong you had to pay When I was a kid a fate worse than death was my parents finding out I had done something wrong todays kids dont even s...

Great story there Graham and thanks for sharing the info on these machines, i have always fancied buying one to tidy up as a project but most of them are pretty rough nowadays, do you have any pics of the machines that you worked on if so please upload them and share as we all love a photo. :thumbu...

Hugh Jaleak wrote:Its a JCB 3, predecessor to 3C with a slightly modified cab!

cab is not modified at all that's how they were, you could stand up and operate it with that cab

You can just see auto dig lever to operators right on lever column. It was supposed to speed up dumping cycle but as said, a good operator can do that anyway so not realy an advantage.Some 4550 were fitted with this function. Martyn the auto dig as mentioned was a gimmick a waste of time! but it wo...

You can just see auto dig lever to operators right on lever column. It was supposed to speed up dumping cycle but as said, a good operator can do that anyway so not realy an advantage.Some 4550 were fitted with this function. Martyn the auto dig as mentioned was a gimmick a waste of time! but it wo...