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by mcp76
Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:18 pm
Forum: Companies
Topic: Dick Hampton
Replies: 201
Views: 139223
Flag: Ireland

Re: Dick Hampton

There is a 30 minute film produced by the then Scottish Development Department (Roads Division) from 1966 on the construction of the M74 motorway from Hamilton to Uddingston which features Dick Hampton's earthmoving operations on it prominently. I've seen the film recently and there's extensive foot...
by mcp76
Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:01 pm
Forum: Dozers
Topic: D9T Transportation
Replies: 20
Views: 13625
Flag: Ireland

Re: D9T Transportation

Hello , here is another pic of a D9L on transport .I met this one in France some 20 years ago . http://www.classicmachinery.net/forum/images/userpix/2711_13WXDZPGXCK6E1442220241.jpg That's a great photo. The firm is DTP Terrassement, there logo is visible on the low loader there, massive French muc...
by mcp76
Sun Apr 03, 2016 2:49 pm
Forum: Excavators
Topic: Amphibious & Long Reach machines
Replies: 1
Views: 2044
Flag: Ireland

Amphibious & Long Reach machines

Both from Ireland -

BAM (Ascon) 365B at Dingle a few months back and Keatings modified Hitachi 200LC amphibious in Clare.

bam 365b.jpg

lmk long.jpg
by mcp76
Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:16 am
Forum: Companies
Topic: Shellabear Price/ Biwater Plant
Replies: 4
Views: 6554
Flag: Ireland

Re: Shellabear Price/ Biwater Plant

There is some nice footage of Shellabear Price kit in the first few minutes of this video from the early 70s about the Invergordon Smelter job. They had a few Euclid S-24 scrapers on the go. The job started in the late 60s so these would have been some of the last of these scrapers under the Euclid ...

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