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- Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:04 pm
- Forum: Loaders/Backhoes
- Topic: JCB 3c MK3 new addition
- Replies: 31
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Re: JCB 3c MK3 new addition
Yes, I had dry brake powertrain 3c bought with an extender dipper which I soon replaced with a standard dipper around 1990
- Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:09 pm
- Forum: Dozers
- Topic: Batters.How to do 'em
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14872
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Re: Batters.How to do 'em
Barney hughes wrote:What's a batter ?
thats wots your fish is dipped in at the chip shop!!!!
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:31 pm
- Forum: Wheel Loaders
- Topic: CAT 988G
- Replies: 15
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Re: CAT 988G
Could i ask some of you loader pilots, i was told 988g's are a bit of a handfull and need a driver with a bit of experence, is this due to the monoboom being more fragile than the z frame?
- Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:20 pm
- Forum: Scrapers
- Topic: dick hampton scrabers in the 70 tis
- Replies: 90
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Re: dick hampton scrabers in the 70 tis
Hey, any of you Dick Hampton men remember a friend of mine, Andy Agnew from Lurgan, Co Armagh, he worked there late seventies early eighties? Andy would have been a fitter.
Neil
Neil
- Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:07 am
- Forum: Tips and tricks, tools and paint
- Topic: Norscot CAT paint colour?
- Replies: 7
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Re: Norscot CAT paint colour?
I'm actually working at a Ertl 631E at the minute where the apron is a brighter shade than the remainder of the scraper, in this case I will be respraying the model so that will sort that out.
- Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:35 am
- Forum: Dozers
- Topic: Komatsu 475
- Replies: 21
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Re: Komatsu 475
Walter Kinnear bought a 375 some fifteen years ago or more which he still has, Gibson Bros bought a new 375 in 1991 for the Newry bypass and still use it, Walter bought a 475 maybe seven years ago, used it for a while and sold it to fellow forum member Mervyn Rowe who used it on a contract then sold...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:33 pm
- Forum: Earthmoving models
- Topic: CAT D9R tracks
- Replies: 4
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Re: CAT D9R tracks
Wee tip for your D9r tracks, get a mate with a lath to turn down the sprockets and make new brass idlers, I am doing this to a Conrad D10 to fit metal tracks to it.
Neil
Neil
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:18 pm
- Forum: Earthmoving models
- Topic: Models for sale
- Replies: 8
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Re: Models for sale
Sorry Dave, its gone
- Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:42 pm
- Forum: Earthmoving models
- Topic: Some custom models
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2636
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Re: Some custom models
Martin, you are one cool customer, lol try these http://i1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/627kid/631hitch016.jpghttp://s1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/627kid/?action=view¤t=631hitch017.jpghttp://s1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/627kid/?action=view¤t=631hitch019.jpg
- Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:54 am
- Forum: Earthmoving models
- Topic: Some custom models
- Replies: 2
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Some custom models
some pics of my recent and ongoing customs- you may find some Ertl/norscot so if this bothers you look away now! The photos include a Cat 345 with rock hammer, a D10n extra detailing with new blade,metal tracks, ripper( converted to single shank and the slots milled out for the two outer rippers), a...