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by Neil D
Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:04 pm
Forum: Loaders/Backhoes
Topic: JCB 3c MK3 new addition
Replies: 31
Views: 22730
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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
by Neil D
Sun Apr 19, 2015 10:09 pm
Forum: Dozers
Topic: Batters.How to do 'em
Replies: 28
Views: 14736
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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!!!!
by Neil D
Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:31 pm
Forum: Wheel Loaders
Topic: CAT 988G
Replies: 15
Views: 8219
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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?
by Neil D
Sat Mar 09, 2013 1:20 pm
Forum: Scrapers
Topic: dick hampton scrabers in the 70 tis
Replies: 90
Views: 65577
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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
by Neil D
Thu Dec 13, 2012 1:07 am
Forum: Tips and tricks, tools and paint
Topic: Norscot CAT paint colour?
Replies: 7
Views: 20301
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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.
by Neil D
Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:35 am
Forum: Dozers
Topic: Komatsu 475
Replies: 21
Views: 11787
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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...
by Neil D
Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:33 pm
Forum: Earthmoving models
Topic: CAT D9R tracks
Replies: 4
Views: 2984
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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
by Neil D
Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:18 pm
Forum: Earthmoving models
Topic: Models for sale
Replies: 8
Views: 4425
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Re: Models for sale

Sorry Dave, its gone
by Neil D
Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:42 pm
Forum: Earthmoving models
Topic: Some custom models
Replies: 2
Views: 2596
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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&current=631hitch017.jpghttp://s1249.photobucket.com/albums/hh501/627kid/?action=view&current=631hitch019.jpg
by Neil D
Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:54 am
Forum: Earthmoving models
Topic: Some custom models
Replies: 2
Views: 2596
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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...

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