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- Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:55 pm
- Forum: Accidents and Bogged in machines
- Topic: JCB Dumpster- This ones going nowhere in a hurry!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3751
Re: JCB Dumpster- This ones going nowhere in a hurry!
thats the beauty of the hinowa!, lift the bucket, drop a log in the hole, drop the bucket and it lifts its self! done it a couple of times, and fair play to the guy who cleared the area for the mech, normally you loose your tracks in small ponds or rubbish piles :claphands: by the way the prototype ...
- Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:34 pm
- Forum: Accidents and Bogged in machines
- Topic: Komatsu flip
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3622
Re: Komatsu flip
bugger I have the origional of that! the trailer and tractor are still moving about local to me!
- Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:27 pm
- Forum: Accidents and Bogged in machines
- Topic: No idea who this happened
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4585
Re: No idea who this happened
I have driven in saudi, this is a clasic case of "in the hands of god" which basicly means it dosnt matter what I do today if god wants me to die its going to happen, and they do drive like that!
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:21 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The Halloween Survey
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3319
Re: The Halloween Survey
personaly the books are better, the films sort of go off on their own topic
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:41 am
- Forum: Earthmoving models
- Topic: Scratch-built CATERPILLAR 224B Excavator in Scale: 1:9
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6084
Re: Scratch-built CATERPILLAR 224B Excavator in Scale: 1:9
Thats pretty amazing
some real thought and dedication went into that
some real thought and dedication went into that
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:58 pm
- Forum: Paving Equipment
- Topic: Jcb vibromax 90 strapping warning
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3122
Re: Jcb vibromax 90 strapping warning
yep you worked on it, as far as I know its ok, but its down to training error, they are not trained to do the job. so what do you expect? now from the top, new battery, new starter motor, a fuse that we didnt know the use of, all because of a pull in the loom :doh: (oh yes 3 break downs, the best on...
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:53 pm
- Forum: Excavators
- Topic: 8014 1,5 ton faults
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2178
Re: 8014 1,5 ton faults
sorted the arm switch easy, its the one that went down thats being an arse, yep I did actualy swap the fuses over, the led was flashing, all systems were go except for the final click
then when the jcb lad turned up it fired first time witch craft I think
then when the jcb lad turned up it fired first time witch craft I think
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:50 pm
- Forum: Accidents and Bogged in machines
- Topic: Handbrake Failure.......ooops!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8604
Re: Handbrake Failure.......ooops!
in fairness, I only call you guys if its a waranty job, if its not and its in my competance then i will do it myself, un beknown to JCB I also have access to a 30 to press and a friendly workshop should it be required, basicly most of my out sourced repairs can be done on a trade for trade basis. on...
- Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:29 pm
- Forum: Excavators
- Topic: 8014 1,5 ton faults
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2178
Re: 8014 1,5 ton faults
it was the arm microswitch that was at fault, meanwhile a brand new 8014 with the chipped key has gone down on site, using best practice they parked the thwaites dumper in front of on store, the 8014 in front of the other and dropped the arm in the dumper bucket :thumbup: this prevented access to th...
- Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:42 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Funny things that happen at work
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5048
Re: Funny things that happen at work
well some of the merchant boys have cordless phones that they attach to their belts, they also enjoy verbaly abusing the tool hire staff ;) well I like to put nice big blobs of gun grease on the ear peices of their phones as I walk past them :) I find it quite amusing, they dont :lol: like wise re a...