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Wow Steve you are certainly fully kitted out there! a far cry from the day when I worked the spanners and you took what tools you thought you'd need to do the job.

Jeremy

Nice pics as always Thibault looks like what we refer to as "the conrete jungle" in those last pics, always good to see it come down too.

Jeremy

Hi Les it would probably help if you could post some pictures of the parts concerned or even a drawing as its easier to picture what you want to do that way, sadly words are a bit lacking unless the reader is familiar with the components concerned. I'm sure that somebody on here can help you, althou...

Good news just heard on the radio that there are no casualties from the tornado downunder

Jeremy

Hi David welcome to CMN somebody on this site may be able to point you in the right direction for the machine you are looking for.

Jeremy

thank you chaps if a 8c is a bit rare what is there that is big and more easy to find then ? Andy you probably already own the largest old type JCB around and thats your 6D, you may be lucky and drop on a Hymac 890 or even a Priestman 220 Mustang but even they are rare these days. I would guess you...

Andy there's a picture of an 8C around two pages back in this thread but you are hardly likely to come across one as they were not a big seller and quite rare so I believe.

Jeremy

Last one from me for this month.

Jeremy

Hi Andy I have a good idea where you are, do you go to the S.E. Davis shows, you are not very far from them?

Jeremy

Hi Andy, you don't live too far away from me then as I live in the West Midlands. The 6D is around the same vintage as the 5C all three of your JCB 360 machines are Perkins 6,354 powered but the 812 probably has the turbo version. The 6D don't look in bad condition either its just missing its fibre ...