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Its nice to see a few scrapers making a bit of a comeback.Do you know of anymore newish ones apart from Blackwells Stuart? Alfred McAlpine bought some new Cat scrapers a few years back now to work on the construction of the M6 Toll (also known as the B.N.R.R.) motorway project in the English midlan...

DJB were a British manufacturer of ADTs founded by David J Brown, who as I recall worked as a designer for Muir Hill developing their industrial tractor and dumptruck products . DJB designed and built a range of ADTs in the UK using Caterpillar components such as axles and many Cat dealers sold the ...

The 202 is very similar to older Case backhoe loaders (circa 580f) especially the cab, it looks to me like it dates from the 3cx development program of the very early 80s.

Thankyou Lewis for the cracking phoots

I can remember when Brookes ran only RB cranes with magnets!
They had a Hymac a few years back I think!?!

What is/was the operating weight of an 880?

Its a Poclain excavator....a sticky end

Amazing stuff Lewis!! :thumbs_up: I am very suprised to see that JCB sell this prototype equipment to the general public :o More of the same please!! Nick :mrgreen: You may or may not be aware that JCB hold an annual auction to dispose of surples items including prototypes, pre-production models, t...

Those 5 photos are very much appreciated d4c24a, I do like the at work shots.

Is the dumper a Thwaites?

nixs wrote:It doesnt feel like Cat is the same quality nowadays as they where before!

Since they stopped using DJB derived products

Thankyou d4c24a for the scan