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Hello Pete, I worked for the Cardiff Plant Group in the 1960's. They had two Guy Big J 6x4 tractors with King lowload trailers in their fleet. I worked on them a bit and they were pretty reliable, one had a Gardner150 engine and the other a Cummins 220and both had AEC gearboxes. They were well under...

Anyone know how the tracks are tensioned on that thing ? And is it a different version of a Vigor ? Hi Scooby, The tracks on the vickers were self tensioning. The front pair of wheels on each side were free to oscilate round a central mounting as required to follow ground levels. The axles were cam...

BRILLIANT!!!!
I appreciate the work and dedication that's gone into that restoration.
As a Priestman freak I'm delighted to see a bit of the Priestman story living on.
Many thanks
Fred

Two more photos of the Ransomes
Fred.

Great scans Dan :thumbup: Its always been a mystery to me how British companies came up with such great inventions like the WR8 and was never followed through ... now every thing is mini this and mini that :dizzy: Martyn Not Whitlock but heres another ahead of its time version of the Ransomes MG cr...

Hello I lived near Stroud, Gloucestershire in the 1950's. There were several saw mills in the area and the Douglas timber tractors were not an uncommon site, probably helped because they were made not far away at Cheltenham. Another Douglas product was the dump truck in the photo below, I think thes...

XS650 wrote:Brilliant , never seen or heard of the WR8 mini tracked shovel before.

I couldnt put it better.[img][/img] Thanks.
Fred

Hello,
Amphibious dozers were mentioned in another post. Here are some interesting scans of two Komatsu systems.
Fred

Hi All,
Just had to post this Scammel photo. I worked on theese and the NCK's and on a Smith same as the second photo.
Fred

Hi Donald, Ijust replied in other Nuffield 3 thread.