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Hi tim,good to see you'r still hard at it,did you spot the track loader in the building on first pic?think i have some pics that will go with these of yours,i'll start looking.
sean.

Before the arrival of today's high reach demolition machines with their 3 piece booms and shears/cruncehrs etc some contractors used demolition poles mounted on 360's.There were rigid and telescopic versions, some home made although O&K,Liebherr and Poclain amongst others offered factory built ...

UlrichPoeschl wrote:This foto shows an R 981 backhoe -taken from an 1976 Liebherr job report...machine was working in Glasgow...and an UK truck

All the best for 2010

Ulrich

Great pic Ulrich,that 981 dwarf's the truck.
sean.

Lovely piks pk,the question you know i must ask is do they run?do you know whos they are?
sean

Here a few clipings from Truck Trader Mags .......What we have to resort to ,to keep the mind Machine active !!!
Sean

Here's a little known International Track Loader with a powershift, it began as a Hough Model 12. It uses a Hough torque converter & P-600 transmission, first built in 1956. around 1959 they became International Payloaders as this add shows. It is built on a TD9-91 series tractor, with a UD-350...

Looks in great nick,a sight to behold without doubt.
sean.

Another three sheets on hymac to come
sean

Martin,i used to load Freightliners at Maltby Colliery with a Case high tip wheel loader,eight buckets per wagon,on me radioing the driver to pull forwards the little monkey was allways asleep,sometimes having to dismount my shovel and rattle on the loco window
sean .

Thanks Nick and Chris,Yes i can if you insist,i got more sections on hymac,wheel loaders,dozers,track loaders,loader backhoes,and randome excavators.God i must have been desperate in 2002 .I'll stick some more on tomorow,just come in from tesco.
sean