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Let me just slip on an anorak... Yes, it's an EE type 3, in green would have been a D6xxx number and later on Class 37xxx. :think: Ahem, anyhow, Is there a story to the D tipper? At a glance I'd say from the first photo it ran down the slope on the left backwards and through the wall. Can't really ...

hair bear wrote:Is it my imagination - or is the crawler in the train yard painted in 'coaching stock' crimson and cream?

Yes it is indeed, I think railway people referred to it as "blood and custard"

Jeremy

Hi Rob and welcome your dumper looks very much like this one:




https://www.thwaitesdumpers.co.uk/compa ... ment/1975/

Jeremy

Steven Parr wrote:Yes, lots of languishing going on here.

Nice photos, thanks for sharing, can I ask what is the high cab Hy-mac material handler in the background, it looks like a 595/596?

Jeremy

XS650 wrote:I did think that myself !

Pete, Craig, yes I must confess at the initial glance I thought it looked a bit like a Poclain 81, certainly early Poclain style livery.

Jeremy

XS650 wrote:Anyone know what model this is.
121 or 141 maybe ?
Seen in a French film.

Craig

I think this is the larger 181

Jeremy

Hi Conor, welcome to the forum we have a few resident JCB experts on here that should be able to point you in the right direction.

Jeremy

Has the boom an extra pivot or is it a slide out job? How do you know that is a Dorman? Not doubting our Hymac expert, just asking. The boom was a multi-position boom but not powered, if you look closely at the engine canopy, you can see that it is higher than the standard ones and that there is pa...

The 5th Pic very interesting, a Hymac 580BT with an air-cooled Dorman engine and a two piece boom.

Jeremy

essexpete wrote:

mechman wrote:Hi all
Unusual bucket arrangement on the tracked loader, second last pic.
Norm.

Looking at the bucket teeth, it must load over?

It does look like it loads over, bet the operator had a sore neck after a shift on that.

Jeremy