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No more Modelman.
No drivers around anymore.

Had Gravell's D8T ripping for me last winter.
Driver was called Frank something?Reilly?
Tipped it over twice

I had an inspection of the mighty D8R that's nearly at 40000 hours and reakoned that 30k was going to be needed on tracks,cutting edges and some bushings for the ripper. 30 years experience tells me that the guess of 30k means around 40k in reality. I'd been offered a decent trade in last July again...

As easter approaches,it's been an unusually busy winter for me with both tractors working 5 days a week since late October.
I was able to put the D8R back into standby at the end of February.Its earned some rest and I need to go back to my other business for the spring rush.

Got some handrails on the D8T now.

Grantham

Naff engine in the wrong hands on those 641's

As of this moment in time,the D8R is working in one of the quarries and the D8T is working on a construction project away from home.

They've only worked together on one job so far,so I managed to get some pics.