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old dozer in the bushes

Post #1 by major v8 » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:52 pm

found this in a farmyard massive back acter on it
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Post #2 by major v8 » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:57 pm

found this lovely old lady hiding ih a farmyard today,carrying a massive rear back actor, the engine is seized due to water down the exhaust but he is trying to recall the ole girl for duty


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Post #3 by Jeremy Rowland » Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:02 pm

Nice pics Lloyd :thumbup: lets hope she gets saved; Fred can you please identify it? Looks like a John Deere to me but I could be wrong?

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Post #4 by major v8 » Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:12 pm

my guess is a track marshall,infact i just zoomed in on the front badge and it says marshall, packing a 6 cylinder diesel, but unsure of make of that back arm BXT maybe

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Re: old dozer in the bushes

Post #5 by FOWLER MAN » Tue Aug 02, 2016 11:03 pm

Jeremy Rowland wrote:Nice pics Lloyd :thumbup: lets hope she gets saved; Fred can you please identify it? Looks like a John Deere to me but I could be wrong?

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Hi Jeremy,
It is as Major V8 says a Track Marshall.
Its a TM70 from the 1960s with the Perkins 6-354 engine. I can't tell from the pic. which model but the "70C" had controlled differential steering and the "70H" clutch and bake steering.
The back actor is clearly the same as the one on the TM in the picture below which is an enlargement from a pic. I saved from "Forestry Memories" a few years ago.

I have puzzled over the maker for some time. It does say BXT 55 on the boom but I have been unable to find any reference to any such company or model of backhoe.
Does anyone know the answer??
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Post #6 by Dah » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:42 pm

Brown Brothers & Co made the BXT55
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Post #7 by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:36 pm

Spot on Dave :bow: :claphands: many thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

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Post #8 by FOWLER MAN » Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:44 pm

Thank you Dave, problem solved. :bow: :lol:
I think Brown Bros & Co Ltd were a very old Scottish firm big into hydraulic stabilisers and the like for shipping, but I had no idea they produced a backhoe attachment. :o
I wonder how many BXT55s were made :?: :?:
The 240 degree slew would have been a big advantage over the competition at the time.
It looks well built too, must have been very back end heavy though. :think:
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