Calling all Wirtgen/road planer enthusiasts!
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Just snapped this one this morning. It seems quite regular here to paint over anything with the model number. I'm sure its a conspiracy to keep us people who have an interest in machinery guessing at what we're looking at.
Anyway; its not a huge machine by any standards. The traffic cones are a decent scale to size it up against I suppose.
Any ideas?
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Gavin
Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
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Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Can't give you an exact model number, but it is possible to narrow it down to about half a dozen models of ''Large Milling Machines'':
http://www.wirtgen.co.uk/en/products/wirtgen/cold-milling-machines/index.php
http://www.wirtgen.co.uk/en/products/wirtgen/cold-milling-machines/index.php
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Looks like a W2100 machine....around 36tonnes and plenty big as road planers go.
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I think Wirtgen give the machine a model number based on its drum width. Take some measurements when its parked up and you should get an answer!
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Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Looking at Tarmac's website for their road planing division
you can just make one out in the brochure as being a W2100.
http://www.tarmac.co.uk/products_and_services/contracting/idoc.ashx?docid=74cb6189-c445-4c5f-83d6-2a42983476a3&version=-1
I didn't even know until now that Tarmac had their own planing division.
All the jobs they've done for us the planing has been contracted out.
you can just make one out in the brochure as being a W2100.
http://www.tarmac.co.uk/products_and_services/contracting/idoc.ashx?docid=74cb6189-c445-4c5f-83d6-2a42983476a3&version=-1
I didn't even know until now that Tarmac had their own planing division.
All the jobs they've done for us the planing has been contracted out.
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Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Tarmac bought NRP from the now defunct Rand Group (UCS Civils, UCS Plant etc) a few years back to augment Tarmac's National Contracting division and to provide a steady supply of road planings to Tarmac Recycling and also their asphalt plants I believe.
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Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Heres one spotted waiting for a road closure earlier in the year. Wirtgen model W2200 ?
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The Austrailian connection
Hello all,
Here are some photos from my Austrailian connection. My neice is married to a great Aus. guy from Brisbane who runs his own road planing and construction company. These photos are from his website but I have been promised more and hopefully better ones in the futre.
Planers at work:-
Surfacing :-
Asphalt production at their new plant:-
Bitumen tanker:-
Some road maintainance plant for hire:-
Fred
Sorry but the photos are in the wrong order again
Here are some photos from my Austrailian connection. My neice is married to a great Aus. guy from Brisbane who runs his own road planing and construction company. These photos are from his website but I have been promised more and hopefully better ones in the futre.
Planers at work:-
Surfacing :-
Asphalt production at their new plant:-
Bitumen tanker:-
Some road maintainance plant for hire:-
Fred
Sorry but the photos are in the wrong order again
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Re: Wirtgen road planer; but what model?
Good selection of Photos Fred. Bet a Batch plant does not come cheap so must be a fair size outfit he has down under.
(the pictures appearing in reverse order in preview has caught me out before with the captions as well )
(the pictures appearing in reverse order in preview has caught me out before with the captions as well )
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BulldozerD11 wrote:Good selection of Photos Fred. Bet a Batch plant does not come cheap so must be a fair size outfit he has down under.
Hello
Yes Dave, Tony started operating a planer in 1980 but he's running a fair size outfit now.
Check out his website at:- www.rpq.com.au (I hope this is not considered advertising)
Fred
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