657 on the road
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657 on the road
Not 100% sure where this was taken, but belive to be Shrewsbury......
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Re: 657 on the road
Thanks for sharing that photo Stuart!!
Not something you see very much anymore eh
This was probably a regular occurance back in the glory days of British Earthmoving!!
Such a shame I was born to late to really experience it hands on
Nick
PS. Got any more old era stuff Stuart??
Not something you see very much anymore eh
This was probably a regular occurance back in the glory days of British Earthmoving!!
Such a shame I was born to late to really experience it hands on
Nick
PS. Got any more old era stuff Stuart??
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Re: 657 on the road
I have a pic in a book of a 657 crossing Tyne bridge. If its this one it was heading to Radar OCCS
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Re: 657 on the road
It was quite common back in the day. Take Euclid/Terex in Scotland delivering R45 dumptrucks by road. Now that would have been a long drive, all the way from Scotland to West Wales on old A roads. Lucky VOSA wern't around lol.
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Re: 657 on the road
not sure whether the old number plate regions applied back then but if it did then 'UAF' would be a Cornish registration
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Re: 657 on the road
when i was growing up there used to be a quarry in hope,derbyshire and they used to use 773's or similar models and run them up the hils to the tip area on public roads
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RichardJW~ wrote:not sure whether the old number plate regions applied back then but if it did then 'UAF' would be a Cornish registration
Hi Richard I found a pic of 975 UAF in a book i have and it looks like it was new to Western Excavating(ECC) of St Austell who bought the first 657 in the country in November 1963 Tim
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tim wrote:RichardJW~ wrote:not sure whether the old number plate regions applied back then but if it did then 'UAF' would be a Cornish registration
Hi Richard I found a pic of 975 UAF in a book i have and it looks like it was new to Western Excavating(ECC) of St Austell who bought the first 657 in the country in November 1963 Tim
Cool !! That would make for an excellent blog posting
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