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JCB-5 crawler excavator

Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:44 pm
by victor13
The article mentions the crawler excavator JCB-5. What is this model? - JCB-5 ? Crane installation is similar to JCB-7, but less and the other cab ! Could there be a smaller version of JCB-5?
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Maybe there is a mistake in the book?

Re: JCB-5 crawler excavator

Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:44 am
by Jeremy Rowland
Hi Victor I would imagine the model referred to was the JCB 5C as that is the only JCB 5 model excavator that I am aware of unless there was a prototype for another machine?

Jeremy

Re: JCB-5 crawler excavator

Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:52 am
by essexpete
Good business decision by JCB when you think how many crane makes have disappeared. Presumably such a machine would have also dragged them into another relationship with an outside manufacturer.

Re: JCB-5 crawler excavator

Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:07 pm
by Jeremy Rowland
essexpete wrote:Good business decision by JCB when you think how many crane makes have disappeared. Presumably such a machine would have also dragged them into another relationship with an outside manufacturer.



I may be wrong on this but I think the chassis was based on a Foden? :think:

Jeremy