Mystery small-ish CAT excavator spotted today - ID?

[Gavin Phillips]

A small Cat excavator, sitting on part of infilled ground on the former Swan Hunters shipyard. This is quite a bit smaller to the CAT machines I'm used to seeing apart from the 303CR/305CR mini machines which seem to be a favourite of the local plant hire places.

Any ideas on what model number we could be looking at here?

[Nick Drew]

Hi Gavin,

Looks like an early 307 to me Looks like it has an offset boom arangement also

Nick

[Gavin Phillips]

Hi Gavin,

Looks like an early 307 to me Looks like it has an offset boom arangement also

Nick

I'm almost embarrassed when I have to admit I overlooked the dozer blade on the front of the machine. If it is a 307, its the first confirmed one that I've snapped! I'm not sure about the offset boom, looks pretty standard to me - maybe its just the angle of the machine from where I took the picture.

O'Briens seems to wide off most of the machine models and manufacturers, I have a good few other pictures of their stuff which I cannot ID either...

Cheers Nick

[Joes1989]

Deffinately a 307B. We had one working on a Football changing rooms site topsoiling a few months back.

Joe

[Gavin Phillips]

Excellent! Thanks very much, another one for the list!

A couple more pictures from todays travels.



Hitachi Zaxis 350LC long reach excavator sitting on a pontoon out in the Tyne. To the right is part of the former Russian-built icebreaker "Icemaiden" which was towed here a few months back for conversion into luxuary apartments or something of that type. Now its not being made into anything as the company who bought it has gone bankrupt. Its future is uncertain...



Komatsu PC210LC and Hitachi Zaxis 280LC long reach excavators. This is where the material which the 350LC machine excavates ends up, the 350LC loads small barges which are towed by boat into a former dry dock. The material is removed from the barge by the 280LC and rehandled into piles. No-one is quite sure what kind of purpose this serves or what developments are in the pipeline for this semi-derelict area which was once a shipyard.

[dig deep pile high]

YEP DEFINATELY A 307, WAS ON ONE TODAY FOR A MATE.
NOT THE BEST PUSSY IN THE WORD, CX 75 WOULD BURY IT.

TRACKS LOOK SHOT!!

[newjcb123uk]

Oh yes defo a 307B - prob the blue confused you (yuk) - heres a pic of my 307B without offset and beside a couple of 12 ton old timers