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Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:47 pm
by Jeremy Rowland
essexpete wrote:Are you talking about the old style pads and is the dipper longer than normal?
No Pete the dipper is a standard long arm dipper although it is a later style dipper and the flat navvy pad undercarriage was standard on these machines.
Jeremy
Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 2:37 am
by Martyn Henley
I don't know Pete, the dipper looks long as its' possible it could be from late 580c, the boom looks like a Heath Robinson affair,it is curved, the tracks look ok for a 580 ... over to you Jeremy
Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:40 am
by Jeremy Rowland
Spot on Martyn its the boom! The boom on this machine is the banana shaped boom that was fitted to early 480 machines.
The tracks and drive tumblers are spot on with no wear which is unusual for this type of machine but making it a viable rebuild project.
Jeremy
Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:35 pm
by essexpete
Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:30 pm
by smithhymac
Only just seen this post, been busy! Looks an interesting machine! Any history known of it? I did spot the boom!, looks an early 580 and I'm envious of the tracks!!! Good find, I'm sure flint services will make a good job of it!
Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:26 am
by Jeremy Rowland
smithhymac wrote:Only just seen this post, been busy! Looks an interesting machine! Any history known of it? I did spot the boom!, looks an early 580 and I'm envious of the tracks!!! Good find, I'm sure flint services will make a good job of it!
Morgan all I can tell you is that from the serial number it was made in 1965.
Jeremy
Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:57 pm
by Joes1989
One i found when i was out this afternoon loading fertilizer cake in to a towed muckspreader!
hymac.jpg
id been trying to get this for a while but then it left the field so it was a great surprise when i found this!
Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:39 pm
by Jeremy Rowland
Joe that's a nice tidy looking Ford powered 580C; its been modified but looks great, where about can this beast be found?
Jeremy
Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 12:58 pm
by Joes1989
It's been roaming around the Derbyshire fields near me Jeremy, it's currently in a field near Ogstan Resevoir higham in Derbyshire! My not sure how long it will be there but I'm sure I'll be seeing it around! It looks very well taken care of!
Re: Hymac Excavators
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:06 am
by essexpete
Jeremy Rowland wrote:Joe that's a nice tidy looking Ford powered 580C; its been modified but looks great, where about can this beast be found?
Jeremy
Does look tidy but come on then what are the mods!
