CP&E articles, Spec Sheets and Old Photographs (Part 1)

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Re: CP&E articles, Spec Sheets and Old Photographs (Part 1)

Post #11 by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:30 am

Thanks Rob great articles there thank you for posting them. :thumbs_up: :bow:

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Post #12 by XS650 » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:37 pm

Good stuff,The 1986 Don Elgie article was interesting ,charting the demise of tracked loaders in a way ,he had 12 of 'em but was only getting 40% utilisation so was replacing with 360deg. excavators.
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Post #13 by IBH » Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:12 pm

rob, you've just made my year with all stuff you've posted :thumbs_up:


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Re: CP&E articles, Spec Sheets and Old Photographs (Part 1)

Post #14 by Hugh Jaleak » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:27 pm

I think I have virtually every issue of C,P & E, from November 1987 to when it ceased publication. Never had heart to part with them, rather glad I didnt actually. Really must get a scanner when finances permit, got plenty of prints i'd like to share.

Thanks for all that Rob, the spec sheets especially were fascinating reading. I wonder how many would be prepared to do a shift in an 806 now! I always likened driving the 805B to using a rowing machine!


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Post #15 by tim » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:11 pm

Superb stuff Rob thanks for posting :thumbs_up: Tim

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Re: CP&E articles, Spec Sheets and Old Photographs (Part 1)

Post #16 by argie » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:28 pm

Great stuff Rob, thanks very much for posting. Any thoughts of a second book?
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Re: CP&E articles, Spec Sheets and Old Photographs (Part 1)

Post #17 by Mike d550 » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:20 am

Excellent photos Rob, its always nice to see photos of big mining equipment.

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Re: CP&E articles, Spec Sheets and Old Photographs (Part 1)

Post #18 by rob » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:22 am

Cheers All. Have to admit that half way through scanning I did wonder if it was worth it. :D

Nick, I'm certainly looking forward to your CP&E contribution.

argie wrote:Great stuff Rob, thanks very much for posting. Any thoughts of a second book?
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Thanks Paul.

I think that the book writing days are probably over. I obviously didn’t expect it to sell like Harry Potter, however, it certainly hasn’t sold in numbers that the publisher hoped/expected – or so they tell me.

I literally woke-up one morning and decided to write it due to having taken so many photographs that rarely anyone looked at other than me – less than 6 months later I’d finished it. In retrospect I should have written the book a little better and taken more time. I really would like the chance to slightly re-work and then update with additional models, but that is unlikely to happen, although I’ll keep taking pictures just in case!

I naturally look at machines from the customer’s point of view, but having worked for dealer and now also manufacturer, if I were to write another I’d probably approach it slightly differently.

Just a thought but perhaps a few of us from this site could write a book? All the collective experience and photographs that we have to hand on all types of earthmoving machines could be used to produce something quite unique! The movie would soon follow. :D

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Re: CP&E articles, Spec Sheets and Old Photographs (Part 1)

Post #19 by Holger » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:27 am

What book? :shock:
Link?

Well, why not do a collaboration in writing a book. I think that would be an EXCELLENT idea!
How a bout this: people wanting to write a book together get a "restricted" space here on CMN (forum/group).
Then every month the participants "have to" post the progress and maybe some teasers from the present status?!

Publish the book as an ebook or PDF-file. There are several posibilities which I can check.
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Post #20 by Hugh Jaleak » Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:11 pm

Im hoping to get back into employment ASAP, soon as I have an income again a scanner will have to be on my shopping list! Meanwhile, a photo of a photo, so apologies for the quality.

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