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Re: Hopto excavator

Post #11 by Jeremy Rowland » Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:46 am

v8druid wrote:here's another Hopto for you guys ........ a strange beast ;)

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A skid steer that picks its wheels up and dumps its turntable on the floor - look quite a heavy duty animal, with a hell of a bucket :shock:



Hi there Druid :wave: that machine is a French built Pingon I have no idea if they were in anyway connected with HOPTO who was based in the States, just out of interest HOPTO stood for Hydraulically Operated Power Take Off. :thumbup:

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Re: Hopto excavator

Post #12 by FOWLER MAN » Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:05 pm

Hello Druid,
Nice to hear from you.
I just wanted to say that Muir Hill made a mobile crane that picked up its wheels and dumped its turntable on the floor too. Same principle exactly.
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Re: Hopto excavator

Post #13 by v8druid » Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:24 pm

FOWLER MAN wrote:Hello Druid,
Nice to hear from you.
I just wanted to say that Muir Hill made a mobile crane that picked up its wheels and dumped its turntable on the floor too. Same principle exactly.
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Hi Fred ...... sorry I never replied to this ..... never got a notification Boyo :cry: :oops: ...... looks very interesting ..... where the hell did the legs live in transport mode????? :gooodpost:
If it's got tracks, wheels, t*ts, or an engine, at some point it's gonna give you trouble!!

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Re: Hopto excavator

Post #14 by FOWLER MAN » Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:35 am

Here ew are then Boyo. :lol: Good to hear from you. :thumbup:
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Re: Hopto excavator

Post #15 by Whitlock 505 » Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:57 am

Would love to see how they erected that Fred! I'm assuming that it unfolded like a Z and the rigger popped pins in to lock the lattice boom together? Bet it wasn't that simple in practice, I remember helping to put on a lattice fly jib on a Grove 40 tonner when I worked with Celtic Cranes in Taffs Well, absolute nightmare!!,


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