Front wheel steering dumper?
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:24 am
Hi,
Glad I found this forum.
I am fettling a dumper at a local steam preservation site. Not so much as an exhibit, but as a useful bit of equipment. As a retired fabricator-welder, patching the rusted bucket and other bits and getting the bucket securing/release latch to work reliably has been fairly easy.
As a motorcyclist, deisel engines are just things that spill fuel and fetch us off and I have no familiarity with them, but fortunately there are guys on hand who know Petters and Listers inside out.
I put "front wheel steering" as the subject as I understand its quite unusual on dumpers. As yet we have no idea what make it is. Possibly when the inches deep filth below the engine are cleaned off some identifying marks may reveal something.
I don't have a good enough photo at present so maybe a general description will be enough to get some suggested names.
It is rear wheel drive, belt driven from a single cylinder Petter with front wheel steering.
Wheels are all 3 stud.
Driver's seat, behind the bucket. Steering wheel & column is central with driver's seat slightly to the left.
Main chassis member is very basic, being just sturdy "U" section steel.
Most guesses of age are around early '60s
The Petter needs new big end shells, but that's in hand. Apart from one wonky steering ball joint it steers Ok and rolls remarkably well and so we hope to get it running fairly easily.
Pete.
Glad I found this forum.
I am fettling a dumper at a local steam preservation site. Not so much as an exhibit, but as a useful bit of equipment. As a retired fabricator-welder, patching the rusted bucket and other bits and getting the bucket securing/release latch to work reliably has been fairly easy.
As a motorcyclist, deisel engines are just things that spill fuel and fetch us off and I have no familiarity with them, but fortunately there are guys on hand who know Petters and Listers inside out.
I put "front wheel steering" as the subject as I understand its quite unusual on dumpers. As yet we have no idea what make it is. Possibly when the inches deep filth below the engine are cleaned off some identifying marks may reveal something.
I don't have a good enough photo at present so maybe a general description will be enough to get some suggested names.
It is rear wheel drive, belt driven from a single cylinder Petter with front wheel steering.
Wheels are all 3 stud.
Driver's seat, behind the bucket. Steering wheel & column is central with driver's seat slightly to the left.
Main chassis member is very basic, being just sturdy "U" section steel.
Most guesses of age are around early '60s
The Petter needs new big end shells, but that's in hand. Apart from one wonky steering ball joint it steers Ok and rolls remarkably well and so we hope to get it running fairly easily.
Pete.