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Volvo BM old and the new

Post #1 by Edward » Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:18 pm

Some fotos of Volvo,s at a quarry i worked at in Ramsbottom
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Re: Volvo BM old and the new

Post #2 by Ross » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:44 am

Nice pics ... The early D is a good truck.

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Re: Volvo BM old and the new

Post #3 by XS650 » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:11 pm

Some very early Volvo BM's demolishing a railway bridge in Stockton on Tees ,1970 allegedly
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Post #4 by Nick Drew » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:08 am

Great old Pics Craig!

Looks like a Cat 977 and a D6 on duty aswell.

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Post #5 by XS650 » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:46 am

Yes ,its all Ogdens of Otley's kit they did loads of big demolition jobs on Teesside in the 70's/80's when we were de-industrialising . Fortunately in Teesside's case not completely. :D
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