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Jeremy Rowland wrote:Nice Poclain HC300 face shovel Wonder where the trolley bus photo was taken? I can still recall the ones run by Walsall Corporation when I was a kid.

Jeremy

In Reading Jeremy

First two belong to Dave Lee.

Steve

Steve

Bit of a project for somebody in the last pic Steve

Jeremy

Jeremy Rowland wrote:Bit of a project for somebody in the last pic Steve

Jeremy

Once the Hymac is done Jeremy I'll put your name down

Jeremy Rowland wrote: The Cummins V8 had a terrible reputation Steve; I recall Chas Penn & Sons the scrapyard where I got to operate the Hymacs had a D series with the Cummins V8 the registration number was SEA15G it was itself scrapped a long time before the older D series with the Ford 2700 engine.

I was led to believe by an independent Cummins injection specialist that was down to inadequate cooling provision in the Ford trucks. In mobile plant where larger capacity radiators were generally installed they could be very reliable - our two clocked over 16,000 hrs with little if any attention before a precautionary rebuild.

Neversweat wrote:

Jeremy Rowland wrote:Bit of a project for somebody in the last pic Steve

Jeremy

Once the Hymac is done Jeremy I'll put your name down

Not saying too much Steve but there is already another project on the horizon.

Jeremy

Osgood wrote:

Jeremy Rowland wrote: The Cummins V8 had a terrible reputation Steve; I recall Chas Penn & Sons the scrapyard where I got to operate the Hymacs had a D series with the Cummins V8 the registration number was SEA15G it was itself scrapped a long time before the older D series with the Ford 2700 engine.

I was led to believe by an independent Cummins injection specialist that was down to inadequate cooling provision in the Ford trucks. In mobile plant where larger capacity radiators were generally installed they could be very reliable - our two clocked over 16,000 hrs with little if any attention before a precautionary rebuild.

Tony I think they were a bad engine like the V6. I know from a former Cummins man that there were crankshaft breakages amongst other issues; also somewhere I have or did have an advert for the re-launched version that was fitted into a few Ford Cargo trucks and the caption on the brochure was "V8's Vindicated" or words to that effect, even Cummins could not deny the problems, however it is also true that some vehicle manufacturers caused issues with engines they 'shoe horned' into their chassis.

Jeremy

Jeremy Rowland wrote:

Neversweat wrote:

Jeremy Rowland wrote:Bit of a project for somebody in the last pic Steve

Jeremy

Once the Hymac is done Jeremy I'll put your name down

Not saying too much Steve but there is already another project on the horizon.

Jeremy

Another Green Machine ? I'll await further details

Steve