More muck shifting 1960's style

[innes]

Great photos Robbie, great to see the 657s, Sam Campbell, sales rep for Liebherr Ireland told me about driving the 657s from the boat to the yard when he worked for McCormick,s.

Yeah, good photos Robbie,love to see any scraper pictures, Noel, if you see Sam Campbell tell him Innes Macaskill was asking for him.Thanks --Innes

[Black Prince]

Hi Nick
I have rakes of photos spanning two and a hallf decades but as yet havn'nt the know how how to scan and put onto forum,need to ask my lad. I have only a couple of the M5 Exeter but plenty of other contracts I will see what I can do.

[Nick Drew]

Hi Nick
I have rakes of photos spanning two and a hallf decades but as yet havn'nt the know how how to scan and put onto forum,need to ask my lad. I have only a couple of the M5 Exeter but plenty of other contracts I will see what I can do.

Top man yourself!!

I look forward to seeing them in the future and I know everyone else here will too !!

Nick

[komatsu d475-1]

some pictures from the 60s, TS14s Leyland 680 powered, at Woolwich Industrial constuction developments.cannot remember the guys names. New 657s arriving in Ireland for the construction of the Ballymena Bypass mid 1960s
Rob.

Headin to belfast this morning ,me and me aul fella got talking about the motorway and how blackwells 657s and ts 24s did the cut and fill at templepatrick and how the fill was about aprox3-4miles away from the cut and how tyre pressures were let down up to twice a day because of the heat in the tyres ,these were the 57s pictured above after ballymena was finished.my da was on a 951 for grahams at this time.Next time he saw these scrapers was in the Shetlands when they were moved to work along with JMJs new 657s[think he said six] one of which my aul fella got new.Told me that the older 57s with the stiff neck were more bouncy than the one he had which had the cushion hitch.JMJs were set up for pushpull.Thinks that blackwells 657s were about ten years old when he saw them here.Also told me that his 57 was the last one of JMJs to get a second set of rubber.He reckoned about 3800 hours on original Also told me that the secret to make transmissions last was to use the transmission lock as this kept her from going up and down gears unnecessarily[much easier on every thing ].
Has anyone got any more picts of these
Also elsewhere on the forum plantman had posted picts of 619s which are or have been in leslie wrights yard.my aul fella thinks that these may have originally have been bought new by Boltons and if this is the case are quite possibly the first new motorscrapers sold new in ireland
Would Plantman or anyone here have anymore info on this.Cheers Mervyn

[plantman]

Mervyn, yes the Cat 619s where the ones that Boltons had, a bit under powered and used to get over took on the way to the tip. There was also talk of a chap killed on the job driving one of the scrapers, hit a bridge. He said that the drivers where going to slow, may have been a foreman or manager.

[komatsu d475-1]

Hello Noel,Are the 619s still around?Am trying to hunt up some old picts as ive a new scanner coming this week.Have got a couple i came across a few weeks ago of JMJs 623s in the middle east so il see what else i can find and hopefully get them posted next weekend.
Cheers Mervyn

[Neil D]

Mervyn
They were in Willie Elliots hands for a while before being sold to Leslie Wright of Newtownards who still has them tho I believe a lot of work is needed to get them work worthy.

I remember about 1972 or thereabouts Elliots had one of them with a 68A excavating a small carpark for the then Craigavon Developement Commissions headquarters in Portadown.

Neil

[plantman]

Mervyn, there was talk of them still in the yard at Newtownards, will try and find out for you.

[d4c24a]

Mervyn, there was talk of them still in the yard at Newtownards, will try and find out for you.

some pictures would be nice too if possible
cheers graham

[Neil D]

Not much chance there Graham-has a fearsome reputation for people entering the premises being told to sling their hook.

Neil