CAT 627G PUSH PULL'S

[D2 Robert Knighton]

Here is some pics of 7 new 627G push pull motor scrapers that i saw sitting in Southampton docks today.

[John Gaunt]

Nice pictures Robert.
I wonder where the machines are destined for ?

[davej]

Are these machines a popular size in the uk, or are these size machines up against the dozer & box combinations.

Dave

[SRB]

Hello there Dave,

Not many (if any) 627's left in the UK, 631 & 37's tend to be the norm (certanley thats all thats come into the UK new over the past few years), the odd 657G on the powerstations and Becher running 657B's.
SB

[nick lamb]

Great to see someone buying scrapers in this country again.I am very curious as to who bought them.

[Rolyd8k]

Nicky,most likely UK coal or one of the coal contractors,if they first go
to finnings yard then Stuart might enlighten us as to who the owners are.

[SRB]

The 627's arent destined for our shores, suspect they are just on a stop over.

SB

[nick lamb]

That's dissapointing.Thanks anyway Stuart.

[Neil D]

I rang Robert the other evening and it was his son Graham who had taken the pics, they reckon the scrapers had been sitting a while and were probally passing through(wonder if I could get a coupla dodgy lowloaders and swap a few of mine, would anybody notice?)

I have three 627B's and one 627A- the only other people with 627's are possibly the Geddes group from Arbroath I think. I do not know of any others in the British Isles

Neil

[nick lamb]

Neil,I had D8's alongside some of Geddes's scrapers.They were all tidy 627A's.That was in 1993 I think.they were on hire to Miller construction.I don't know if they still have them.I also worked with a lad called Robert Davies.He was from the Midlands I think and we were stripping a coalsite in Scotland.He had 2 627B's,1 very tidy 627A (ex Trodham's) and a deacent 621B.I had 4 D8 and boxes on the job and occasionaly drove the scrapers if there were driver problems.In return he lent me his fitter when I needed him.Billy Geary was looking after the scrapers.I also had a D8 on hire to balfour Beattie on the Preston M6 in 1996.McAlpines 6 627B's were there too.Dick Burr ran 4 627A's untill the early 1990's.Never seen any others apart from your pics.