The Classic Machinery Network

Yes, that was us up in Risley with the 24,s
All gone now.
I heard Billy just had his 70th birthday party up in Buxton.
Just home in France now for a week or so, then back out to Mongolia.
Keep the pictures coming in.. I will up load some from our site in Gobi Desert,
But I am afraid no scrapers out there with us,
Plenty of CAT 793 trucks and D10T tractors, ohh.. And half a dozen 16M graders(not anything like the H or G ). The M series are Shait..

Thats a great video link, those crews really got a days work done without goverment intervention.

al6lom wrote:Hi guys, been enjoying this site for quite a while now,just wondered if you'd seen this footage of a coalsite I
worked on in the 70's there's a good few seconds of Merrimans scrapers and D9G's at work. Hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6o1mPs6uUo
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6o1mPs6uUo[/video]

I had the pleasure of working for them when they were crushing and screening down here and in Cornwall. I'm presuming they are still down here, Nigel was my boss down at Lee Moor screening plant running a Mockelin 3 way. I also meet denver and tom when passing. Great people to work for as you knew where you stood with them. It was also the first time I operated a Liebherr 564 wheel loader . No pics sorry.

nick lamb wrote:This pic was taken about 1997 and shows Tommy and Denver.They didn't have much work on so Denver was driving this D8 for me at Widnes and Tommy was building a spare D8 tranny up for me.He also made a D9 torque up for me too out of various bits and bobs.
We went out a couple of times on the drink.Ended up in Brampton Jail

Good pic. Am friendly with Jason. There youngest brother. He to left for England and was in the crushing game. He took a bit of ill health and quit with the bros and now works to m and m plant Cornwall as mechanic. There mother and father live near me I'd go down and visit Sam now and again for a tale or two.

I think their dad,Sam,had breakfast at the house once when he came to collect a D8 blade??can't quiet remember

modelman093 wrote:A few Mrriman pics from around 1966 - Raglan by-pass. Have some more but will have to convert to format compatible with the forum. Plus a couple of Blackwell's for good measure!

i worked on that job for merrimans