I bought this MF252 digger loader new in June 1967 for £3000 and it
went out on hire operated for £1-5s-0 or twent-five bob an hour in old
money,road tax was £3-15s-0 then went up to £5,it had a hard life digging
trenches for water and gas mains and a good part of it in road work,it has
worked over 14000 hours and travelled over 5000miles its never had the cyl
head off and only had one clutch,it still starts first time over and is still used
reguarly at the farm on light duties mainly loading corn with the extended
front bucket,that aint bad for a 40 year old .
RB
Its still going strong
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thats a good old machine , the first machine i operated after leaving school was a MF 40 that was a good one too ,i also see the jumping jack in the rear bucket i still have one of these in the shed i must get it going on day you could not leave a machine parked on the side of the road like that now it would have no windows left
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happy new year cheers graham
did you get the pm i sent you
happy new year cheers graham
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Graham,thanks just read it,yea the jumping jacks were fun,once saw an irishman
lift one up by the trigger, it fired and jumped up under his chin laying him out poor bugger.
Happy New Year. Roly
lift one up by the trigger, it fired and jumped up under his chin laying him out poor bugger.
Happy New Year. Roly
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Hello Roly
When gas mains were layed around our area in the 1960's I also saw a Paddy floored by one of those jumping jacks.He had trouble getting it to fire,he kept bouncing it to get on the stroke,pulled the trigger,with an almighty bang it collided with his chin we thought he was dead.They are a tough breed,his mate soaked his face in water,he got back on his feet and carried on working. Saw one being worked at the Great Dorset this year.The HSE won't allow these to be worked these days.
Great to see the MF still in use.
When gas mains were layed around our area in the 1960's I also saw a Paddy floored by one of those jumping jacks.He had trouble getting it to fire,he kept bouncing it to get on the stroke,pulled the trigger,with an almighty bang it collided with his chin we thought he was dead.They are a tough breed,his mate soaked his face in water,he got back on his feet and carried on working. Saw one being worked at the Great Dorset this year.The HSE won't allow these to be worked these days.
Great to see the MF still in use.
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