Old JCB 3C and 3CX Backhoe Loaders Still at Work

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Old JCB 3C and 3CX Backhoe Loaders Still at Work

Post #1 by XS650 » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:00 pm

Spotted this tidy JCB 3C 111 at weekend together with a rare Coventry Climax Blues Band forklift at the Wensleydale railway , lools like they move it on the Lowmac rail wagon just like the airfix kit :D
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Re: Old JCB's at Work

Post #2 by martyn williams » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:46 pm

Nice class 37 in the background,I have worked on that loco as its marked T for Transrail. :thumbup:
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Re: Old JCB's at Work

Post #3 by Martyn Henley » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:30 pm

That JCB looks in good shape for its age ... good find Craig :thumbup:


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Re: Old JCB's at Work

Post #5 by Martyn Henley » Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:35 pm

:thumbup: good find Pete, yes indeed that does look in good nick for its age, although it has had a respray at some point.

Wonder why the seller has written "extra large front bucket" .. looks a standard bucket to me.

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Re: Old JCB's at Work

Post #6 by XS650 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:36 pm

Something from the weekend, 3/4 rear views not ideal but easy through gates !-
Middleton railway Leeds
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Close to home , shows how massive that 3D arm is !
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3c in Farmyard at Pickering
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Re: Old JCB 3C 3CX Backhoe Loaders at Work

Post #7 by XS650 » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:30 am

Spotted this recently a very early 3CX , registered 2nd October 1979 on DVLA web site.
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Re: Old JCB 3C 3CX Backhoe Loaders at Work

Post #8 by Jeremy Rowland » Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:35 am

Nice find Craig looks to be in decent condition for its age. :thumbup:

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Re: Old JCB 3C 3CX Backhoe Loaders at Work

Post #9 by essexpete » Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:14 pm

That has got to be one of the earliest 3CX machines in existence.

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Re: Old JCB 3C 3CX Backhoe Loaders at Work

Post #10 by XS650 » Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:00 am

Yes, I always thought they came out in 1980.
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