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Re: Traxcavators On Demolition

Post #91 by FOWLER MAN » Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:29 pm

Hello Craig and Paul,
Deffinitely an Allis. In the 1960's I worked (fitting) for The Cardiff Plant Group, they ran Allis machines
and I worked on them all.
There were five HD16 blades, two 7 HG7 shovels and three 6G shovels like the one in the photo.and aTL20 wheeled shovel.
They were good reliable machines. Interestingly some of them had what Allis called Moddulated clutches. This was a mechanical system of gearing and clutches which allowed the tractors to be driven forward by pushing the clutch lever forward and bacwards by pulling it back. There was no direction
gear lever.
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Re: Traxcavators On Demolition

Post #92 by XS650 » Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:37 am

Thanks Fred , its really interesting to hear from you (and others on CMN) , people who've worked with these machines and know their strengths and weaknesses.
So many of the old truck/tractor/plant mags are full of dry detail :-
' In 1961 the Doppelganger Mk 111a was introduced with an increased BORE of .0015 inches and an extra 2.768 bhp and the colour was changed to a lighter shade of puce green after the factory moved from Plumstead'
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Re: Traxcavators On Demolition

Post #93 by XS650 » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:37 pm

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Re: Traxcavators On Demolition

Post #94 by FOWLER MAN » Sat May 01, 2010 1:10 am

Hello Craig
Interesting clips. Especialy the one with the Priestman Wolf backactor, I think the Cat is an HT4 from the 50's which predates the 933.
Thanks for posting.
Regards Fred
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Re: Traxcavators On Demolition

Post #95 by traxcavatorpaul » Sun May 02, 2010 10:58 pm

Nice clips Craig.
I think Fred is right HT4 in the second clip. I know I'm right in the first clip as your 951 is actually a 955. K or L though I can't tell 100% though I would guess L with the cab format.
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Post #96 by XS650 » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:48 am

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Re: Traxcavators On Demolition

Post #97 by bigkit » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:24 pm

Nice clean demo site. You dont see many of them that tidy these days, and not a bit of rubbish or timber to be seen. Good labourers in those days! :lol:


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Re: Traxcavators On Demolition

Post #98 by donbuz » Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:16 pm

FOWLER MAN wrote:Hello Craig and Paul,
Deffinitely an Allis. In the 1960's I worked (fitting) for The Cardiff Plant Group, they ran Allis machines
and I worked on them all.
There were five HD16 blades, two 7 HG7 shovels and three 6G shovels like the one in the photo.and aTL20 wheeled shovel.
They were good reliable machines. Interestingly some of them had what Allis called Moddulated clutches. This was a mechanical system of gearing and clutches which allowed the tractors to be driven forward by pushing the clutch lever forward and bacwards by pulling it back. There was no direction
gear lever.
Fred.

i can remember fitting 2 new clutches in a road roller at tarmac with the same idea forward & reverse lever ,1966 m1 near sheffield

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Re: Traxcavators On Demolition

Post #99 by XS650 » Fri Apr 24, 2015 3:06 pm

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Obliterating Victorian Britain, typical 70s sight.

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Re: Traxcavators On Demolition

Post #100 by David Madden » Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:23 pm

Here are some pics of traxcavators we used on demolition sites in the 70's.
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