Anyone hear ever see an Eimco

[spod]

GKN Steelworks at Cardiff had a few of these they used to lower them into the hold of ore carriers to clean out the ore in the parts the cranes could not reach. Absolutely horrific conditions for the drivers, claustrophobic to say the least H&S would throw a fit today. I had forgotten about them so thanks for the pics

[XS650]

Is this one , the small one ..........

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[DaveS]

Nope, that looks like a German made Schmiedag.

Dave. S.

[smithdwsn]

This type of Eimco. I have never seen this. It is very small and i think it is very effective.
I show the picture and i understood more about Eimco. It is really nice.

[FOWLER MAN]

I saw several of the small air powered rocker shovels in the 60s and 70s on the collieries.
Heres a photo of a larger diesel model which clearly shows the rocker mechanism.
Fred

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[FOWLER MAN]

Here we go, it was billed as "The world's finest tractor-excavator with cost saving advantages".

Power was from a 125 HP Cummins with Allison torque transmission.

Independent track drive was used with the ability to power one track back and the other forward.

Dave. S.

Hello Dave
Here are some photos of the dozer version of the Eimco105. Verry advanced considering it first appeared in the late 50s.
Fred

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[XS650]

Think this is shovel version at work-