Classic Working Pics 50s 60s 70s

[Renaultman]

amazing pictures from all. Look at the size of those tyres on those towed scrapers.

[JimInOz]

Thanks for the pics ....this site is becoming an excellent source of old pics & info.
I think the Case is a 1000,but I'm not an expert.Don't see many pics of those anywhere.

Jim

[Neversweat]

Excellent pics
Steve

[XS650]

Pointers crane ( hub caps look Foden ish crane looks Priestman ish ) lifts their Muir Hill 2wl loader out of a hole ,spectators creep closer .

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Thames Trader tipper looks to have square track/ wheelbase dimensions! Drott shows height limitations , time for the telegraph pole ?

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Absolutely battered Scammell Highwayman carries absolutely battered Drott (no trackplates?) past smart sixties sportscars.

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Recruitment advert for cat dozer / scraper operators

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Fordson Thames cherry picker in front of Case shovel excavating , public wander around hole !

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Nervous time for Ameys setting out engineers . Did we get the abutments in the right place ? Scammell Constructor delivers beams ,crane looks like a Priestman on a Foden

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[IBH]

The 'Pointers' crane, to me looks like a Smith.

[XS650]

The answer may be from Holland

[Xilence]

The answer may be from Holland

URL of the original image: http://www.getsmile.com/emoticons/smileys-91853/aiw/biggrin.gif

It's indeed a Smith T35 truck-crane.


URL of the original image: http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9328/t35wfz.jpg

[XS650]

Thanks IBH and Adrie -on a Foden Low Line crane carrier as well.

[DaveS]

Foden Low Line, and some Priestmans mounted on them, including a Pointer owned one.

Note the Priestman marine dredging crane in the background of one.

Dave. S.

[XS650]

Nice pics of the Fodens theres still some of them Priestman marine cranes knocking about on dredgers.
Some more working pics;-
Carters all Ford fleet 13/60 backhoe and d series tippers

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Big hole little excavator and tipper

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Bray shovel and world war 2 Dodge tipper

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WW2 Thorneycroft Coles Crane helps AEC

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Muir Hill dumper .

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