Gravelle Plant.

[plantman]

Some photos taken when I was down at Gravelle Plant stripping top soil at Derby on the A50. A very well maintained fleet of scrapers and dozers.

[go back]

some nice photos spent a lot of time on the a50 did not like the job at all

[martyn williams]

Great action photos there Noel

[alan627b]

One thing I've been wondering since I came on this site...with the steel shields over the radiator fronts, how do these Terex units get air to the radiator? Quite a bit different than the same model sold here in the US.
Are they ducted somehow?
Trying to learn something new....thanks!
alan627b

[plantman]

Alan, it is to cut down dust been sucked in to the RAD, the air is sucked in from the side.

[Renaultman]

Nice pics, shame Gravelle's have got rid of their scrapers.

[martyn williams]

I have often thought,how do they get airflow for cooling.
These two examples taken at K J 's, Hello Noel,Neil Dillon may like one of these They are for sale.
Martyn

[Neil D]

Sorry Martyn no go.
Fantastic machines but too labour intensive for me not to mention the parts bills and engine oil and hydraulic oil bills!!

Neil

[Disneykerr]

My old boy bought these scrapers and had to 'cut out' the fronts to keep cool in the hard going. They are (b10s) and are heavier than the older (b9s) which are better machines altogether! These scrapers are en-route to Africa!

[Anthonygliddon]

I'd love to know where some of the tarmac boys are these days like tommy rogers ,big angus ,tudor ,Shirley temple etc we all used to drink together on that job mark gravelle included was good times