Here is a photo of my Ruston Bucyrus 38RB series 2 face shovel that I am currently doing up. Hopefully she will be up and running again in the not too distant future.
Matt.
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Re: Ruston Bucyrus 38RB
Fantastic Matt
Please keep us updated on your progress
Any more photos ?
Martyn
Please keep us updated on your progress
Any more photos ?
Martyn
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Hello Matt,
Great project. Great machine. I look forward with interest to furter posts and photos.
Fred
Great project. Great machine. I look forward with interest to furter posts and photos.
Fred
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Re: Ruston Bucyrus 38RB
Martyn, Fred,
Here is another pic. She's a later model fitted with a straight 6-71 Detroit, which had a bit of water in a couple of the cylinders after standing for a good number of years. Hopefully it's nothing that a couple of piston kits won't sort out!
Matt.
Here is another pic. She's a later model fitted with a straight 6-71 Detroit, which had a bit of water in a couple of the cylinders after standing for a good number of years. Hopefully it's nothing that a couple of piston kits won't sort out!
Matt.
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Re: Ruston Bucyrus 38RB
She will sound sweet when you get that Gimmy 6-71 up and running
Will be interesting to see more pics as you progress with the restoration work.
Jeremy
Will be interesting to see more pics as you progress with the restoration work.
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Hi Matt,
That 6/71 GM is a nice unit, the 38s I worked on had Paxman V4s.
Good luck with it.
Fred
That 6/71 GM is a nice unit, the 38s I worked on had Paxman V4s.
Good luck with it.
Fred
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hello fred .
i moved a 54-rb the other day which had come from tipperary for onward shipment to china i believe and that one had a paxman v6 but she was air start.there is some pictures on here that martyn kindly uploaded.
regards graham.
i moved a 54-rb the other day which had come from tipperary for onward shipment to china i believe and that one had a paxman v6 but she was air start.there is some pictures on here that martyn kindly uploaded.
regards graham.
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hello 38rbs11
the 54-rb i moved had been on dragline in tipperary eire,the fairlead was still attached and the drag rope was coiled up in the rear of the machine,it had a paxman v6 fitted and it was air start.it was also fitted with L&W undercarriage.i could not find the serial number on it to say when it was built but i dont think i would be far out if i guessed it was a 1965/1968 build.i actually operated a 54 on face shovel many years ago in a local quarry and that one was fitted with a 5 cyl ruston marine engine i think that variant was called a 5 vcbn but i may not be accurate on that.all 54s had an additional digging lock system ie, free travel in both direction/locked both ways/ locked to rear only/ and locked to forward movement only.
regards graham.
the 54-rb i moved had been on dragline in tipperary eire,the fairlead was still attached and the drag rope was coiled up in the rear of the machine,it had a paxman v6 fitted and it was air start.it was also fitted with L&W undercarriage.i could not find the serial number on it to say when it was built but i dont think i would be far out if i guessed it was a 1965/1968 build.i actually operated a 54 on face shovel many years ago in a local quarry and that one was fitted with a 5 cyl ruston marine engine i think that variant was called a 5 vcbn but i may not be accurate on that.all 54s had an additional digging lock system ie, free travel in both direction/locked both ways/ locked to rear only/ and locked to forward movement only.
regards graham.
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Re: Ruston Bucyrus 38RB
Hello Matt.
That pic of your 38 brings me back twenty five years to when I worked one similar to yours (6/71 powered) and a Dorman powered one before that- the Dorman was a good engine but there's nothing like the sound of a Detroit!
That pic of your 38 brings me back twenty five years to when I worked one similar to yours (6/71 powered) and a Dorman powered one before that- the Dorman was a good engine but there's nothing like the sound of a Detroit!
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