topkit wrote:That is a rare machine indeed Jeremy, Well done for taking it on. For me Hymac is the only name you ever would see on a 360 as I was enjoying my childhood playing on diggers, There were a few JCB's and the odd MF 450s but in the main it was lime green everywhere, Around my area Gamble had 580's and a 590 too, Happy days!
Yes indeed I agree; by me there was Chas Penn's scrap yard with 4 x 580C machines and the 880, then just down the road at Wednesbury there was Chas B Pugh's scrap yard with the stand mounted Hymac 880, a Hymac 610C and a stand mounted 580B, over the road from them was Frank Wright's scrap yard they had a Poclain LC80 and a TCS. Not so far away the Patent Shaft Steel Works operated Hymac 610/610C and 595 machines; up by the 'Baggies' footy ground heading towards the ground away from West Bromwich was a small scrap yard with a single very early Hymac 580C in it, called J.A. Williams, just a bit further up the road there was C.H. Ford & Sons scrap yard that had around five Hymac machines in there among them was a 610C, an early 580C, the rest were 580 and 580B machines, then not so far from Ford's was Dunn Bros who also operated Hymac machines.
Heading back towards home you would find Tew & Rhoden at Great Bridge who operated what I am lead to believe was the first Poclain TY45 in this country, certainly the first one to be used in a scrap yard, they also had a Hymac 610 material handler and later a brand new Poclain 75 stand mounted grab. Burnsides at Willenhall operated an 880 and a 610C, Hill Bros by Junction 10 of the M6 operated a 610C and a 590, back to by the 'Baggies' ground there was Coopers Metals who operated Poclain and Priestman machines. Humphries demolition operated a new Hymac 580C and D Doyle demolition operated Hymac machines, among them was a single Hymac 690 with a two piece boom, and at least one Hymac 890 with the banana style boom, indeed very Happy days for me. I have inserted a copy of the only photo I ever got to take of the 690 operated by D Doyle although I spotted it all over the place by me on different demolition jobs.
Jeremy
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