Me cutting my teeth on my grandfathers Whitlock 505B on our self build development in Tonyrefail South Wales.
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Whoops we broke the digging ram clean out of the top!!! too much power
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Stripped down awaiting repair just a loader at the minute!
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Parked up having a well earned rest! 40 ton of scalpings waiting
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Poclain 60 on the same site
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and again back view
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my granfathers yard before i was let loose on the Whitlock!
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This is where i was digging with the Whitlock
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Look at the price of the road tax for 12 months in 1970 on the logbook for the D1000 turbo Ford D Series in the photo above......... if only
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Finally for the time being one of my father with his brand new Leyland 2421 constructor mixer, hadn't even done a load at this point
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