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john1950

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  1. You are right to be cautious when working underneath, especialy working on your own. I knew 2 men who went to work under vehicles, one with axle stands under vehicle. They both did not go home again. I have stands and big chocks of wood and am still wary.
  2. Why not edit the items that you have put on and delete them
  3. There will always be someone in a shed with bits of something, and an idea or a dream, are they the ones who really have all of the fun?
  4. Everyone is entitled to a Rant, then just chill. (Or find something chilled)
  5. From the States to the Antipodes then to the North of Scotland without going to its intended destination that is some history.
  6. It would be nice to see the likes of Rampant Rivet and the Thornycroft men put themselves forward.
  7. You know what O&K stands for. (Oil leaks and Kracks) I claim artistic licence for spelling. I was called out to a Cat D6 once when the supervisor had decided to take it off coal and put it on a fly ash pond. On the job the other machines were wide track LGP machines. When I got there if you wanted to fuel it up you would have had to bend down. It was after midnight when it was back on solid ground. GMs always sound in a hurry except these class 66 locomotives. Dormans have a soft note, Cummins especially the big cam just bark. That RR K60 sounds like it should be in something that takes off. Those V16s Cats just sound as if they are enjoying the day. On one site the forman decided to clean out the slurry pond with the Cat D10 it was ok untill the slurry went over the bonnet ond down the air intake. That was expensive to fix after it had been retrieved. I always classed Dorman with Gardner and Meadows, Quietly getting on with the job. Getting Back to Austin K9s I have wondered for a long time If it was a K2 up axled in Ice Cold in Alex. Or a K9 in K2 clothes. As you know the likelehood of reversing a 4x2 up a sandy escarpment is a very long ods game.
  8. Keep your chin up, It will come right in the end.
  9. Welcome. There seems to be a growing pocket in the North East.
  10. I worked with a driver years ago called Dougie Dean when he drove a Cat977, which I disliked as the crowd worked back to front. when I last heard of him he was driving a Lima 2400, He was quick and smooth. I only moved 19RB and 22RBs They always seemed to want to fall backwards with just a short jib for transporting.
  11. I used to work with a driver who did agency work for a company with green trucks, based in H.Le.Spring. They kept old trucks.
  12. I am probably wrong but do these vehicles and owners reside in Durham?
  13. A good dragline operator is an artist with rhythm
  14. High Detergent oils are usually for Diesel engines. Put them in petrols if you want to clean them out. If it is only a top up the detergent will be well disipated in the sump oil. They should mix no problem as long as one is not synthetic
  15. Many years ago I went to collect a Cat D8 from a quarry during the winter. I had to get from where it was parked along then uphill around the side of the quarry to get to the Low Loader. As I walked to the machine the mud sticking to my boots was making me taller. All I can say is the antics to get up the hill must have looked hilarious, sliding back down with the tracks going forward going around in a circle ending up pointing the wrong way. When I eventualy made it digging the tracks out before loading. Of coarse there was an audience in the crusher house. Some days!
  16. A wonderfull project to be involved with. Good luck on your journey.
  17. Vehicle Width and Brakes will become an issue for road registering
  18. Once the treads fill with sticky mud you are driving on slicks
  19. At least they are joining something, a few will get the bug or finance and move to bigger things.
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