Machinery talk thread

[Nova.]

Noticed a fair bit of talk of machinery and what not lately, so instead of cluttering up other threads I though I would make this.
if you don't like these kind of things, well you are no real man! so move on...
feel free to post anything machine related, try to avoid posting motorbikes lol...

This has been my beast for the last 4 months, a 2011 ZX160 hitachi


http://distilleryimage3.s3.amazonaws.com/d7872f7ef71d11e1a63622000a1d0283_7.jpg

[DrunkenMistake]

Is it a work tool on the end of the boom, or is it sitting on a bit of wood? Cant tell haha

[unstuck]

Poofter, should of run the ute over, that would of been a good pic.:devil2:

This thing here was the most fun I have had for years, big steep hills, 470hp, big gullys to slide into, fucken loved it.:Punk:

[pzkpfw]

Lasers and hydraulically driven chainsaws. Grrr!

I want to put the cutting head on the front of my car.

(And yes, the machine with the lasers runs Windows...)

[DrunkenMistake]

The Toyota Feller buncher..
Could work,
Hybrid maybe? :lol:

[pzkpfw]

Hybrid maybe?

No, but I'd use it to eat Priuses!

[unstuck]

Lasers and hydraulically driven chainsaws. Grrr!

I want to put the cutting head on the front of my car.

(And yes, the machine with the lasers runs Windows...)

Looks like a good size digger. You guys must sleep all day, thats a tidy looking site.:sleep:

[pzkpfw]

Looks like a good size digger. You guys must sleep all day, thats a tidy looking site.:sleep:

I'm a programmer and mostly work from home, I don't often visit that site (just one client of mine). I've not yet personally driven the cool chainsaw wielding machine, just the laser scanning booth.

It's a very well run site, and it always looks like that when I visit.

[unstuck]

I'm a programmer and mostly work from home, I don't often visit that site (just one client of mine). I've not yet personally driven the cool chainsaw wielding machine, just the laser scanning booth.

It's a very well run site, and it always looks like that when I visit.

There are not many sites that tidy, that I have been to anyway. Is the laser for the head rig?

[Nova.]

Is it a work tool on the end of the boom, or is it sitting on a bit of wood? Cant tell haha

Its attached, we call it a beam (because its pretty much an I beam) , use it for leveling and smoothing soil etc, basically :niceone: a grader blade.

[Nova.]

Oh and for those who haven't seen it, a cool video of a demolition in Christchurch i dun'did :niceone:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l7XpxrFttc

[pzkpfw]

There are not many sites that tidy, that I have been to anyway. Is the laser for the head rig?

The machine on the left has 3 (soon 4) lasers, and that whole cab moves over a stem (chopped down tree), you can see the metal track it runs on.

Using the lasers a 3D data model of the stem is built. Software then uses rules - such as the current market values of different kinds of timber - to figure out the be$t way to cut up the stem.

The stems get stacked up. Later, the machine on the right picks up the stems, and downloads the decisions made by the earlier software. Using those wheels and the chainsaw, it cuts the stems into logs, that then go to the sawmill for finishing.

(The machine in the middle gets me there when I have lasers to carry. Otherwise I take my bike.)

The system's been proven to add significant value to the trees. Out in the forests, the experienced guys run the big machines, it's often the juniors who end up cutting the stems into logs. The software makes better, consistent decisions.

(I took this over, and can't claim to be the original developer.)

[unstuck]

The machine on the left has 3 (soon 4) lasers, and that whole cab moves over a stem (chopped down tree), you can see the metal track it runs on.

Using the lasers a 3D data model of the stem is built. Software then uses rules - such as the current market values of different kinds of timber - to figure out the be$t way to cut up the stem.

The stems get stacked up. Later, the machine on the right picks up the stems, and downloads the decisions made by the earlier software. Using those wheels and the chainsaw, it cuts the stems into logs, that then go to the sawmill for finishing.

(The machine in the middle gets me there when I have lasers to carry. Otherwise I take my bike.)

The system's been proven to add significant value to the trees. Out in the forests, the experienced guys run the big machines, it's often the juniors who end up cutting the stems into logs. The software makes better, consistent decisions.

(I took this over, and can't claim to be the original developer.)

Sweet, sounds like an interesting setup.:2thumbsup

[Nova.]

Sweet, sounds like an interesting setup.:2thumbsup

an expensive one :wait:

[unstuck]

This was one of my more embarrasing moments. Would of been a piece of piss to get it out too, but the damn council didnt want me pulling myself out onto the road for some reason.:weird:

[98tls]

Oh and for those who haven't seen it, a cool video of a demolition in Christchurch i dun'did :niceone:

Great clip,for sure it has to be done and no doubt fun doing it but must really bring home how bad the quake was eh.From Canterbury myself and went up and spent Xmas with my family,old girl lives in Memorial Ave and out there you wouldnt even know there had been an Earthquake so bad.

[unstuck]

an expensive one :wait:

Yeah, could get a new head for the XL with that kind of dosh.:lol:

[Nova.]

Great clip,for sure it has to be done and no doubt fun doing it but must really bring home how bad the quake was eh.From Canterbury myself and went up and spent Xmas with my family,old girl lives in Memorial Ave and out there you wouldnt even know there had been an Earthquake so bad.

yes indeed, most of their belonging were still in the houses as i heard they only had 1 hour to get in and get their stuff. :(

[98tls]

yes indeed, most of their belonging were still in the houses as i heard they only had 1 hour to get in and get their stuff. :(

Crazy eh,you guys must see some bloody good stuff getting trashed.As i said no doubt fun doing it in a big boys toy like you have but a bit heartbraking re the wastage at times.

[unstuck]

Crazy eh,you guys must see some bloody good stuff getting trashed.As i said no doubt fun doing it in a big boys toy like you have but a bit heartbraking re the wastage at times.

Yeah, must suck. I dont think I could do that myself, to fucken soft.:baby:

[Nova.]

Crazy eh,you guys must see some bloody good stuff getting trashed.As i said no doubt fun doing it in a big boys toy like you have but a bit heartbraking re the wastage at times.

we salvage good windows and kitchens, bathrooms etc, but other wise its all going.

[unstuck]

This poor bugger here got it wrong:pinch:

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[unstuck]

This is the shit I want to get back into.

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[unstuck]

AND, better chuck in a couple of good old boys, YEEHAW.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DCI13lQxClY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>:killingme No OSH anywhere in sight, wonder if they have to fill in a gazillion incedent forms like we do here.;)

[bogan]

Speaking of OSH, wonder if they would like this?

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[unstuck]

Speaking of OSH, wonder if they would like this?

FARKME, what the fuck is that thing running?:eek5::crazy:

[GSF]

A Soviet-built tank with two MiG turbines strapped to it? That puts out fires?

Yes please!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nM3IDkIzp2w

[Nova.]

A Soviet-built tank with two MiG turbines strapped to it? That puts out fires?

Yes please!

it didn't even really have to try hahaha

[Nova.]

ouch :(


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwpKEKA728A

[DrunkenMistake]

I seen this one the other day and had to laugh.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2HZJ80mUFI

[unstuck]

Thats nasty alright Nova, seen it before, but always puts a bit of a chill in my spine. I have slidden off of hillsides before in a digger and it is a freaky feeling, there is fuck all you can do really once you are going like that. He should of had cleats on though, may of been a different ending. That pipe layer one is a fuckin hoot too.:2thumbsup I have a couple of mates over in England and Ireland who drive a bit of machinery for a living, mostly tractors on cropping farms over there. I was trying to explain to them about some of our cultivation work up in the hills, they could not grasp what I was talking about, so I sent them this video......<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VUw1ZVaFOIQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> They were shocked, apparently they dont do hill work over there. A couple have since been over and had a go themselves, on some gently rolling country, and they were fucking shitting themselves.:lol::lol:

[Nova.]

this is another doozie, probably seen it but i still laugh every time, fucking crazy russians! :lol:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZldDL3VYYAA

[bogan]

Thats nasty alright Nova, seen it before, but always puts a bit of a chill in my spine. I have slidden off of hillsides before in a digger and it is a freaky feeling, there is fuck all you can do really once you are going like that. He should of had cleats on though, may of been a different ending. That pipe layer one is a fuckin hoot too.:2thumbsup I have a couple of mates over in England and Ireland who drive a bit of machinery for a living, mostly tractors on cropping farms over there. I was trying to explain to them about some of our cultivation work up in the hills, they could not grasp what I was talking about, so I sent them this video......They were shocked, apparently they dont do hill work over there. A couple have since been over and had a go themselves, on some gently rolling country, and they were fucking shitting themselves.:lol::lol:

Hill work with things on the back aint so bad, its carting baleage or gravel on the front end loader that gives me the shits. Fucking unsuspended single pivot beam axle makes it very unstable, never rolled one, but brought a back wheel up and had to turn into the slope or drop the loader a few times. Even managed to get it on three wheels on the flat, may have been trying to do drifties though :whistle: Its likely the bump stops would prevent it going over, but I'm not keen to test that theory!

[Nova.]

Hill work with things on the back aint so bad, its carting baleage or gravel on the front end loader that gives me the shits. Fucking unsuspended single pivot beam axle makes it very unstable, never rolled one, but brought a back wheel up and had to turn into the slope or drop the loader a few times. Even managed to get it on three wheels on the flat, may have been trying to do drifties though :whistle: Its likely the bump stops would prevent it going over, but I'm not keen to test that theory!

hahaha so im not the only one whose tried to drift a front end loader? :killingme

[bogan]

hahaha so im not the only one whose tried to drift a front end loader? :killingme

The lockable diff is there for a reason! Though last time I used it was cos I got stuck in a bog building an MX track, took about 20mins to crawl out again with the loader. Protip, bogs on an incline shoud be approached from the bottom, so a slide down the hill take you out of the bog :pinch:

[GSF]

it didn't even really have to try hahaha

I know, if it could talk it would be like "come on guys, gimme something to work with here". In a thick Hungarian accent.

[DrunkenMistake]

this is another doozie, probably seen it but i still laugh every time, fucking crazy russians! :lol:


The commitment was there, Ill give them that.

[Nova.]

Gee this sure is a dangerous and reckless thing for this operator do do huh unstuck :killingme:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RTKOznfWJA

[unstuck]

Gee this sure is a dangerous and reckless thing for this operator do do huh unstuck :killingme:

Pfft, just another day at the office.:zzzz:;)

[Nova.]

Pfft, just another day at the office.:zzzz:;)

I see so many vids like this on youtube and they all seem to think this is dangerous or amazing.. maybe they live on the flatt :wait:

[unstuck]

I see so many vids like this on youtube and they all seem to think this is dangerous or amazing.. maybe they live on the flatt :wait:

Be more interesting to see him get it back up, then we would see what sort of operator he is.:Punk:

[unstuck]

:Punk::Punk::Punk::Punk::Punk::Punk::Punk:

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AUC2CanBcLY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I :love: Menzi Mucks.

[unstuck]

You would want to have faith in your gear working here.:sweatdrop:Oops::bye:

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[Nova.]

poofter has a cable :whistle:

[unstuck]

poofter has a cable :whistle:

And a fucken strong one you would hope.:pinch:

[Ocean1]

This thing looks a bit usefull.



http://youtu.be/IrmHemo4BT4

[unstuck]

Now this would be the way to do firewood.:Punk::Punk:

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[unstuck]

This thing looks a bit usefull.

And a bit of fun too.:2thumbsup Looks quite narrow though, wonder how they go on steeper country..

[Nova.]

This thing looks a bit usefull.
wow look at the joystick on that thing :brick:

[bogan]

wow look at the joystick on that thing :brick:

... thats what she said?

Hell of a lot of hydraulics in some of these machines, guessing they are mostly electronically controlled too? Imagine it would be a nightmare trying to control that many different rams without electrickery syncing them up a bit.

[unstuck]

:gob::crazy::crazy:
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[unstuck]

This thing here has got to be the worst thing I have driven on the road, top heavy piece of shit. Not so bad when empty, but when you get 14 ton of grain sitting in that bin:wacko: Slid down the jollys pass in it one day in the snow:pinch: Still hate it everytime I see it getting around.:yes:

[Nova.]

:gob::crazy::crazy:


Those buses think we're stupid... we know your not real trucks buses! :angry2:

[Nova.]

this is a picture, of a picture, of our old sk60 kobelco being lifted over a house. looks battered but done the job and served us well, this was when it had rubber tracks (peeled off like no ones business with the work we do)
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[unstuck]

Yeah, the rubber tracks do not like broken up concrete and shit. Ripped a few up on the road too. We had a we 700kg kobelco digger that we used to fly into fiordland and other spots by helicopter doing track work, spent heaps of time triying to get it back on its tracks.:2thumbsup

[george formby]

Been awhile since this was posted....



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I'm going to re-skill & be a digger driver, not a tower climbing digger driver, just a good digger driver.

[unstuck]

I'm going to re-skill & be a digger driver, not a tower climbing digger driver, just a good digger driver.

Lesson #1.........Digger OPERATOR. ;)

[unstuck]

Anybody on here know much about 1980 mercedes bus brakes?? Fucking park brake will not release, got heaps of air pressure, when I release it it just dumps air out of the valve up front and stays locked on, strange sort of a setup.:wacko:

[Nova.]

Anybody on here know much about 1980 mercedes bus brakes?? Fucking park brake will not release, got heaps of air pressure, when I release it it just dumps air out of the valve up front and stays locked on, strange sort of a setup.:wacko:

have you released the yellow powerband? :pinch:

[Headbanger]

Video I took at work in Wellington.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR226AuvIQQ

[Headbanger]

and a couple from a project I was on in Masterton

These will be boring as fuck to nearly everyone.

a short lap in a dumper


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P3ndsJXjXY

some of the gear doing what it does


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Day9oJIdPNU

[unstuck]

have you released the yellow powerband? :pinch:

Yep, and the gold one.;) I am thinking it is the spring brake valve, have got it in bits in the kitchen at the moment, so better get back to it before she who must be obeyed comes home.:girlfight:

[unstuck]

NEARLY, everyone banger. There are a few sick fucks like me out there.:wacko:

[Headbanger]

I operated this piece of shit scraper about 15 years ago, she was suffering serious metal fatigue, the goose neck had broken a number of times, tires kept on popping, she caught on fire, seat had collapsed, running a V8 with straight pipes placed right behind the operator.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=275608&d=1357351404

The other pic is a truck mounted cherry picker, we were blowing rocks off the cliff face at Kangaroo Point,Brisbane so the area could be used for absailing.Again about 15 years ago.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=275609&d=1357351406




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[Macontour]

Sometimes things go wrong with the big stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSgLjBZudHY

[Headbanger]

My family have been in Demolition for 3(4?) generations, a few years ago I collected up and scanned every photo I could track down, seeing as some of the people have been involved for a number of decades I was able to track the activities right back to near the beginning, though these photos are from the second period. In the early days they had a single truck and some sledgehammers, They would load the truck during the day then ride back to the yard at night with the workers sitting on the load.

Still, these are old school, I have many many more, Most of which are of a more epic nature, But I'd probably get my arse kicked if I posted them.

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[Ocean1]

Sometimes things go wrong with the big stuff!

Meh.



http://youtu.be/QaIyxnM4Lto

[Nova.]

My family have been in Demolition for 3(4?) generations, a few years ago I collected up and scanned every photo I could track down, seeing as some of the people have been involved for a number of decades I was able to track the activities right back to near the beginning, though these photos are from the second period. In the early days they had a single truck and some sledgehammers, They would load the truck during the day then ride back to the yard at night with the workers sitting on the load.

Still, these are old school, I have many many more, Most of which are of a more epic nature, But I'd probably get my arse kicked if I posted them.


i see jurgens around a fair bit down here

[Headbanger]

i see jurgens around a fair bit down here

The entire company has relocated to Christchurch, and before the quake they spent a year in Invercargill on a decent sized contract.

[Ocean1]

My family have been in Demolition for 3(4?) generations,

Is that beastie with the ball a 10RB?

[Nova.]

The entire company has relocated to Christchurch, and before the quake they spent a year in Invercargill on a decent sized contract.

yeah we relocated from wellington to chch also

[unstuck]

Thats where I would of seen the name, Invergiggle. Is that a drott or MF in pic 3? Good stuff:2thumbsup

[unstuck]

Is that beastie with the ball a 10RB?

Sorta looks like a ruston dos'nt it.:yes:

[Nova.]

Thats where I would of seen the name, Invergiggle. Is that a drott or MF in pic 3? Good stuff:2thumbsup

i love the old track-loaders

old machinery has this aura around it that i just love.

need to find pics of our old poclain excavator, old beast but i love it all the same :2thumbsup

this guy has some cool videos http://www.youtube.com/user/skadill

[unstuck]

Yeah, I removed skadhill from youtube because I was getting so many videos coming up all the time, love some of his forestry stuff. Traxcavators with clam buckets are awesome machines, most of the old drotts are getting pretty rough now though.:yes:

First pic is of an old D4 that I got that had been sitting outside in the rain for 15yrs with no cap on the pipe, the motor was rusted solid, and I had to smash the pistons out.:yes:

Second pic is of an old narrow guage D4, that I bought, did up, then swapped for a D2.

Third pic is me pushing in a gully with the D6.

Fourth pic was when I was having a play in the waiho river on the west coast.

[unstuck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&list=UUv4pGPthfXpeJ5Ys_uNV6iA&v=ZdDLsUH-9S8

[Ocean1]

Sorta looks like a ruston dos'nt it.:yes:

They were the machine of their day, you'd see them all over the place for years after they'd retired from main-stream business. The old man used to work for John Burns in Invercargill, he brought in the two big draglines that worked the Clutha river for years. I remember a photo of the old lady's mini parked in one of the buckets in the Southland Times.

[unstuck]

Dunno what the hell happend there, kept loading the wrong vid.:wacko: Central otago people probably have seen me getting around in this a few years ago, I used to keep all your main highways nicely cut.:nya: From raes junction to haast pass up the lindis pass throught the gibston highway and through the staircase back to kingston.;)

[unstuck]

They were the machine of their day, you'd see them all over the place for years after they'd retired from main-stream business. The old man used to work for John Burns in Invercargill, he brought in the two big draglines that worked the Clutha river for years. I remember a photo of the old lady's mini parked in one of the buckets in the Southland Times.

Still see a few lying around, in various stages of decay. Heaps of buckets lying around down here too.:2thumbsup

[Nova.]

Still see a few lying around, in various stages of decay. Heaps of buckets lying around down here too.:2thumbsup

yeah quite a few people turn the 4 in 1 buckets into excavator buckets for like 30 tonners and shit

[unstuck]

A few random tractor pics. The yellow New Holland backhoe is on its first day back on the job in that photo after rolling into the gully and getting its cab and guards ripped off.:Punk:

[unstuck]

Anybody got an old wabco handbrake valve lying around, It,s either a 961 702 or 961 703. Need a wee sealing washer from the number 1 side. Cannot seem to find any kits online, I dont want to have to get the whole unit.:2thumbsup I am pretty sure it is letting air through and out the control/ relay valve.:wacko:

[unstuck]

Yep, 961 703 0010, last 4 didgets not that important, cos I am doing away with the busstop function.


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[awa355]

If I ever win Lotto, I'm going to buy myself a big 4WD tractor. Christ knows why, but I'm going to. :2thumbsup

[MisterD]

If I ever win Lotto, I'm going to buy myself a big 4WD tractor.

If I ever win Lotto, I'm going to buy a boat, just so as I can justify getting a Fergie to tow it in and out of the water with.

[Nova.]

silly boys, everyone knows if you won the lotto you wouldn't need a tractor to pull your boat in and out of the water, you'd have a crane :whistle:
and who needs to justify anything... your a millionaire:woohoo:

[ellipsis]

...i like this tractor...

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[unstuck]

Thats cool that terror:2thumbsup He must of done something to stabalise the steering, cos usually they wander everywhere with a bit of speed on.:yes:

[unstuck]

Anybody got an old wabco handbrake valve lying around, It,s either a 961 702 or 961 703. Need a wee sealing washer from the number 1 side. Cannot seem to find any kits online, I dont want to have to get the whole unit.:2thumbsup I am pretty sure it is letting air through and out the control/ relay valve.:wacko:

Found a repair kit. $200 +GST and freight:cry: $900 + gst and freight for a new handbrake valve.:brick::angry2:

[awa355]

Now, he ! must've won lotto. I want one with big duels on the back and a big F.E.L

[98tls]

Still see a few lying around, in various stages of decay. Heaps of buckets lying around down here too.:2thumbsup

Was looking at the pic of the D4 you posted back a bit and it reminded me of many many moons ago when i was working for a bloke in Tokanui (spelling?)Was a big block of native,clear fell so we dropped or pushed everything over.Never driven a dozer in my life (i was there simply drop trees) but still have a particular dislike for whatever he was using,had a trailing arch on the back and worked ok but the thing was simply to big for what we were doing,i swear i spent more time carting wire ropes to stumps to pull the thing out with than actually dropping trees:brick:I used to be able to rember what the hell it was but cant these days.The bloke was a pretty good operator,spent many years driving big stuff down around Twizel,James Adams was his name,ironically he was a dead ringer for Grizzly Adams..

[98tls]

Was there a C series dozer way back,sure it was a C something:brick:whatever it was it didnt much like peat.;)

[unstuck]

Wasnt like this one was it? Fiat allis 14c turbo.

[unstuck]

Looking out off the seat of a 14c turbo.........;)

[98tls]

Wasnt like this one was it? Fiat allis 14c turbo.

Possibly mate,its really pissing me off i cant remember to be honest.Sturdy thing its was as one day i was working away and had just started to walk away from a big pine on its way down:eek5:fuck me theres James on his dozer directly in its path,it went straight down the middle of the dozer:yawn:silly prick had decided to come in and hook up from another direction and with this being native and everything so tall i didnt see him coming,nor whilst working did i hear him,bastards had me on and pretended the guy sitting in the cab with him to hook up was in a bad way etc,bastards,gave a fright for a second or to.I swear this thing was a C something but cant remeber,will come to me in the middle of the night probably.

[pete376403]

Wback when I started my apprenticeship at GG&H in Naenae, one of my tasks was to deliver and collect batteries from Lucas at Lower Hutt. On the way I went via Parliament st and there was a weird looking old dozer parked up there.It was a Vickers, the GGH foreman said a number of them had been imported to work on the building of Wellington airport, towing scrapers. They had suspension like a tank, and were considered fast. (10 mph!)
http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=8svyOXSaZkAC&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=vicker+crawler+tractors&source=bl&ots=c6MSppO4fX&sig=qnQ7SSFVbn4fBLrlWhzxROwGuBU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V5LqUJ3FHqapiAKeh4HoBg&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=vicker%20crawler%20tractors&f=false

[pete376403]

Possibly mate,its really pissing me off i cant remember to be honest.Sturdy thing its was as one day i was working away and had just started to walk away from a big pine on its way down:eek5:fuck me theres James on his dozer directly in its path,it went straight down the middle of the dozer:yawn:silly prick had decided to come in and hook up from another direction and with this being native and everything so tall i didnt see him coming,nor whilst working did i hear him,bastards had me on and pretended the guy sitting in the cab with him to hook up was in a bad way etc,bastards,gave a fright for a second or to.I swear this thing was a C something but cant remeber,will come to me in the middle of the night probably.

Case? (10 chars)

[98tls]

Wasnt like this one was it? Fiat allis 14c turbo.

So much for C something,i was way off,driving along in the ute today i finally remembered,it was a TD20,if that means anything to ya.

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So much for C something,i was way off,driving along in the ute today i finally remembered,it was a TD20,if that means anything to ya.

Fuck, that is a big difference.:nya::nya::nya:

[98tls]

Fuck, that is a big difference.:nya::nya::nya:

:brick:Yea,no idea why i was thinking C,anyways the thing spent more time stuck than not,pulled some big drags out though have to give it that.

[unstuck]

Good old machines alright, most of them will be fairly well fucked by now though. 20 ton on peat with a whole lot of vibration= stuck.:2thumbsup

[pete376403]

:brick:Yea,no idea why i was thinking C,anyways the thing spent more time stuck than not,pulled some big drags out though have to give it that.Model suffix - TD20C

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Model suffix - TD20C

That yours???? Looks pretty tidy.:2thumbsup

[skippa1]

my new baby...............crap picture but all I have at the moment

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my new baby...............crap picture but all I have at the moment

Fuck, thats cool, that got the lifting cab too by the look of it.:2thumbsup

[skippa1]

another pic....still dont have a pic with the cab jacked up. It has an eye level of 5.4 metres when jacked up

[skippa1]

Fuck, thats cool, that got the lifting cab too by the look of it.:2thumbsup

yep....cost a load but is a joy to operate.....$36k for a 5 finger grab ................air co..great sounds.........powerful and fast....

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This is the only liebherr I have played on, root raking gorse on some really knarly hills.:yes:
Real seat of the pants, am I going home tonight stuff. Was an alright machine.

[skippa1]

my loader...............

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But, but......Its not green. just had paint has it?

[skippa1]

But, but......Its not green. just had paint has it?

Standard Kawasaki yellow man......but yep....just painted. Has 12000hrs on the clock but runs ok

[Nova.]

never expected this thread to get so popular lol.

one of the only loaders i've operated


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa-_svOcALY

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never expected this thread to get so popular lol.

one of the only loaders i've operated
:2thumbsup. What is it? Last loader I was using ended up at the bottom of a hill in a big ball of flames, was an old fiat allis with no brakes, and it caught fire as I was coming over a hill, so I let it go. It was fucked anyway.:Punk::Punk:

[Nova.]

:2thumbsup. What is it? Last loader I was using ended up at the bottom of a hill in a big ball of flames, was an old fiat allis with no brakes, and it caught fire as I was coming over a hill, so I let it go. It was fucked anyway.:Punk::Punk:

pretty sure its a komatsu of some sort, not sure on tonnage or anything as all our gears painted white and blue, my main expertise is excavators haha.
guessing around the 8 -12 tonne range

[unstuck]

WA 150? Looks about the right size, about 71/2 ton.:Punk:

[Nova.]

yeah i'd say thats pretty much spot on

[unstuck]

Steel tracks, steel deck, what the fuck did they think would happen.:facepalm:
But I have put a D7 off the side of a lowloader in the rain, right about where the northen motorway crosses rosedale rd.:Punk:

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[MisterD]

Last loader I was using ended up at the bottom of a hill in a big ball of flames,

It's 20 years since I was behind the wheel of a loader like this sad specimin. It nearly ended up in flames after I was chased out of a field by (a neighbouring farm's) out of control stubble fire, with my employer still sitting on the bale grab. 5000 bales going up in flames is quite a sight.

http://www.cheffins.co.uk/assets/catalogues/lots/241/2071.jpg

I then got to spend the rest of the day in one of these trying to put in firebreaks with the discs it was hitched to at the time. Did Track Marshalls ever make it to NZ?

http://www.machinery.uk.com/interestingpics/Pic35.jpg

[unstuck]

Have seen a couple of track marshalls at the crank up day, would be a handy wee machine for pulling out firewood logs, Better than my old holder anyway.:Punk:

[skippa1]

Ok, I am looking for an operator. Must be switched on, energetic and full of solutions not problems. PM me if you are keen, this pays well,

Ad is on Trademe
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=550922417&ed=true

[MisterD]

Have seen a couple of track marshalls at the crank up day, would be a handy wee machine for pulling out firewood logs, Better than my old holder anyway.:Punk:

I spent many hours in that old 90, mainly following the 135 that did the ploughing. It was a 20 minute job to grease it up for a day's work, had no a/c, required ear defenders to drive it, but still infinitely preferrable to driving anything with wheels on ploughing...still the best job I ever had.

[unstuck]

Ok, I am looking for an operator. Must be switched on,

Well that leaves me out.:Punk:

[unstuck]

I spent many hours in that old 90, mainly following the 135 that did the ploughing. It was a 20 minute job to grease it up for a day's work, had no a/c, required ear defenders to drive it, but still infinitely preferrable to driving anything with wheels on ploughing...still the best job I ever had.

It is called character, something a lot of modern machinery is lacking. :yes:

[Nova.]

Ok, I am looking for an operator. Must be switched on, energetic and full of solutions not problems. PM me if you are keen, this pays well,

Ad is on Trademe
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=550922417&ed=true

how worried about licenses are you? i.e W.T.R

[pete376403]

That yours???? Looks pretty tidy.:2thumbsup
No, not mine - picture from Google.

Did an apprenticeship with GG&H and later worked for Int Harvester in Lower Hutt. I haven't operated (or even played around on) anything since I left Harvester in about 1975.
Drott 100B was probably the last machine I worked the controls of.
Been in computers ever since, but wouldn't mind getting back into the job. Still got all the tools.

[skippa1]

how worried about licenses are you? i.e W.T.R

Not too fussed, I want experience. I am sick of having to tell people how to drive plant hard without being tough on it and I am also sick of people that have driven a 1.5t excavator in their back yard thinking they can get in a 30t machine and drive it around my expensive plant

[Nova.]

Not too fussed, I want experience. I am sick of having to tell people how to drive plant hard without being tough on it and I am also sick of people that have driven a 1.5t excavator in their back yard thinking they can get in a 30t machine and drive it around my expensive plant

yeah, its not like its hard to operate a machine to its full extent without being hard on it, another funny one is people who have operated 30 tonners on farms thinking they can hop on a 1.5t machine and think their king.
I'm only 17, going on 18 in 2 months but have been around heavy equip my whole life, id say I have atleast 10thousand hours on a excavator, couple hundy on a loader.
If I was in Auckland I'd definitely be keen on a trial but yeah haha.

[unstuck]

In a lot of ways it is easier to operate a big digger than a small one, the small ones move around so much that you spend a lot of time compensating for the movement. The EX 1100 I was playing on at the mine was the worst to operate, because every movement had to be slow and precise, Fucking boring.:yes: I just handed my notice in too, had enough of the bretherens.:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

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[unstuck]

You wouldnt want the train driver in this clip to give it to much welly(or whatever the train equivelant is). Would be a hard landing.:yes:

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[Headbanger]

Heres one we bought over the phone.

Cunning move that one.

She was is bad condition when it was parked up, Then as she sat their in the back blocks people started to strip her, The top of the motor had gone ffs, the entire water system, hydrological pumps and lines...

After our initial inspection we sank a few grand into parts, drove back out there with company mechanic and done one of the roughest patch up jobs ever undertaken, Just to get her up on that transporter. Then to justify the purchase ( I suggested sending it to the scrap heap) it was given a rebirth at considerable expense, and has sat in the yard ever since.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=276029&d=1357801673

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[Headbanger]

Is that beastie with the ball a 10RB?

Can't say I know, We had three of them of a similar design that I know of, Though that was the baby of the bunch.

All of them met a similar fate, No one but the old guys could drive em. Anytime anyone under 60 got in the seat it ended badly.

[Headbanger]

Thats where I would of seen the name, Invergiggle. Is that a drott or MF in pic 3? Good stuff:2thumbsup

Is Drott a brand name? I've rarely heard it used....we called them Traxcavators, and for some reason the only brand the company would use were Komatsu.

[Nova.]

Heres one we bought over the phone.

Cunning move that one.

She was is bad condition when it was parked up, Then as she sat their in the back blocks people started to strip her, The top of the motor had gone ffs, the entire water system, hydrological pumps and lines...

After our initial inspection we sank a few grand into parts, drove back out there with company mechanic and done one of the roughest patch up jobs ever undertaken, Just to get her up on that transporter. Then to justify the purchase ( I suggested sending it to the scrap heap) it was given a rebirth at considerable expense, and has sat in the yard ever since.


what a shame, looks like it would be a good demolition machine at the least

[Headbanger]

what a shame, looks like it would be a good demolition machine at the least

A good demolition machine is a reliable machine, preferely less then 3 years old. That machine would only make the company look bad if put into service.

[Nova.]

A good demolition machine is a reliable machine, preferely less then 3 years old. That machine would only make the company look bad if put into service.

looks new enough to me :sweatdrop

how much do you's want for it i'll write out a cheque :yes:

[Headbanger]

500t mobile drilling rig

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[bogan]

Mobile eh, is that a loose definition! Looks like a fandangled bit of kit though.

Here's something a little bit different.

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[Headbanger]

Mobile eh, is that a loose definition! Looks like a fandangled bit of kit though.


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The entire unit is modular, All the infrastructure was housed in shipping container sized units, the main drill rig lays down flat and is towed away, If you look at the centre of the picture you can see the rows of axles.

A fleet of trucks and a couple of crews and she could be ripped down and moved to a new location in a couple of days.

Definitly one of the more interesting bits of plant I have worked on.

[unstuck]

Is Drott a brand name? I've rarely heard it used....we called them Traxcavators, and for some reason the only brand the company would use were Komatsu.

Drott,s were makers of farm machinery who came up with the bucket/loader system most commonly used on traxcavators, they mated them to international crawler tractors and they just became known as Drotts. MF 200b is one of the best traxcavators, IMO.:Punk:

[Nova.]

Drott,s were makers of farm machinery who came up with the bucket/loader system most commonly used on traxcavators, they mated them to international crawler tractors and they just became known as Drotts. MF 200b is one of the best traxcavators, IMO.:Punk:

used to be used for demolitions of bigger buildings, heard they would track them up to the top floor somehow and work their way down, heard one dude fell through 3 concrete floors and survived in a drott

[Headbanger]

I first came across the word drott when I arrived in Brisbane in 96, Never heard it used in NZ apart from when I was down the sothern end.

Plenty of people have been killed in NZ by dropping drotts/traxcavators through floors. They were used before excavators were readily available, And in hindsight make a very poor demolition machine. Still, my oldboy loves them with a passion, and when they were outmoded by excavators he pretty much stopped driving the gear.

[Nova.]

I first came across the word drott when I arrived in Brisbane in 96, Never heard it used in NZ apart from when I was down the sothern end.

Plenty of people have been killed in NZ by dropping drotts/traxcavators through floors. They were used before excavators were readily available, And in hindsight make a very poor demolition machine. Still, my oldboy loves them with a passion, and when they were outmoded by excavators he pretty much stopped driving the gear.

you always seem to stick to your roots i reckon. i still love the scream of an older excavator over a new one.

[awa355]

The bulldozer is an Allis Charlmers HD20. weighed about 38 ton. Was powered by a GM 6/110 diesel. 2spd transmission. Cable blade, I spent many hours as a kid sitting next to dad. It was mostly used for roading in the Whilstdown pine forests.

The White had a 145hp sidevalve 6cyl. They used to crack the block between the 4/5th cyl. so were eventually re powered with 6/71 GM's.

This one still had the sidevalve petrol engine.


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[unstuck]

The bulldozer is an Allis Charlmers HD20. weighed about 38 ton. Was powered by a GM 6/110 diesel. 2spd transmission. Cable blade, I spent many hours as a kid sitting next to dad. It was mostly used for roading in the Whilstdown pine forests.

The White had a 145hp sidevalve 6cyl. They used to crack the block between the 4/5th cyl. so were eventually re powered with 6/71 GM's.

This one still had the sidevalve petrol engine.


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Great pic.:2thumbsup

[pete376403]

Is Drott a brand name? I've rarely heard it used....we called them Traxcavators, and for some reason the only brand the company would use were Komatsu.
Drott aka International Harvester. Drott may well have been a brand name of just the 4-in-1 bucket, wheich then became a generic name for anything with that type of bucket. When I was at Harvesters every man and his dog had an IH 100B with a 4-in-1 and with a suitable small truck they were in the section clearing business. These guys always referred to their machines as a "Drott".

Traxcavator is/was a Caterpillar trademark after they bought the company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traxcavator

[awa355]

Try this today, and see if you get away with it. Unload the crane, drive it through the Mt Messenger tunnel, then load it back onto the transporter.

I wonder where this country would be today if our Fathers & Grandfathers had to endure the PC world we live in today, instead of getting stuck in and using their heads to deal with problems.


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[nadroj]

There used to be a track around the outside of the Mt Messenger tunnel. I drove a car around it many moons ago - very carefully. Trucks would drive around it if their load was too big, just dragging their trailer around the bank.

[skippa1]

View from my cab today (me driving)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIGm_dXRxG4

My machines working with another operator(I manage the business, dont actually own them myself....)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fbLJ-unEDc

The view of my work site shot today while I was operating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNFl_y8fmX0

[unstuck]

Awesome photos.:2thumbsup

[Big Dave]

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[unstuck]

That is one cool setup Dave.:Punk::Punk: No good getting to some of our beaches though.

[awa355]

Frank Wilcox was an engineer in Putaruru. An absolute genius when it came to doing what couldn't be done. Never had a drawn plan, just worked everything out in his head and went for it.
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Frank Wilcox was an engineer in Putaruru. An absolute genius when it came to doing what couldn't be done. Never had a drawn plan, just worked everything out in his head and went for it.


:2thumbsup Thats the way.:headbang:

[Big Dave]

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[Big Dave]

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[Big Dave]

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[bogan]

mower things

That pretty neat, looks to be all active positioning and sensing etc, that truck one was going along at a fair clip too

[Big Dave]

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[Ocean1]

Fast Trains

I had a ride on the maglev train out of Shainghai, over 430kph feels just like a 747 taking off, only it doesn't.

You're just getting used to the speed and with absolutely no warning you meet the other one coming back the other way. The fucking things are close, you could reach out and touch it, the shockwave is not something to which you'd expose anyone with a heart condition.

[Big Dave]

That would be interesting fo sho.

I've ridden the Bullet from Tokyo to Nagoya a few times and was like a kid.

[Nova.]

i don't like trains, but someone at work started a rumor about another worker saying he had a train set in one of his rooms, a little conductor suit and that he charged 2$ entry

[awa355]

i don't like trains, but someone at work started a rumor about another worker saying he had a train set in one of his rooms, a little conductor suit and that he charged 2$ entry

I heard of a bloke with a sister who was supposed to have a dentist chair in her room. She apparently dressed in a nurses uniform, but she charged $100 entry. :bleh::bleh:

[Big Dave]

but she charged $100 entry. :bleh::bleh:

How much to just watch?

[unstuck]

Those mowers are awesome, that would of made the mowing of central otago so much easier.:niceone:

[awa355]

While the thread is on trains, here's one of the fastest trains out of Ngaroma, a GM powered express on route to Arohena. Only took about a day.276161

[Nova.]

thats a weird looking train :laugh:

[unstuck]

What was the train being used for? A boiler at a mill perhaps? I does not look narrow guage, so wouldnt of thought it was a hauler out of the bush.:scratch:

[awa355]

What was the train being used for? A boiler at a mill perhaps? I does not look narrow guage, so wouldnt of thought it was a hauler out of the bush.:scratch:


It was used as a hauler.( will confirm that) Ngaroma mill had two locy's. The were both sent to Arohena. The other one went on a large skid platform towed by my fathers old RD8. I have a photo of that in my collection.

That same year, my father and his brother drove that D8 from Arohena to Mokai. They virtually made their own road through what we call the Dam country nowadays, to Mangakino. They would back the bulldozer into any streams that looked a bit iffy, then winch themselves out the other side. Took the tractor across the bridge at Mangakino ( no dam then) across below the no.7 hill ( Tokaroa-Whakamaru rd) and onto Ongaroto- Mokai.

Where there was a bridge and it didn't look too safe, they would back the tractor onto the bridge, line it up, set it idling, and pull the master clutch in, then hop off. Dad would wait across the other side, jump on the tractor, turn it around and off they went.

[unstuck]

It was used as a hauler.( will confirm that) Ngaroma mill had two locy's. The were both sent to Arohena. The other one went on a large skid platform towed by my fathers old RD8. I have a photo of that in my collection.

That same year, my father and his brother drove that D8 from Arohena to Mokai. They virtually made their own road through what we call the Dam country nowadays, to Mangakino. They would back the bulldozer into any streams that looked a bit iffy, then winch themselves out the other side. Took the tractor across the bridge at Mangakino ( no dam then) across below the no.7 hill ( Tokaroa-Whakamaru rd) and onto Ongaroto- Mokai.

Where there was a bridge and it didn't look too safe, they would back the tractor onto the bridge, line it up, set it idling, and pull the master clutch in, then hop off. Dad would wait across the other side, jump on the tractor, turn it around and off they went.


And not a hi viz or hard hat in sight.:niceone:

[Big Dave]

If you get 50 minutes unstuck (literally) votching the Russian vid is faskin'atin'.


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[unstuck]

If you get 50 minutes unstuck (literally) votching the Russian vid is faskin'atin'.

Is that the one about the hover planes Dave? Watched that, was very interesting.:niceone:

Wonder what happens when this thing spits a track out in the swamp.:devil2:

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[Nova.]

Is that the one about the hover planes Dave? Watched that, was very interesting.:niceone:

Wonder what happens when this thing spits a track out in the swamp.:devil2:



take one end off the fuel pump, turn the key two clicks and set a match to it :laugh:

[Big Dave]

Da.

But alzo vot I am finding inderesting is reference to 'enemy' and USSR mindset.


Also the way Soviets were able to reproduce the B29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4)that they stole off the US, but were able to incorporate a pair of contra-rotating propellers on another bomber clone (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Tu-116_in_Ulyanovsk_Aircraft_Museum.JPG) - something t' Americans didn't.

[Big Dave]

Reminds I had a customer who imported caterpillar track shoes and digger components from China in the 90's.
They stuck the first new shoes on a D-whatever up in the Hunter Valley and it fractured like glass within minutes.
I never got paid for the brochures either.

[unstuck]

Must say I have been in a few of these situations myself. 0.47 and 2.46 particularly, a couple of times.:facepalm:

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[imdying]

Anybody got an old wabco handbrake valve lying around, It,s either a 961 702 or 961 703. Need a wee sealing washer from the number 1 side. Cannot seem to find any kits online, I dont want to have to get the whole unit.:2thumbsup I am pretty sure it is letting air through and out the control/ relay valve.:wacko:

Do you have some pictures of it?

[awa355]

I hope that's not you at 1.40 wearing a Hi viz jacket?:doh: Some expensive mud there.

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6.pm, closing time, on Anzac st AK. someone for got to put the slewing lock in.

[unstuck]

Do you have some pictures of it?

Sorted thanks, modified a tap washer to work in the park brake valve. Just a wee problem with an airbag sticking now to sort out.:niceone:

[unstuck]

I hope that's not you at 1.40 wearing a Hi viz jacket?:doh: Some expensive mud there.

Not I.:bleh: :niceone:

[imdying]

Sorted thanks, modified a tap washer to work in the park brake valve. Just a wee problem with an airbag sticking now to sort out.:niceone:

All good. Canterbury Transport Spares are often good for old or odd ball shit :yes:

[Ocean1]

6.pm, closing time, on Anzac st AK. someone for got to put the slewing lock in.

I believe you can get similar results by leaving the slewing brake on in a tower crane.

[unstuck]

All good. Canterbury Transport Spares are often good for old or odd ball shit :yes:

Cheers, will keep it in mind, this old bus is going to need a lot of tlc.:niceone: Airfilter $227 +gst :crybaby:

[unstuck]

:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:

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[Nova.]

hahah muppet :laugh:

[awa355]

Canopy on the HD16 was up to industry standards for 1958. ie if a 1st crop Radiata pine buckled it, it would get strengthened during the repair. In 30+ years of logging, They had the edges buckled a few times, but never had a canopy crushed.

The Dodge in the background was an A/B? 114. Came with a slant 6 Crysler valiant motor and 3 spd box. The engine had a low compression head resulting in 130hp. Too high geared for slow heavy work. It would do 60mph in 2nd.

I had had my licence about 1 month when I rolled this ute. ( 2 months old), I had gone for a ride up town to get something from the shops. 20 minutes later, miles away I lost it on a downhill corner. The Dodge was driven home with a skewed cab on it.

I met dad at the door, He just looked at me and said " Well boy, now you know just how good a driver you are" That was one of one of the lowest points in our relationship. I was so hurt. My dads was/is the greatest hero in my life.

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[unstuck]

Amazing how hot you got under those canopys. I know a fella that is still driving one of those dodges around.:2thumbsup

[awa355]

The Dodge was almost identical to the International except for the layout of the headlights. They made a stuff up building the wellside deck. Was too low over the rear axle. If you needed to change the rear tyre, you had to jack up the deck first, otherwise no clearance to get the wheel out.

It replaced the old phase 2 Vanguard ute, Geez that was a good ute, untill you drove down a gravell road, Dust would come in everywhere. For its time, it went like stink. I think they had a version of the Massey Fergie 28 motor. about 2l. If only the Poms had known how to build decent bodies.

[unstuck]

Lovely machines the old vanguards, I prefer the phase 3 one myself.:Punk:

[unstuck]

This guy is a fucking nutjob.:killingme:weird:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LltQQhTQJ0

[awa355]

One or two dressing tables in this piece of wood. I feel sorry for the poor truck.

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One or two dressing tables in this piece of wood. I feel sorry for the poor truck.


Sure would be a few dollars worth of timber there. Would of been fun watching them load the logs on the trucks in them days too.:Punk:

[Motu]

The Dodge in the background was an A/B? 114. Came with a slant 6 Crysler valiant motor and 3 spd box. The engine had a low compression head resulting in 130hp. Too high geared for slow heavy work.

AT4 - low compression slant 6, but as well as the high gearing they didn't have much bottom end torque - so they needed revs, and that made wheelspin...useless. Inter cab, but totally different vehicle.

This is a picture of the Bitumix Euclid - it says circa 1965, so that's not my father servicing it, but it was his favourite machine in the fleet in the late '50's. I was mightily impressed with this huge twin engine motorscraper as a young boy - we used to get to go in the cab with the driver, Dad would hitch a lift in the bowl. And 45 years later - I never knew it had a front axle, I just assumed it was like every other motorscraper. Dad didn't like the F100, he often picked us up on a saturday to go out on a job on the Euclid in a barrel nose or a '36 Ford pickup.

http://fletcherarchives.org.nz/images/archive/md/6099P-43.jpg

[awa355]

[QUOTE=Motu;1130485586]AT4 - low compression slant 6, but as well as the high gearing they didn't have much bottom end torque - so they needed revs, and that made wheelspin...useless. Inter cab, but totally different vehicle.

This is a picture of the Bitumix Euclid - it says circa 1965, so that's not my father servicing it, but it was his favourite machine in the fleet in the late '50's. I was mightily impressed with this huge twin engine motorscraper as a young boy - we used to get to go in the cab with the driver, Dad would hitch a lift in the bowl. And 45 years later - I never knew it had a front axle, I just assumed it was like every other motorscraper. Dad didn't like the F100, he often picked us up on a saturday to go out on a job on the Euclid in a barrel nose or a '36 Ford pickup.

When they started filling lake Benmore, I was told a lot of the earthmoving machines were left on the lake floor to be drowned as the lake filled. Apparently, they couldn't be driven out.

Has anyone else heard anything similar?

[unstuck]

Seems to be quite a common thing. I heard similar stories about manapouri after they finished there.:shutup: Seems really crazy.:shit:

[Motu]

I heard of some very cheap machinery after those big schemes - but just getting them to somewhere else was a huge expense, and then what to do with limited use plant when you do have it in your backyard.

[unstuck]

I guess it is just like the military after the war, sounds like they dumped heaps of machinery around the pacific seas. :blink: The old front axle scrapers were not a huge hit, so I am told, as they were sometimes hard to steer and were always breaking axles. Had a wee play with a couple of Terex scrapers on the motorway that now goes past the town that used to be albany.They can really throw you around, I much prefered pushing them with the D7.:Punk:

[unstuck]

CRANKUP day this weekend in Edendale, :Punk: http://www.edendalevmc.com/events.html

[unstuck]

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rt5uSx3eFYU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> :love:Oh yeah:Punk::Punk::Punk:

[rebel]

It was used as a hauler.( will confirm that) Ngaroma mill had two locy's. The were both sent to Arohena. The other one went on a large skid platform towed by my fathers old RD8. I have a photo of that in my collection.

That same year, my father and his brother drove that D8 from Arohena to Mokai. They virtually made their own road through what we call the Dam country nowadays, to Mangakino. They would back the bulldozer into any streams that looked a bit iffy, then winch themselves out the other side. Took the tractor across the bridge at Mangakino ( no dam then) across below the no.7 hill ( Tokaroa-Whakamaru rd) and onto Ongaroto- Mokai.

Where there was a bridge and it didn't look too safe, they would back the tractor onto the bridge, line it up, set it idling, and pull the master clutch in, then hop off. Dad would wait across the other side, jump on the tractor, turn it around and off they went.

Love hearing/reading old stories like this. NZ truck journal magazine has a few and this would fit right in.

A few that I work on in NW West Australia.

Quad road trains gross at 170 tonne. This joint runs Volvos 700 and 660hp. 8x4, 8x6 and 6x4, drivers run them hard foot flat on either the gas or brake

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/532176_5000260924669_516162132_n.jpg

Broken down Mack Titan 620hp Cummins ISX that I drove 200km to do a turbo on, mid 40 degree heat. Pulling 170 tonne.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0509.jpg

Western Star Cummins ISX Euro 5 with EGR and DPF filter, fucking lemons spend more time in the workshop than on the road.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0349.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0430.jpg

Fuel tanker, I think these gross about 120 tonne

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0230-1.jpg

Jappa I used to drive around the Coromandel as part time job when I was an apprentice.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/DSC01792.jpg

My full time steer linehaul all over NZ taking a break from the tools. 460 Volvo slow as fuck.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0088.jpg

Going back a few years now, but when I was in the RNZN after leaving school.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/16-04-06_0920.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/18-10-06_1431.jpg

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/17-06-06_2318.jpg

[awa355]

In an earlier post I mentioned my father and uncle driving a D8R through the bush from Arohena to Mokai in 1946. Found photos of that very same tractor. Tom was driving it for the sawmill during ww2. In 1946, the Arohena mill closed down. The loccy posted earlier, was taken from Arohena to Ngaroma. on a GMC.

That same year, dad and his brother bought the D8 and drove it making their own way to Mangakino. I dont know why they crossed the Waikato river at Mangakino, then proceeded onto crossing back over the river at Ongaroto then onto Mokai. The road from Mangakino to Tihoi was in place at that time. May have been a time/distance factor. or the country between Tihoi and Mokai was too rugged to push through.
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re; the road trains, do they have the towing hitches offset slightly on alternative sides of the centreline to prevent them 'fishtailling'?

[Nova.]

found out the loader that was in the video is a wa100 - 2 or 3

[Motu]

Another strong memory from my childhood, Dale's Freightway's Leyland Buffalo, another of my father's favourite things to work on. They were the biggest truck Leyland made, and one of the biggest on our roads. Of course with this sort of input into our young brain, my brother and I both became truck mechanics.

http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz350/vicandval/DalesBuffalojpg.jpg?t=1275543739

Apparently many years later it was rebuilt into this, not much of the Buffalo left, just the chassis and diffs.

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q55/atkinsonb/Scan10041.jpg

[awa355]

Dales Frieghtways worked with my fathers heavy haulage co on a number of transporting jobs. The crane on the transporter is an O & K owned by my father and Frank Wilcox. It was a massive dragline that worked a 5cubm bucket. This photo is from the Taupo-Napier hw.

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[Motu]

The Foden!!!! My father was at Dales when they got the Foden, it was the latest greatest thing. Years later in my apprenticeship my foreman had worked at Fodens for 10 years, and he remembered the Foden for Dales - it wasn't a happy build. Foden's came with a Gardiner, Rolls Royce or Foden 2 stroke engine, but Dales wanted a Cummins - the boss at Fodens wasn't the sort of person you told what to do. I don't remember what gearbox went into it, but presume a Roadranger with a Cummins, and that wouldn't have gone down to well either.

[Nova.]

The Foden!!!! My father was at Dales when they got the Foden, it was the latest greatest thing. Years later in my apprenticeship my foreman had worked at Fodens for 10 years, and he remembered the Foden for Dales - it wasn't a happy build. Foden's came with a Gardiner, Rolls Royce or Foden 2 stroke engine, but Dales wanted a Cummins - the boss at Fodens wasn't the sort of person you told what to do. I don't remember what gearbox went into it, but presume a Roadranger with a Cummins, and that wouldn't have gone down to well either.

we have a 2002 8 wheeler foden, love it.

[unstuck]

The first thing that I noticed from that photo awa was how close to the road those fences were, wouldnt be allowed now.:laugh:

[rebel]

re; the road trains, do they have the towing hitches offset slightly on alternative sides of the centreline to prevent them 'fishtailling'?

Interesting, never thought of it. 5 new sets of trailers have been put on the road riding on airbags, which fishtale all over the road and the rear trailer of one has nearly taken out a road train coming the other way. Drivers say the best bet is to back off when another train is approaching then hit the gas as it passes to straighten it out. There is talk of making the two dollies leaf springs to try and settle it down. Most other units are leaf springs and are very stable on the road, no more fishtailing than a B train in NZ believe it or not.

Pulling 170t in 30-45 degree heat takes it toll on the engines, Cat C15/16 and Cummins Signature will be good for 12,000 hours, as a comparison a truck running in NZ hauling up to 45 ish tonne will get 20,000 with the right care no worries. My Volvo I posted above was on around 19000 hours and 1.275 million kms unopened engine. She used to get a bit hot on the steeper hills of NZ :facepalm:

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r158/coop_025/IMG_0107.jpg

[awa355]

I was told back in the 70's that by off setting 3" alternate sides of the centre, that it eliminated the fishtailling effect. The Aussies should know I guess.

[lb99]

got the pc100 a bit bogged, ended up winching it out with a crane. a few days later they poured a concrete foundation on this spot

[lb99]

currentley operating one of these. full manual operation nothing automatic at all, just like using a big old lathe, 'cept this drills around corners

[Nova.]

currentley operating one of these. full manual operation nothing automatic at all, just like using a big old lathe, 'cept this drills around corners

looks interesting :Punk:

[awa355]

Steve Benge from Putaruru drove a similar NCK crane to this one, both owned by my father. He then bought a Bobcat and worked for himself. Steve said the Bobcat was the hardest machine he'd ever learnt to control. Spent more time picking himself up off the ground after being thrown out.

The NCK 304 was purchased new from Cable Price in 1955. Cam Sycomore drove it for the next 18 years. the cab never got hit once by an out of control log. Every panel on the cab remained straight. The benefit of giving a new machine to an old school man who took pride in his work.

The boom was a free fall operation. If the driver didn't keep one foot on the boom brake, it would just drop. The skiddie would stand on the heap of logs and catch the sissor hooks as the driver swung the hooks past the skiddie. The skiddie really had the task of picking out the right log each time to keep the load balanced. This was before PTY started exporting logs. These were for the Putaruru sawmill.

The White was driven by 'Snowy' Lithgow. He drove it from new, for its life time.

From 1947 to 1972, Uden Bros never had a written contract with PTY Industrys. It was all held together by a handshake and a man's word.

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[unstuck]

currentley operating one of these.

Gotta be better than our old grundomat, that thing went wherever the fuck it wanted. Had the bastard pop out in the middle of the SH between te-anau and mossburn.:facepalm:

[lb99]

Gotta be better than our old grundomat, that thing went wherever the fuck it wanted. Had the bastard pop out in the middle of the SH between te-anau and mossburn.:facepalm:

lol have had ours stuck in some expensive places, a bit random the old grundomat. has its place though.

this horizontal drilling is an out of it concept though, takes a bit of getting used to.

all I need to do is rent a property next to a gas station :shifty:

[unstuck]

The grundomat has been very useful around my house, putting in a very useful water system and electricity to my shed and man cave.Keeps everything neat and tidy.:msn-wink:

[unstuck]

I know where there is a 75mm thrust head buried below a gravel road. Could not dig deep enough with a 20 tonner to retrieve it.:innocent:

[awa355]

Sadly, where all great boyhood memories eventually finish up. This White had been fitted with a 555 cummins v8, about 180hp. Sounded like crap after the GM diesels.


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[unstuck]

Breaks my heart to see all of these bits of machinery lying around all over the country, :violin:

But sadly the cost of keeping the things in working order makes collecting the stuff difficult.:crybaby:

[awa355]

Where are the graders??

We had two of them. Both were Aveling Austins. One had a 3/53 GM in it. The other had a Leyland 600. This also had a narrow bull blade mounted in the front, Geez, the design seemed to give them fantastic traction. Great for pulling trucks up hills.

The independent steering of the front and rear axles ( single rear) made for interesting times when learning. These Aveling Austins were before the pivoting chassis designs.

[unstuck]

Ah Graders, they dont make em like they used to. Thank fuck.:Punk:http://www.tpaktopc.net/images/aw/AUSTIN%20WESTERN%20GRADERS.jpg

[unstuck]

My first ever time loading a grader onto the transporter was an old old cat hunk of junk that decided to throw itself into full revs just as I got to the top of the ramps, just missed slamming into the gooseneck and came of the side of the lowbed, past the tractor unit and ended up over a bank, against the cockeys cowshed.:facepalm: I hate graders.

[MisterD]

this horizontal drilling is an out of it concept though, takes a bit of getting used to.

Is this for the UFB optical fibre cables? I sell the test gear they use to test it once it's in the ground, hadn't seen how they were doing the drilling before.

[lb99]

Is this for the UFB optical fibre cables? I sell the test gear they use to test it once it's in the ground, hadn't seen how they were doing the drilling before.

yeah, for ufb. We made our own test rig to test the ribbonets, using compressed air

[Flip]

Just finished overhauling a 4000 hp water pump at work. Farking impeller came loose on the shaft and munted a few things up inside the pump.

Just got it back together and its running very nicely. Had the shaft and impeller assembly dynanically ballanced. The pump casings also needed a few welding repairs to replace some of the worn metal.

[unstuck]

Just finished overhauling a 4000 hp water pump at work. Farking impeller came loose on the shaft and munted a few things up inside the pump.

Just got it back together and its running very nicely. Had the shaft and impeller assembly dynanically ballanced. The pump casings also needed a few welding repairs to replace some of the worn metal.

What the hell you need to move so much water for?:blink:

[unstuck]

Lawnmower need a bit more life? Try something like this. Bit of a tim the tool man invention.:Punk::Punk:

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xEiaTpoQQJ0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>:laugh:

[Nova.]

the amount of fail in this video... :facepalm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLPpxXPrKKY

[unstuck]

the amount of fail in this video... :facepalm:

What a pack of wombles, Your fired, the fuckin lot of ya.:2guns:

[Flip]

What the hell you need to move so much water for?:blink:

Its only one of four big pumps we have.

Irrigating 24,000 Ha in the rolling country behind Oamaru. When all the pumps are running we draw 14 MW.

[unstuck]

Biggest pumps I have seen, are the big corkscrew ones they use in the waikato for draining swampland, damn those things are impressive to watch.:yes:

[Headbanger]

Updated my personal website with a page about the family bizzo, Mostly photos.

http://www.thesafetyhq.com/jurgens-contractors.html

[Nova.]

couple of your guys are doing a demolition 2 blocks from me on madras street.

[Nova.]

could have a fair bit of fun in this :drinkup:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxfw66cFIdE&feature=endscreen&NR=1

[awa355]

Mexican Dragline, was rebuilt about 4 years ago.

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On a slightly 'offline' theme, I saw the shorts for that 'Death roads' programme. Are these staged? No normal truck driver has to ride on the edge of death to the point of get through or die in the process. I'm sure these are simply set ups. What do you think?

[Nova.]

Mexican Dragline, was rebuilt about 4 years ago.



On a slightly 'offline' theme, I saw the shorts for that 'Death roads' programme. Are these staged? No normal truck driver has to ride on the edge of death to the point of get through or die in the process. I'm sure these are simply set ups. What do you think?

Yep sadly tis'a real road, unsure as to why they can't widen the road, maybe lack of equipment?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3XBWDlCtns



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7XNVhCc6BE

[unstuck]

Just widening the death road by half a meter would mean moving many millions of tons of rock and dirt.they could of at least given them a 4x4 truck ffs. Would be a good road to do on a dirtbike.:Punk:

[pete376403]

Just widening the death road by half a meter would mean moving many millions of tons of rock and dirt.they could of at least given them a 4x4 truck ffs. Would be a good road to do on a dirtbike.:Punk:


http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=829617&highlight=bolivia+road+death&page=2

[awa355]

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/U1ZlnE200ms" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>:Punk::Punk:

Just been watching this clip you posted back in January. This is from a film titled " Early Logging Technology of the Mid West," I have the full video tape It's about an hour long from memory. Also on my tape is a 20 minute, 1950's film about the Kaiangaroa forestry logging film, ( remember the 'Look at life' films before the main feature?). Also a good clear movie taken back in the 1920's of kauri logging in the Corromandel ranges.

I must take the casette tape in and get it converted to a disc. I think it costs about $20 somewhere in Hamilton.

[speights_bud]

Surprised no one has already posted it here, the 'MINING MAYHEM' Facebook page, has all sorts of heavy machinery accidents and doozies on it from the Aussie mines etc. lots of good pics and videos.


https://www.facebook.com/MiningMishaps

[awa355]

For those with an interest in American logging and roading machinary. Mostly machinary from the 1970s forward.

Many pages worth browseing through.

http://www.vannattabros.com/index.html

[DrunkenMistake]

CAT 568 FM, I believe there are only two in the country.

281980

[awa355]

The boom looks almost too heavy to lift. I would imagine that most machinary sold in NZ these days would be imported used machines?

[_Shrek_]

did you know CPO Webber (ship wright)

[DrunkenMistake]

The boom looks almost too heavy to lift. I would imagine that most machinary sold in NZ these days would be imported used machines?

Its a brand new machine,
However most of those forestry machines are imported then a forestry cab is built under license and added.

But there are still a good hand-full of new machine sales comes down to the customer I guess.

[Geeen]

Came across this on oooooo toooob today. I'm failing to see the point of the tracks, any ideas


http://youtu.be/FFrt6oOo1Ps

[unstuck]

Was designed for working in swamps, but kept breaking track gear. Massive fail.:weird:

[T.W.R]

Spent a fair bit of time driving this, glad I'm not now seeing what was on the news tonight :(

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=41061&d=1157620580

Worked mainly under the 5130 face shovel
Also drove a 748b scraper
Kept out the road of the D10s when they were floating around, though getting the big push from behind by one was :eek5:

[unstuck]

Why? What happened with the dumper on the news, someone tip one over? Used to love the articulated dumpers, bells and volvos. Good fun they are.:Punk::Punk:

[T.W.R]

Why? What happened with the dumper on the news, someone tip one over? Used to love the articulated dumpers, bells and volvos. Good fun they are.:Punk::Punk:

Solid Energy is dropping something 70 odd jobs at Huntly :pinch:
Was coal corp when I was there, worked Maori Farm 1, Hangipipi, & Glenafton

The dumpers were fun alright :cool: drifting fully loaded on the haul road when damp :lol: used to a be hoot seeing the coal corp boys in the 777s taking the shit away on the top haul roads, going flatout usually mulled up out of their heads :lol: