Machinery talk thread

[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



some of the gear doing what it does

[unstuck]

have you released the yellow powerband?

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.

[unstuck]

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

[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.



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.

[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.

[Ocean1]

Sometimes things go wrong with the big stuff!

Meh.

[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

[unstuck]

Is that beastie with the ball a 10RB?

Sorta looks like a ruston dos'nt it.

[Nova.]

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

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

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.

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.

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.