Machinery talk thread

**unstuck** · 5th January 2013, 17:45

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

**Ocean1** · 5th January 2013, 17:57

Originally Posted by unstuck

Sorta looks like a ruston dos'nt it.

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** · 5th January 2013, 18:02

Dunno what the hell happend there, kept loading the wrong vid.

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.

From raes junction to haast pass up the lindis pass throught the gibston highway and through the staircase back to kingston.

**unstuck** · 5th January 2013, 18:05

Originally Posted by Ocean1

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.

**Nova.** · 5th January 2013, 19:07

Originally Posted by unstuck

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

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

**unstuck** · 6th January 2013, 04:50

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.

**unstuck** · 6th January 2013, 16:19

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.

I am pretty sure it is letting air through and out the control/ relay valve.

**unstuck** · 6th January 2013, 16:55

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

**awa355** · 7th January 2013, 13:06

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

**MisterD** · 7th January 2013, 14:30

Originally Posted by awa355

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.** · 7th January 2013, 16:44

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

and who needs to justify anything... your a millionaire

**ellipsis** · 7th January 2013, 16:53

...i like this tractor...

**unstuck** · 7th January 2013, 16:59

Thats cool that terror

He must of done something to stabalise the steering, cos usually they wander everywhere with a bit of speed on.

**unstuck** · 7th January 2013, 17:01

Originally Posted by 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.

I am pretty sure it is letting air through and out the control/ relay valve.

Found a repair kit. $200 +GST and freight

$900 + gst and freight for a new handbrake valve.