Machinery talk thread

[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.

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

[unstuck]

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

[skippa1]

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

[unstuck]

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

[unstuck]

never expected this thread to get so popular lol.

one of the only loaders i've operated

. 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.

[Nova.]

. 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.

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.

[Nova.]

yeah i'd say thats pretty much spot on

[unstuck]

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

[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.



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?

[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.

[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,

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