Fórum Plant Talk

Hello Folk,,,,,, I am an old old codger who has always played about with really old cars and I have an old dumper truck and an old JCB3C111 I was very fortunate when at 16 years old my mother got me into a 5 year engineering apprenticeship and the first 6 months was in the workshops learning how to gas weld and use a lathe and milling machine. Thank goodness!!!!!! We live a few miles north of Reading. Anyway my old JCB is used to scrape a dirt lane myself and two neighbours share and i... Read more

Hello folks. I had a little thread going on the old cefourm that I kept updated with pictures. It always got abit of interest but as posting pictures became near impossible on it i havnt posted anything in years to it. So I decided to start a new one here. Hope u enjoy looking in on our work over here in Co Antrim.

Here goes my first attempt at a blog on the new forum Been an owner operator for several years now Dave Rout is the name and I have a mini digger.... ....that’s what told them at a recent BMI breakfast. Are you going to join us then because yours was the best 1 minute presentation? Nah, half the day has gone messing around networking with you guys But, do you know what, I am still getting work from that one meeting. Don’t advertise just do a good job and word gets around Only... Read more

Advice on purchasing a mechanical shovel for a gravel pit A friend of mine has bought a small hill—a gravel pit—and holds a permit to work it and extract aggregates. He owns a 6-ton Kubota; currently, he uses a Caterpillar 320d (borrowed from a friend) to extract the material and a 4-axle Iveco Trakker for transport. He wants to buy a wheel loader for this job—what do you recommend? Keep in mind that he is just starting out and there is limited maneuvering space; as the excavator advances... Read more

So on Friday I headed over to the Entreprenad live show in the south of Sweden for a wee look around . Flew into Copenhagen airport and hired a car and drove over the bridge (and the tunnel) into Sweden, a dear feckn bridge, £50 each way The show was small enough, id say the size of scotplant but had plenty to see and all the main brands were there.

So on Friday I headed over to the Entreprenad live show in the south of Sweden for a wee look around . Flew into Copenhagen airport and hired a car and drove over the bridge (and the tunnel) into Sweden, a dear feckn bridge, £50 each way The show was small enough, id say the size of scotplant but had plenty to see and all the main brands were there.

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Curious to know what way us self employed / business owners will be voting.. given the recent opinion polls are all pointing in one direction!

Thought I'd try this for any events that are happening, preferably not like Miss Marples local fete, but hey I guess some people would die to get there.

Curious to know what way us self employed / business owners will be voting.. given the recent opinion polls are all pointing in one direction!

I’m for getting a new 6 ton straight tip dumper shortly - the simple question is go for a cab or no cab? I’ve never been on a cabbed version , my main issues and thoughts on it are - how loud/hot does it get? Will have aircon but on a hot day it’s fighting a full glass cab and being sat ontop of the engine so will it be effective? Thwaites version seems to be a cab plonked ontop of the existing dumper - but these seem to hold money really well? Where as Mecalac have made a... Read more

So on Friday I headed over to the Entreprenad live show in the south of Sweden for a wee look around . Flew into Copenhagen airport and hired a car and drove over the bridge (and the tunnel) into Sweden, a dear feckn bridge, £50 each way The show was small enough, id say the size of scotplant but had plenty to see and all the main brands were there.