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Title: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 07, 2008, 05:28:36 pm

My daughter wanted to go to Castle cements's Ketton quarry open day this weekend...... excellent!
After a demo of all the big toys, they let everyone climb all over them!  O0


 More pictures   HERE!    (http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/Shows2008/Ketton_Quarry/index.htm)


For the search engines....
Komatsu - HD785 - WA900
Catapiller 977 - 385C - 775F - PC 800 LC
Averling Barford SR

http://www.castlecement.co.uk/new/kettonworks.asp (http://www.castlecement.co.uk/new/kettonworks.asp)
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: John W E on July 07, 2008, 05:44:51 pm
hi there

Seeing your photographs of the trucks - brings back memories - and, it is quite funny because the other day I myself was sorting through some 'old' photographs and came across three which were taken of a lorry which had turned over.   I have told the story before, it concerns the gentleman with the glass eye.

The lorry in question, which is on its side, is an Avling and Barford 10 tonner; and, if you look closely you will see there is, what we used to call a 'D9' it is a Caterpillar bulldozer.   What we were doing was righting the lorry using a steel hawzer and the D9 to pull it back upright onto its wheels. 

The other shot you will see the workshops - this is where I used to work.   These workshops were makeshift and made from anything we could lay our hands on, a bit like a Shantytown.   This is when I worked in North Wales on the Dam.

Some of the lorries we used to work on 'Ukes' were a similar size to what your photographs are showing i.e. about 45-50 tonners PLUS - V12s under the bonnet.   Do you know these lorries are 'air-start' the starter motor is actually operated by air and they often used to freeze up and one of the tricks was to disconnect the airpipe from the starter motor and pour petrol in.  Reconnect the air pipe and then STAND WELL BACK - we did lose one or two starter motors through being over enthusiastic with the amount of petrol that we put into the starter motors.

Hope you had and your family had a good day - certainly brings back happy memories for me.

aye
john e
bluebird
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: bigford on July 07, 2008, 05:49:18 pm
very cool daughter you got there martin,glad she had a good time O0
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 07, 2008, 07:02:46 pm
very cool daughter you got there martin,glad she had a good time O0

She came free in a 'Lucky bag' ... I got very lucky that day!  ;)

The Loaders are 25 tons per bucket.
The Lorries ( British for Trucks!  ;) ) are 100 tons load.
Four buckets and the lorry is full, 4 scoops take about 50 seconds on a good day!!!  :o

Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: das boot on July 07, 2008, 07:48:49 pm
A D9..that brings back memories. I have the honour of getting one of those on swan neck trailer completely stuck whilst going round the tight corner at the end of Vauxhall Bridge Road in London. I couldn't go backwards or forwards, the police escort drivers  :police: were tearing their hair out as the traffic backed up behind me...it took hours to get me sorted and in a straight line and moving again. They had to close the road and set up diversions, it caused utter chaos!  :angel:

Great memories... giggle giggle.   ::)

Rich
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: cos918 on July 07, 2008, 10:00:21 pm
a castel cement a ketton. we do a job there every 1/4 . It a muddy place but you can see the digger and dumpers from the top of the coal mill were we work.

john
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Stavros on July 07, 2008, 10:18:39 pm
Ah ha I presume you mean that you worked up on the Marchlyn Dam near LLanberis then Bluebird


Stavros
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: dms toucan on July 07, 2008, 10:53:43 pm
Hi
My father used to drive euclid trucks for George Wimpey on the open cast coal fields at black rod near Wigan they also had one of the
worlds largest crawling cranes there for digging out the coal.
martin
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: bigfella on July 08, 2008, 09:17:36 am
Hi All

I may be mistaken (I have been known to be wrong before) but I was under the impression that the trucks, similar to these, used in the open cut mines here in Australia run on electricity generated by a large diesel motor on-board. Can anyone tell me if this is a furfy or is it actually so. Either way they are great Tonka Trucks, no wonder I liked playing with them in the sand pit as a kid.

Regards David
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: sheerline on July 08, 2008, 09:37:25 am
Euclid! Now thats a blast from the past! As a youngster living in Scotland we used to be in awe of these giant machines. They were built in a factory a few miles up the road from us and used to run through in convoys of about four or five at a time... all brand spanking new. To us kids they were towering roaring monsters and we used to run alongside and feel the heat wafthing out from the engines and smell all the new paint. Great memories and one which I had virtually forgotten so thanks for mentioning the name.. it brought it all back!  :)
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: oldiron on July 08, 2008, 10:19:10 am
Hi All

I may be mistaken (I have been known to be wrong before) but I was under the impression that the trucks, similar to these, used in the open cut mines here in Australia run on electricity generated by a large diesel motor on-board. Can anyone tell me if this is a furfy or is it actually so. Either way they are great Tonka Trucks, no wonder I liked playing with them in the sand pit as a kid.

Regards David

 You're quite right. We also have them in Canada moving the goop from the tar sands to the processing plant. The diesel engines are the same used in railway locomotives over here. and each wheel has a railway sized traction motor on it.

oldiron
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Guy Bagley on July 08, 2008, 10:44:55 am
CORR...... I WANT ONE OF THOSE MASSIVE MACHINES !

 I GUESS THEY TAKE SOME STOPPING....... JUST DRIVE OVER THE TOP OF ANY OBSTACLE AHEAD

 IMAGINE THE CARNAGE ON  THE 3 LANES OF SOLID TRAFFIC AHEAD OF YOU ON THE M25 OR M4.....  :D
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Guy Bagley on July 08, 2008, 10:47:30 am
this is the biggest bit of plant i am currently allowed to drive.... :(

http://www.agrimachinetrader.co.uk/picture2.php?pic=/57/telehandlers61.jpg
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: SteamboatPhil on July 08, 2008, 11:16:38 am
And how many bricks can you get on that Guy ?
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: oldiron on July 08, 2008, 12:38:06 pm
And how many bricks can you get on that Guy ?

Apparently they're good for 400 tons, whatever that equates to in bricks.............a whole bunch I don't doubt.

Try this web site for some more pics of the big ones:
http://radio.weblogs.com/0105910/2004/06/21.html

oldiron
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Guy Bagley on July 08, 2008, 01:06:19 pm
And how many bricks can you get on that Guy ?

 our machine is good for about  3 tonnes dead lift..... its enough to unload our pallets of bricks from the factory !
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Bartapuss on July 08, 2008, 10:04:25 pm
Hey John back then when you were young I would have thought they used dinosaurs to move the rocks in the quarry and the wheel was yet to be invented  :D
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: bigfella on July 08, 2008, 10:53:18 pm
Hi Oldiron

Thanks for the pics and confirmation about the BIG Trucks. With Trucks that size one would wonder if they had bathroom facilities and a kitchenette. Certainly airconditioned and probably a very comfortable ride.

Regards David
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: bigfella on July 09, 2008, 01:42:23 am
Hi Oldiron

Thanks for the pics and conformation about the BIG Trucks. With Trucks that size one would wonder if they had bathroom facilities and a kitchenette. Certainly airconditioned and probably a very comfortable ride.

Regards David

Don't you hate it when spellchecker does not know what you meant to say?? When are they going to put a USB interface into the human brain? Of course that should have read CONFIRMATION and not conformation. :embarrassed:
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: barryfoote on July 09, 2008, 07:44:36 am
Hi Oldiron

Thanks for the pics and conformation about the BIG Trucks. With Trucks that size one would wonder if they had bathroom facilities and a kitchenette. Certainly airconditioned and probably a very comfortable ride.

Regards David

Don't you hate it when spellchecker does not know what you meant to say?? When are they going to put a USB interface into the human brain? Of course that should have read CONFIRMATION and not conformation. :embarrassed:

Now to a computer brain that would make no sense. If it is CONFORMATION...(As in the Church blessing). How come when you have been to one,you have been CONFIRMED??
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Martin (Admin) on July 09, 2008, 09:17:10 am
For me, spell checkers usually come back with "No suggestion found!....Are you sure you are using Eingerlish?"

(Correction made Bigfella.)
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: bigfella on July 09, 2008, 10:38:25 am
Thanks Martin. I spake the gooder Englash.

Regards David
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: andywright on July 09, 2008, 11:36:14 am
I can drive this

http://www.emma-maersk.info/

By the way the container capacity has never been officially been realeased, it is thought to be in excess of 14,000TEU's

Andy
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Ghost in the shell on July 09, 2008, 02:08:47 pm
this is the biggest bit of plant i am currently allowed to drive.... :(

http://www.agrimachinetrader.co.uk/picture2.php?pic=/57/telehandlers61.jpg


its a loadall esque init, 2 tonnes lift??
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: craftysod on September 23, 2008, 05:17:13 pm
My brother drives one of them big dumper trucks in oz,lucky git,i'm confined to driving the artic here in not so sunny england  :-\
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: warspite on September 23, 2008, 09:00:10 pm
this is the biggest bit of plant i am currently allowed to drive.... :(

http://www.agrimachinetrader.co.uk/picture2.php?pic=/57/telehandlers61.jpg

I,ve driven a bobcat 7.5tonne version of that, great fun to "crab", best part when driving it, was driving in reverse with 10 centre island  poles at 7 metres (the pedestrian refuges you get on a normal road with a high white globe at the top and a bollard at each end), the gap i was going through was 7.5 metres between bushes on one side and the building, why the best job, i had only passed my fork lift test 5 weeks earlier and was one of three willing to drive it - oh those were the days ( 6 years ago)
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Seaspray on October 31, 2008, 02:11:39 pm
This is one of the vehicles I have driven lately.

Pulls 30 tons of paving bricks.


Seaspray
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: cbr900 on November 01, 2008, 11:24:52 am
Seaspray,

With 30 ton of pavers on the trailer,
and you went out on the street you
would be booked for over loading as
a single axle cannot handle that much weight.......

Roy
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Martin (Admin) on November 01, 2008, 12:34:14 pm

Seaspray, is that one of those yard tractor units that has a hydraulic lift 'Fifth wheel' coupling thingy that connects to the
trailer pin thingy and lifts the whole trailer up, legs 'n all?
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Colin H on November 01, 2008, 02:14:16 pm
Right as usual Martin.

Colin H.
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: bigfella on November 01, 2008, 11:17:02 pm
I was watching a programme on the telly the other night about the semi drivers who drive over the frozen lakes and through the snow etc to resupply the mines in north Canada. Wow they are brave people. It showed that as the trucks drove over the ice on the lakes it would crack under the weight. But being so thick and constant movement by the trucks they did not sink. It takes a brave man to do that knowing that only a few feet of ice is between you and a potential icy death.

Regards David
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: oldiron on November 02, 2008, 02:54:28 am
I was watching a programme on the telly the other night about the semi drivers who drive over the frozen lakes and through the snow etc to resupply the mines in north Canada. Wow they are brave people. It showed that as the trucks drove over the ice on the lakes it would crack under the weight. But being so thick and constant movement by the trucks they did not sink. It takes a brave man to do that knowing that only a few feet of ice is between you and a potential icy death.

Regards David

Certainly takes one of a strong intestinal fortitude. Its interesting the ice action as a truck passes over it. The ice will form a wave as water would around a boat, hence the speed of the trucks has to be kept relatively slow to allow time for the ice wave to adjust. Going to fast will break up the ice.
  There are more ice roads in the north than one would imagine, however, many are across muskeg which is like hard ground during the depths of winter.

John
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Seaspray on November 02, 2008, 09:46:31 am
Martin  For. Admin.

Pulling weights is the load + trailer. It can pull a load more ,trust me on this.

The trailer is plated to 26 tons the load is 1.1.tons times 24,well within spec.

This is a Kalmar Tug built in America autobox, 4 gears. and you can lift the 5 wheel with a lever in the cad.

Also it has a dump valve for the air, making it easy to work with the airlines (on and off) It latches up automatically and a knob in the cab unlatches the trailer. Not built for road going as its states in the cad. For shunting or harbour work.

There is no suspension on the rear axle but have another knob to lower the rear end 4 inch, if required.
I have been told the 5th wheel can lift 60 tons. When I look at the 2 rams under it and they're are about 10inch in dia I believe this is possible. It also has a sterio/cd player.

Entrance to the catwalk is by a sliding door on the rear of the cab and a closer picture of him.

Seaspray
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: ronkh on November 02, 2008, 12:10:53 pm
What?
No copy of the Sun newspaper on page 3 to block your view?
Title: Re: Big diggers trucks and bulldozers.... and a couple of tractors!
Post by: Seaspray on November 02, 2008, 03:01:37 pm
They're all in the roof rack (above the front window) and  include, model boats ,marine modelling, and other books on building models.  :-))

But never the Sun.   ;D

Seaspray