could be a 5c probably from the 1960s, same controls as the jcb 3c, or one of the 6 series around about the same era i think.
Yeah I think it’s a 5c from what research I’ve done. do u know if would be worth Saving or is to far gone?
only you can decide that really there could be a good reason it has been left there, very often it is because it broke down and to costly to repair probably worth more as scrap than as a working machine with problems, probably cost a lot to actually get it out from there as well.
Yeah it was owned by a quarry nearby which most machines that come out of a quarry have been abused and the engine went wrong so it’s been left there a good few years would take a hell of a lot of work doing to it to get it back running and able to be used again but I’d like to get it and restore it because it’s an interesting piece of machinery from a long time ago
as far as i can remember the engine was a 4cylinder leyland/bmc same as in a jcb 3c i have used one years ago and found it ok but nowhere close to the later 800 series machines. if you could get it for little money and its something you want to do, go for it, engines arnt that hard to come by but getting a good one may be a bit of a lottery. lots of bits would be hard to come by though i would think.
Likely has a six pot perky from memory
And the fuel pump gauze filter will be blocked!
the counterweight shape would be different and cant see it in the photo i thought the 806/7 had much longer tracks and the one in photo seems short, a quarry would more than likely have had bigger machines than the 5c though 5c was around 12 ton i think 806 maybe 17 they looked a big machine.
Cab is the giveaway
whats left of it, it would be a brave man to take that on for a restoration the gas axe is probably where it will end up, would have thought the quarry would have sent it for scrap when the price was right up unless its hard to get to.Cab is the giveaway
N/A 6354 Perky
