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Maxus
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What about a JCB 4cx? I would think this would be extremely versatile and they're very common, iconic even.
Bri963
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That’s the funniest thing I’ve read in ages.Yea i suppose you do have two engines for reliability
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Monkeybusiness
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A six-toed indecipherable wind-up merchant with an unhealthy knowledge of any once-yellow machinery rotting in the bottom of a hedge, a really really really grumpy old man who collects and paints machinery and is already ready for an apocalypse such as yours, or a truck-driving money-magnet who can build literally anything out of the contents of his own personal scrapyard (think a white BA with less gold but more money)…This could possibly happen. Any suggestions sensible enough to actually be used () will go to a vote...
PS no-one seems to know about the ditch/roadside barrier question though?
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KidCracker
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Fantastic. This is sounding good.
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KidCracker
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Common is good. Would this be as unstoppable as the Volvo?
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KidCracker
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Someone (my apologies for not having people's usernames, I assure you this is all extremely well appreciated) suggested getting off the road into the landscape nearby when things are really backed up, which made a lot of sense. I wanted to know if the scraper/volvo/JCB would have any issues a: punching through roadside barriers and b: getting over roadside ditches which are narrow but often quite deep?
Bri963
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What about a wheeled dozer?
Mobility, class, and that well-known Cat reliability. Plus ability to push artics as well as cars out of the way.
Mobility, class, and that well-known Cat reliability. Plus ability to push artics as well as cars out of the way.
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Maxus
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I think because it has a backhoe (like an excavator arm) it's is some ways it's even more unstoppable because you could fill in ditches, tear down barriers, build ramps, traverse obstacles etc. But maybe not quite as exciting as ramming lorries out the way!
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Lancs Lad
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As much as a geriatric A30 will be fun I feel after a 100 miles of crushing Priuses on the M6 it will be somewhat worse for wear , judging by the way the pricks drive these one can only imagine what positions they would abandon their leccy chariots in the event of a cl*sterfk...
Pushing what is essentially 300 miles of traffic can't be underestimated...I for one would be willing to undertake a test run if someone is willing to underwrite it?
I think a v blade on a wheeled dozer is looking promising..
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
scrapers don't take a lie down as often as ADTs though
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DaveDCB
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Personally the last fella you mentioned is who I thought of initially … he could visit the grumpy welsh paint artist on the way to delivering the goods to the 6 toed mutant ninja bush turtle. Although this seems abit too realistic, might need to make it more fictional……..
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KidCracker
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WOAH!! Are these more common than a scraper? And can they motor?
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KidCracker
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What model is this?
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KidCracker
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Love this. But again: how hard is it to fit a v blade for someone with only a little experience? I can get round that (there's a couple of folks along for the ride who could believably be familiar with heavy machinery) but I think perhaps the more important question is how common are V blades on the average UK site?
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KidCracker
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PS I thought you all might like to know that I'm going through my plot notes now and, at every point where I've highlighted a logistical UK transport issue, I'm just writing next to it in all bold caps: "BULLDOZER, B*TCH"
JD450A
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I was banned by Trax from driving dumpers off highway due to my talents that I blame fully on Colin McRae....... They don't die, trust me.
Regards off the motorway, you'd pick your spot.... Providing you didn't catch the upright barrier posts a A30 or a TS24 would likely just hop over the barrier..... Catch a post and you'd rip a tyre to bits.
The trouble everyone is missing with a shovel or similar is it won't drive over things pulling a trailer..... You could push them out the way, but reversing would be a pita.
Likewise fabbing a blade or pissing about is going to take time and resources.....
Let's be honest here though.... The people on this forum are stranger than fiction
William127
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Good idea, can batter smaller vehicles out the way, manoeuvre larger ones out the way and build its own bridges/fill in ditches. Easy to find as well. Could quickly be modified to tow a trailer- literally 2 holes and 2 bolts.
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bobthebuilder
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Rob65
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A couple of suggestions here. If you want something readily available in most towns that already has a vee blade and a bit of weight behind it look no further than a snow plough gritter truck as is used to clear motorways of snow.
But seriously guy you are all over thinking this. What is one of the most talked about bits of kit on this forum? To save a great debate I’ll tell you. It’s a duck with a tilty and this apocalyptic world would make it perfectly opportunity to tow a trailer on the road which would carry all the quickly changed attachment’s required for the trip.
Need to go off the road? Simple put your grab on and pull the barrier out, then drop the grab on the trailer and pick the bucket up to fill a ditch. Cars obstructing the road? Drop the bucket off the machine on to the trailer and attach your magnet. Use the magnet to clear the cars out of the way. Oh look, there is a lorry on its side blocking the road and it’s too heavy to lift with the excavator arm. No problem fit the scrap metal cutting shear and cut the lorry in to small pieces.
The plot here is unlimited
For the OP who may need a bit more help visualising this, here is a link showing a few different toys / attachments being used on such a machine.
Nearly forgot to mention most of these machines have a dozer blade fitted already that would just push through the saner run of the mill obstacles encountered on the road.
I’ll leave it here for everyone else to have wet dreams writing all the details………….
But seriously guy you are all over thinking this. What is one of the most talked about bits of kit on this forum? To save a great debate I’ll tell you. It’s a duck with a tilty and this apocalyptic world would make it perfectly opportunity to tow a trailer on the road which would carry all the quickly changed attachment’s required for the trip.
Need to go off the road? Simple put your grab on and pull the barrier out, then drop the grab on the trailer and pick the bucket up to fill a ditch. Cars obstructing the road? Drop the bucket off the machine on to the trailer and attach your magnet. Use the magnet to clear the cars out of the way. Oh look, there is a lorry on its side blocking the road and it’s too heavy to lift with the excavator arm. No problem fit the scrap metal cutting shear and cut the lorry in to small pieces.
The plot here is unlimited
For the OP who may need a bit more help visualising this, here is a link showing a few different toys / attachments being used on such a machine.
Nearly forgot to mention most of these machines have a dozer blade fitted already that would just push through the saner run of the mill obstacles encountered on the road.
I’ll leave it here for everyone else to have wet dreams writing all the details………….
JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
I am eagerly anticipating the mention of cetops now....
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