MF450S

[Bri963]

I had to Google that, I had never seen a 450 duck. I bet that was good in its day.

It was a bloody good machine. Slow on its wheels, but when you arrived you made it up.

 

[V8Druid]

It was a bloody good machine. Slow on its wheels, but when you arrived you made it up.

never seen one Bri and googling hasn't produced a lot
MF450R - apparently

that is some bucket

 

[Vinpetrol]

never seen one Bri and googling hasn't produced a lot
MF450R - apparently
View attachment 54544 View attachment 54545View attachment 54546 View attachment 54547View attachment 54552 that is some bucket

What age would that be ? I’d love to try out some of the old ducks . I see it had suspension for the front end so must of been lockable . I remember seeing a really old 3 wheeled poclain duck in the case dealers at hook in the early nineties . I was trying to buy a 93 688 at the time til they fecked me over that MF looks like it might of had servos unless it had a really neat linkage in those pods

 

[topkit]

I have a full range of spec sheets for those MF's from about 1974-75 when there was a tie up with Hannomag.

 

[Bri963]

I have a full range of spec sheets for those MF's from about 1974-75 when there was a tie up with Hannomag.

It was a Hanomag with MF stickers. There was a cast Hanomag plate on the chassis. Massey also sold some of the Hanomag loading shovels under their own brand.

Vin, the ducks had a lockable axle, lockable brake pedal and f-n-r on a column mounted lever. From the seat they were a match for the equivalent Cat/Eders and Atlases of the time, all of which I had my arse in at some point. The Atlases had less rear overhang but were nowhere near zero. Poclain at the time made a big thing of their machine being offered on super singles. With doubles you had a puncture you had seven left to keep you rolling; with a Poclain, you had a puncture you had a problem.

 

[Bri963]

never seen one Bri and googling hasn't produced a lot
MF450R - apparently
View attachment 54544 View attachment 54545View attachment 54546 View attachment 54547View attachment 54552 that is some bucket

I think it might have been a W450 or 450 W. There’s a lot of machines wedged in my head from half a century of operating and spannering, so can’t remember for sure.

 

[V8Druid]

It was a Hanomag with MF stickers. There was a cast Hanomag plate on the chassis. Massey also sold some of the Hanomag loading shovels under their own brand.

Vin, the ducks had a lockable axle, lockable brake pedal and f-n-r on a column mounted lever. From the seat they were a match for the equivalent Cat/Eders and Atlases of the time, all of which I had my arse in at some point. The Atlases had less rear overhang but were nowhere near zero. Poclain at the time made a big thing of their machine being offered on super singles. With doubles you had a puncture you had seven left to keep you rolling; with a Poclain, you had a puncture you had a problem.

did find a pic of a MF Hannomag Bri

cast plate like this ?

 

[Vinpetrol]

It was a Hanomag with MF stickers. There was a cast Hanomag plate on the chassis. Massey also sold some of the Hanomag loading shovels under their own brand.

Vin, the ducks had a lockable axle, lockable brake pedal and f-n-r on a column mounted lever. From the seat they were a match for the equivalent Cat/Eders and Atlases of the time, all of which I had my arse in at some point. The Atlases had less rear overhang but were nowhere near zero. Poclain at the time made a big thing of their machine being offered on super singles. With doubles you had a puncture you had seven left to keep you rolling; with a Poclain, you had a puncture you had a problem.

Bri I’m assuming that would have been the 60,75 and 90 poclains . First duck I remember on super singles . Wet machines though . I never drove one not dripping in oil !

 

[Bri963]

Bri I’m assuming that would have been the 60,75 and 90 poclains . First duck I remember on super singles . Wet machines though . I never drove one not dripping in oil !

They were a lot newer when I was on them

 

[Bri963]

did find a pic of a MF Hannomag Bri
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cast plate like this ?
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That’s the one, Gra. That’s bringing back some memories. For one, parking in front of a portaloo but not realising how close I was. Halfway through lunch someone asked where the site agent was. Someone else said he’d gone for a dump, at which point the alarm bells started ringing. I hadn’t just trapped him in the portaloo, I’d bumped into it and he’d suffered a bit of splash back.