657G caterpillar repair and maintenance

[Bri963]

Here a few photos of Neils job at Bluewater last one is Neil welding box up think these were Rollys photos.I knew Neil well when I was just a teenager I was I often went round his as I only lived about a mile away

Was the 10 Neil’s? There was one on the A14 a few years ago. Single shank rippe.

 

[V8Druid]

That’s the one, Gra.

Motorola 4800 .. 8 hrs on a battery or plug 'em into 12v socket and would re-charge and stay active ... was quite an early 'adopter' .. and got me a lot of earnings/work, by being contactable if/when I was out an' about. they were cumbersome, but worked anywhere

 

[Bob]

Was the 10 Neil’s? There was one on the A14 a few years ago. Single shank rippe.

this one on youtube of Neils

 

[barracane]

 

[barracane]

there are more Fiat Allis on the construction sites and quarries of Calabria than bicycles on the streets. It's an old brand. They're no longer built but you can still see several examples at work on the construction sites in the quarries in the hills. The countryside is leveling, digging, laying out roads, paths, leveling, leveling, creating terraces. and steps to stabilize the steep ridges of the mountains are tireless, tireless and indestructible, the problem will arise when you cannot find spare parts or old disused machines from which to dismantle spare parts that are still good, we will see, it is very versatile and fast, certainly not like the caterpillar obviously, that he drinks like an airplane and spare parts cost a fortune, but those who are satisfied and make do with what they get go ahead and fight.

 

[Bob]

Allis were more popular in the US as thy were fuel hungry and in the UK on muckshifting it was all caterpillar with a few internationals and Eucids

 

[barracane]

Calabria is a poor region so we make do with the little we have. Fiat Allis are old but suitable for many agricultural and earthmoving applications. With the new safety regulations, companies no longer buy large machinery but rent them for the time being. necessary to carry out the work is unfortunately the harsh law of the crisis

 

[Bob]

Just to compare for size a cat657 B alongside a austin maxi I took this photo at Lee Moor Dartmoor and we drove it to Cockermouth bypass

 

[V8Druid]

Just to compare for size a cat657 B alongside a austin maxi I took this photo at Lee Moor Dartmoor and we drove it to Cockermouth bypass

think I have seen you put that pic up before in CEF?? great comparator ... the old Maxi was a good bus (in its time) aside from the lucky dip, cable op. gear change in the early one ... first car I ever drove on the road on my 17th birthday .. a 1750 Maxi

 

[Lancs Lad]

Just to compare for size a cat657 B alongside a austin maxi I took this photo at Lee Moor Dartmoor and we drove it to Cockermouth bypass

Did I read that right...you drove that from Dartmoor to cocker?

 

[V8Druid]

Did I read that right...you drove that from Dartmoor to cocker?

used to regularly see scrapers, Euc.s, etc. driven on the roads when I was young

 

[Lancs Lad]

used to regularly see scrapers, Euc.s, etc. driven on the roads when I was young

Yeah but that's a helluva trip...up over the A6 to shap I bet as well in them days

 

[V8Druid]

Yeah but that's a helluva trip...up over the A6 to shap I bet as well in them days

certainly would've been, but these things were tramped about all over ... big old things to transport back then ... was so much easier to tramp them

 

[Bri963]

Allis were more popular in the US as thy were fuel hungry and in the UK on muckshifting it was all caterpillar with a few internationals and Eucids

There were a few FiatAllis drotts and dozers over here, not many but they were quite highly regarded by people who operated them. As for Euc/Terex, the NCB had a big fleet on opencast, MPH had a big fleet of TS14’s and the army ran a lot of Terex in the RE.

 

[Bob]

Did I read that right...you drove that from Dartmoor to cocker?

The problem with tramping scapers on the road is tyres overheating with Wyatt it was drive a while then stop to let tyres cool down on twin engine we use to pull rear half shafts out and run on one engine ,think the dartford /cocker was over 3 days with police escourt stopping at bed and breakfast also done a several trips Snetterton to Glenfarg that was also a 3 day trip first stop around Ferrybridge second day Morpeth then next day though Edinburgh forth bridge to glenfarg . Also drove scapers from Datchet Resevior to Claydon going around the north circular London for French that was a flat out all the way .Also drove for Blackwel from Millbrok testing to Manchester airport and a lot of shorter distances then in late seventys it was lowloader only

 

[V8Druid]

The problem with tramping scapers on the road is tyres overheating with Wyatt it was drive a while then stop to let tyres cool down on twin engine we use to pull rear half shafts out and run on one engine ,think the dartford /cocker was over 3 days with police escourt stopping at bed and breakfast also done a several trips Snetterton to Glenfarg that was also a 3 day trip first stop around Ferrybridge second day Morpeth then next day though Edinburgh forth bridge to glenfarg . Also drove scapers from Datchet Resevior to Claydon going around the north circular London for French that was a flat out all the way .Also drove for Blackwel from Millbrok testing to Manchester airport and a lot of shorter distances then in late seventys it was lowloader only

anyone ever drop the box by mistake on a trip Bob?

 

[Bob]

You use to see how many cats eyes you could pick up. On the cable boxes DW21s you had to watch the box on some as they use to drop also as a direct drive you could not drop though the box to slow you down quick as most of the brakes were crap

 

[Bri963]

anyone ever drop the box by mistake on a trip Bob?

They used to call it the Big Handbrake.

 

[Giles]

Motorola 4800 .. 8 hrs on a battery or plug 'em into 12v socket and would re-charge and stay active ... was quite an early 'adopter' .. and got me a lot of earnings/work, by being contactable if/when I was out an' about. they were cumbersome, but worked anywhere

My dad had one but bigger battery on bottom than that twice as deep maybe earlier ones, had his number now for over 30 years they added a 7 15 years ago was 0836 now 07836

Then we had one of them superfone cordless jobies at home with a mast worked about 1 mile from mast phone looked like something military

Pardon our interruption...

 

[V8Druid]

My dad had one but bigger battery on bottom than that twice as deep maybe earlier ones, had his number now for over 30 years they added a 7 15 years ago was 0836 now 07836

Then we had one of them superfone cordless jobies at home with a mast worked about 1 mile from mast phone looked like something military

Pardon our interruption...

sure it was Motorola ? ... Panasonic did one with a huge battery pack ... never seen a bigger 4800 style .... my number is what I first got with the phone, mid '80s and have kept it ever since