Anyone else interested in construction and/or farming equipment?

[Allegheny1600]

I have always said that if I ever lost my interest in railways, real and model, I would probably get into construction equipment! This probably dates back to my very young days living in Windley, Derbyshire. Where my parents cottage was, we could hear heavy plant machinery working hard when the wind was in the right direction, my parents told me that was the sound of Euclid’s working in the quarries.

What a fascinating name for a three or four year old, Euclid! The name captivated me and I collected and played with Dinky and Corgi toys until model railways took over from about the age of ten.

It came as a great pleasure then to find this video in my YouTube stream recently;

I have one other great friend who takes an interest, anyone on here similarly affected?

Cheers,

John

 

Edit: Title amended to allow farming equipment too!

Edited May 28, 2021 by Allegheny1600

[enginelane]

The steam rally at Pickering used to have working plant demonstrations, road crew and diggers as well as ploughing engines and lumber machinery 

[figworthy]

4 hours ago, enginelane said:

The steam rally at Pickering used to have working plant demonstrations, road crew and diggers as well as ploughing engines and lumber machinery 

 

As did (does ?) the Great Dorset Steam Fair.

 

Adrian

[black and decker boy]

I get to play with such things at work, working on highway construction 

 

it’s quite mesmerising at times

[phil_sutters]

Since I will photograph almost anything, I am part of a small group, on a photo-sharing site, dedicated to construction kit of all types. http://www.ipernity.com/group/338453/doc

[tomparryharry]

One of the 'drivers' at Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway is a Civil Engineer by profession, with Network Rail. As such, some brand new kit, mostly prototypical, gets its first outing at the car park in front of engineers, financiers, interested parties, etc.  I think its cess cleaners last time, and before that, self-propelled haulage machines for replacing OHLE on the Channel Tunnel.  

[Ian Smeeton]

Not so much construction as digging kit.

 

 

The smile on Phil Parkers face as he was shown around was something to behold.

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

 

[Fat Controller]

18 hours ago, Allegheny1600 said:

I have always said that if I ever lost my interest in railways, real and model, I would probably get into construction equipment! This probably dates back to my very young days living in Windley, Derbyshire. Where my parents cottage was, we could hear heavy plant machinery working hard when the wind was in the right direction, my parents told me that was the sound of Euclid’s working in the quarries.

What a fascinating name for a three or four year old, Euclid! The name captivated me and I collected and played with Dinky and Corgi toys until model railways took over from about the age of ten.

It came as a great pleasure then to find this video in my YouTube stream recently;

I have one other great friend who takes an interest, anyone on here similarly affected?

Cheers,

John

I spent a lot of time in my childhood accompanying my father around construction sites, and have always been fascinated by the myriad varieties of industrial and construction plant. His firm didn't have much of their own, but one I remember was a 'Chaseside' front-loader. This was a sort of evolutionary dead-end, reliant on a spider's web of cables, rather than than hydraulic. 

[simontaylor484]

1 hour ago, Ian Smeeton said:

Not so much construction as digging kit.

 

 

The smile on Phil Parkers face as he was shown around was something to behold.

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

 

Many years ago i went to an open day at an open cast mine and a guy had a model of a mechanical shovel like this. I could not tell you what scale it was but it was similar in size to a Bobcat 

[Allegheny1600]

2 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

I spent a lot of time in my childhood accompanying my father around construction sites, and have always been fascinated by the myriad varieties of industrial and construction plant. His firm didn't have much of their own, but one I remember was a 'Chaseside' front-loader. This was a sort of evolutionary dead-end, reliant on a spider's web of cables, rather than than hydraulic. 

Sounds like a brilliant childhood to me!

My dad had his own business in Windley making alabaster ‘baubles’ so the only things I remember were trucks with a means of offloading large ton weight chunks of stone (nowadays a Hi-ab) and all my dad’s stone working tools, some of which are still in my possession. As I said before though, it was the sounds I could hear that got me, I believe a lot of Euclids were powered by Detroit diesels.

[Ian Smeeton]

I'll have to have a close look at our Euclid.

 

I'll take some photos tomorrow

 

Regards

 

Ian

[Mike Bellamy]

20 hours ago, Ian Smeeton said:

Not so much construction as digging kit.

The smile on Phil Parkers face as he was shown around was something to behold.

 

What Ian has not said is that the Ruston Face Shovel is at the Rocks by Rail Museum in Rutland - for the first six years of my life, I lived in Rutland at Tinwell near Stamford and one of my earliest memories is seeing the A1 Stamford Bypass being built in 1959 just up the road from home. Of course me and my brother had Dinky toys which had to be lorries and diggers etc - we played in the garden of the Crown Inn pub where my Grandfather was landlord - I bet some of those toys are still buried under the tree where we played at building 'new roads'. 60 years later I must go back sometime . . . . . . . . 

 

Click Here for link to Rocks by Rail

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[Ian Smeeton]

Euclid.

 

From what I was told, ours actually came from a landfill site at Peterborough, and was spotted out of use by a member of the Museum.

 

She is currently a 'runner', but the paintwork needs a little TLC.... or maybe a complete repaint!

 

 A very purposeful Front End!

 

 

Rugged,  not pretty!

 

 

Not exactly sleek and no 'go faster' stripes, either

 

 

What is it about Cats. They seem to photo bomb everything where you don't want them, but point a camera deliberately at them, and all of a sudden, they vanish!!

 

Regards

 

Ian

PS, I could do the Dragline on Sunday.22RB Ruston Bucyrus if anyone wants.

 

 

[Allegheny1600]

9 hours ago, Mike Bellamy said:

 

What Ian has not said is that the Ruston Face Shovel is at the Rocks by Rail Museum in Rutland - for the first six years of my life, I lived in Rutland at Tinwell near Stamford and one of my earliest memories is seeing the A1 Stamford Bypass being built in 1959 just up the road from home. 

Hi Mike,

 I don’t know if you recall me saying but my grandparents on my mother’s side, came from certainly Lincolnshire and maybe my Grandpa was from Rutland, I can’t recall - he died when I was three! Grandma lived just down the road from where Tony Wright now lives and her sister lived below the famous viaduct, well the embankment leading to it.

 I do recall trips from Derby across to see Grandma and seeing the absolutely huge walking dragline moving from one quarry site to another, it was terrific.

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37 minutes ago, Ian Smeeton said:

Euclid.

 

PS, I could do the Dragline on Sunday.22RB Ruston Bucyrus if anyone wants.

 

 

Hi Ian,

Please see above - yes, please! Great pictures of your lovely Euclid by the way.

Cheers,

John

Edited May 18, 2021 by Allegheny1600
Forgot thanks.

[Mike Bellamy]

Thanks Ian and John

 

After leaving Tinwell in 1960 we moved to Grantham and for the first few months lived with my Grandmother just down the road from the Aveling Barford factory which gives a nice connection to some other construction equipment as shown in the link below.

 

Click Here for Link to some products from Aveling Barford

 

John - having lived here for about 40 years, I have done the Derby-Grantham-Derby trip so many times, I think I could do it with my eyes closed!  I know the area where your Grandmother and her sister lived but haven't been that way for a long time - I too remember being taken to see the walking dragline.

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[Fat Controller]

I recollect Dinky Toys did a model of a Euclid dump truck. It had an angle-dozer blade, and was apparently based on prototypes used on the slag bank at John Summers, Shotton.

[phil_sutters]

These guys sure are interested!

2016 Brighton Model World

2014

Edited May 19, 2021 by phil_sutters

[simontaylor484]

The last transport company i worked for used to move a lot of construction equipment and agricultural machinery too. Some of it was brand new some of it was used going to auctions. Some of it looked like scrap but it was going to one of our customers in Barnsley who broke them for spares

[southern42]

Earth shifters.

 

 

I have been following the Iceland volcano eruption since a couple of days after it began on Friday evening, c. 20.45, March 19, 2021. I had a trip up the A5 this afternoon and found myself imagining the Nant Ffrancon Valley filled with all that lava flowing down to the sea at Bangor.  Mind boggling! It certainly put it into perspective.  Well done those machines!

 

Edit #2 

How embarrassing! Just realised the video is in John’s first post as I back tracked through the thread.

Apologies John. 

 

Polly

Edited May 20, 2021 by southern42
#1 Just a typo!

[southern42]

May I be permitted to boost John's posting re the Lava Wall construction vehicles with a couple of short videos highlighting their attempt to halt and deflect the lava flow in Iceland.

I am still following the volcanic events - I never seem to tire of it. I just wish all this media stuff had been around when I did geography and geology at school. The National Geographic magazine was about as colourful as it got, but not necessarily on curriculum topics. Still, I am thoroughly enjoying what we have now, and I DON'T have to sit an exam!

 

28secs in: Project Leader explains

 

Vehicles at work

 

 

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by southern42
Top video link corrected.

[Ian Smeeton]

I was absolutely drenched in a shower on Sunday, so didn't get round to the Dragline.

 

So I made sure that I got to it today

 

 

Ruston Bucyrus RB22 of  about 1970, give or take a year or two.

 

 

The Back End

 

 

Close up of the rear showing the drive chains and tracks

 

 

The Front End. This is running with a very short Jib. There are two more sections which could be inserted, giving a reach of about 70'

 

Upload limit reached, I will try some more in a bit.

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

 

 

 

[Ian Smeeton]

Lets see if I can squeeze a couple more in under the Radar.

 

 

Jib showing elevation gauge and load advice.

We have two more of the 'Parallel' jib sections which could be inserted for a longer reach

 

 

How to fix your jib to the crane body

 

 

The driving position.

Not very tidy at the moment. The Safety Guards are in place, just as well really, the rate that those wheels move round.

 

VACANCY

 

RB22 Dragline Driver wanted.

 

Must have previous experience, however refresher training will be given.

 

Salary £0.00

 

Hours 10am -4 pm about six Sundays and 4 bank holiday Mondays per year

 

Apply via PM

 

Seriously, we are looking for more volunteers, and it would be nice to see this in action on quarry Days.

 

Regards

 

Ian

[southern42]

An update on the Iceland Volcano vehicles.

 

A new wall is in progress between Nátthagi valley, alongside the lava which is advancing towards the road and the ocean, and Nátthagakriki valley to stop the lava going over the other side as well and possibly towards the town of Grindavík.

 

 

A view from the other side at the beginning of this video: https://youtu.be/ueaLV-9Urrw

 

Views of the wall:

https://youtu.be/zjK9IHMHAAE

https://youtu.be/YjiRdG7jUFg

 

 

 

[southern42]

...and seen, today, still constructing the wall on:

Camera #2 Live Feed #2! Iceland Volcanic Eruption (divided screen showing several cameras)

or, on its own:

Camera #2 RÚV.is Live from the volcano in Geldingadalir, seen from Langihryggur, Iceland.

 

NOTE for Camera #2: This is one of 3 alternating views of the valley so there may be a wait before the view of the wall appears.

 

 

Screenshot showing one of the vehicles - there were two in view, earlier on, working centre picture increasing the height of the wall behind the lava flow (moving under the black crust from right to left).  Five minutes later, this vehicle had moved left out of picture. 

Date below image reads: 2021-06-23 10:34:3?  Time on screenshot (UK Time) 11.35.00

 

 

My interest in earth movers was revitalised on my trip, several years ago, 2016, behind Tornado from London to the SVR when watching Tornado's tender being re-loaded with coal, and seeing on Google Maps that Southall Railway Centre had been using them behind the shed.  Moving coal rather than moving earth.

 

Move #1: Get coal from bunker

 

Move #2: Fill tender

 

Repeat!

[Allegheny1600]

Thanks Polly (I think that’s your name, apologies if not),

That looks a fascinating operation you’ve shown in the videos. The small machine loading Tornado, is *I think* known as a “Bobcat”  - it’s been a while since I was in plant hire and that may be a trade name or a nickname, I forget!

Having found some of my older pictures, here’s something quite large;

 

 

This was a tracked Lima machine serving dredging duty on a barge!

Spotted in Nafplion harbour, Greece in 2019.