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Roadless 75 & Hydrocut Mk4 Hedgecutter / tabmodels
in Latest Tractor Conversions & Scratch Builds
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Hello all, but particularly Ian. I've just joined your forum, pleased to be accepted.
Scanning through I found your Hydrcut chat. Firstly, full praise for the MK 4 model, very impressive. Hydrocut holds a special interest for me as I worked for them back in the 70s. I started at the time when the then Giraffe was being developed, my detail was to become the Giraffe specialist. I started in the fab shop, working through the various bays where individual weldments were built, to learn every part, where it went, and its purpose as part of the whole. I spent a lot of time under the wing of an amazing welder/fabricator, a smashing chap called Jack Amos. He was retired but came in at the request of the director Tim Chamberlain to sort out the prototype builds and assemble suitable jigs for production machines. He was well qualified for this as he had worked as prototype and jig builder for Whitlock at Great Yeldham. A very clever man.. it was an honour to work with him.
After working through the fab shop, I moved on to assembly and testing and also developed the role of service trouble shooter alongside becoming company demonstrator. It was a very enjoyable and absorbing job.
All damn good machines... I ran a Simian on a Zetor 8045 on contract work for several years. I believe somewhere on here there are some G-RAHF models, built for Agriplant of Bourne... I built two of the full size machines for them.
I won't "drone on" .... clever little company... still selling splitters and pointers.