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Ransomes Unitrac Major Plough near Kippen, Stirlingshire:

Nice find James. Someone of those vintage trailing plough men would still be able to do something with that one.

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nice pic james , looks like it's been waiting a while for a hedge to grow around it :D

strange really , it was obviously used in the field surrounding it i wonder what the intention was for it when it was just unhitched & left  ???

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I wonder if those britains lorrys could be converted to look like this

An "Ergo Cab" AEC............. luvverly bit of kit. Called "Ergo" cab from the word Ergonomics or worker friendly design. A very nice cab to work in. I used to drive a Leyland Comet with the same cab.

Dinky Toys did a truck almost identical to that with a white cab and orange body. Sadly in 1/43 scale. The model ones are worth a lot of money now.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dinky-Leyland-Tipper-Original_W0QQitemZ150351405956QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ToysGames_DiecastVehicles_DiecastVehicles_JN?hash=item2301a46384&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1683%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

But not in this condition. Mint and boxed, up to two hundred quid.  :o

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just a bit of useless information , those ergo cabs were designed by scania  :) the biggest of which was built as the leyland marathon & marathon 2. leylands offer for the heavy 32T class before the T45 roadtrain was built or something like that  ???

anyway back on track

what looks to be a 3pt linkage backhoe with cab & a votex topper, couldn't get any nearer as was the other side of a slurry lagoon  ::)

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a well settled tarrup mower also on the edge of the same lagoon

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These two are I suppose a 'variation on the theme' - an abandoned canabalised bulldozer at the granite quarry (source of curling stones) on the island of Ailsa Craig in the outer Firth Of Clyde, yesterday.  Absolutely sod all chance of a hedgerow here!

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It's been standing in that same position for some considerable time and the buildings behind it have been deserted for even longer so I'm not sure that it is being used :-\ :-\

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who ever parked it there must care slightly, they parked the back hoe streched out so all the rams are protected and wont rust ;)

thats what got me thinking its not abandoned nick, that and the new jcb approved reclining seat  :D :D

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who ever parked it there must care slightly, they parked the back hoe streched out so all the rams are protected and wont rust ;)

Just what I was thinking Nick. It annoys me to see diggers parked with rams open to the elements.

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thats what got me thinking its not abandoned nick, that and the new jcb approved reclining seat  :D :D

That could be kids sean, i know when i was younger we used old car seats to "Drive" the old paddock wrecks, rust wasnt the nicest to sit on...

I allways strecth my boom room permiting, i am the only one at work that does tho ::)

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Just what I was thinking Nick. It annoys me to see diggers parked with rams open to the elements.

Me too guys. Also, anyone with a grudge and a ball hammer can soon give a ram an early retirement!

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Me too guys. Also, anyone with a grudge and a ball hammer can soon give a ram an early retirement!

Never thourght of that tris, ive mainly herd of sand in oil... or operators and powerlines...

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You can always tell a Leyland/ Nuffield based JCB with a quick glance in the cab. White steering wheels were always a dead giveaway.

    This one is what is known as "Ripe for restoration" The cabs always seemed to be the bad point, although I believe they are now available from specialist suppliers in the Classics magazines.

  We always used to grease up exposed rams on diggers if they weren't in use.  :)

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