Yes, though I don't know much about their history. Would love to know more. Graemets3, Post #70 on this thread has a pic of one at Prospect in '91, but I can't tell which one, I think it is the one with the blown engines.
I put the going machine to work yesterday, slogging around in black mud on a dam. She performed very well in impossible conditions, I have some video footage, but don't know how to post it.
-Steve
Hi guys
Weakness it must be your lucky day as I was looking for a pic of a wabco for a car forum that I use and stumbled across this forum and thread so thought I'd spend a little time and help you out.
That pic of the white 353 at Prospect in post 70 was in fact a machine that I used to operate and did in fact drive it for a period on that job site at Prospect,small world
.At the time it had a 333 neck on it(it broke the original one) and as you may see from the pic a 353 neck was not the same neck as a 333 because the nose points into the air which meant you could not see much directly in front of you.So have a look at your machines if one points more into the air than thats the one from Prospect,lets hope Brendan and co did not change it after I left.Speaking of Brendan is he no longer with us? as I thought to myself why don't you ask him more about the machines.
So the one I am familiar with was not purchased for Badgerys as Brendan already owned it and quite a few 333's as well and yes as someone has mentioned at full noise they are an impressive bit of gear,wait till you get it flat out in top gear
.I had that one doing about 70k's at prospect hit a very large rock dropped by a cat scraper and got the front wheels off the ground and hit my head on the roof,stupid but fun.
I remember the site engineer on that job was a real clown and used to race around the site in his Range Rover 4WD wagon in between machines almost driving under the front of mine one day.Well the week after that he parks at the end of the cut directly infront of me,so as I said in that machine I could not see out the front he also stands to the side showing me where to load from and yes you guessed it I put the nose of the 353 through the roof of his car
opsI stopped just before I mounted it.I can't tell you how funny it was watching him drive it down the road with the roof on the dash and his head out the drivers window.Those 4WD's have a removeable roof so it was back on the site in perfect condition a few weeks later but he stayed in the office after that:tong.Anyway if you need anymore info ask and I'll see what I can do.Cheers.
P.S. Upload the video to youtube or Photobucket(you need to join) and link it from there,you'll figure it out.
