heres a 222H it was ex malasian military there were 2 of these machines imported into australia only had around 3500hrs on the clock.
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Hello all, found this site by chance while checking out different colours for the wabco 222H. I am the proud operator of the scraper posted above, and I work alongside the other one mentioned that was imported with it.
They were indeed ex malaysian army, and they had around 3500 hours on the clock. They were imported by a small private earthmover, who soon after quit earthmoving. My employers were looking for the machine to start their business up, and they came to buy one of them. The guy wouldnt sell them one though, he would only sell them as a pair, and the price was good, so they bought both. Both scrapers were in excellent working order at the time, and being so few hours helps too
They only had enough work for one, so the one pictured above sat around for a good 6 months while the other one was out working. When there was a block of spare time they built a custom cab on the idle scraper, and I mean they did it properly. Completely sealed cabs, so no dust at all. Lead sheets in the floor to quiten it down. Complete foam coverage in the cab, no steel showing. The best a/c's they could buy, good enough to keep you cold with no airflow bar the a/c itself on a 40 degree day. The biggest speakers they could fit in the space they had in the roof hooked up to a nice radio with an aerial, so you get service everywhere. UHFs built in too, of course. All hooked up to a custom 12 volt system thats been implemented so neatly that you wouldnt even know it was there. We dont like being uncomfortable :tong
After the cab was done (was about a months work for the one cab) they took both scrapers out on site together, and very soon after the other one got the same treatment. My scraper is still the army green colour, and the other one has had a fresh paint job and is now yellow. My scraper recently had a full engine rebuild because it was gutless and smoky, but for some reason the other one doesnt even smoke, its just about like new still, so now they both go hard
In short, they are an absolute pleasure to drive, and theyre treated with the utmost respect. I get very upset when something goes wrong with my machine :tong