Tugger2
Senior Member
They flat pads are good, my 22B has ice lugs on it and just kills pavement or is really rough walking in the log yard.
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Old conventionals at work
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HATCHEQUIP
Senior Member
Watch the funny faces you get when your showing some of these later generation operators about stalling a torque or using the throttle to lower aload or better yet backing a load down thru the draw works
mitch504
Senior Member
I am sure his cranes haven't seen pavement in the 43 years since he married my sister.
HATCHEQUIP
Senior Member
Keeps him hid does she
mitch504
Senior Member
He likes to go to town less than I do!
Tugger2
Senior Member
Lowering on the draw works worked well most times ,usually you would be boomed up tight because the load is heavy. You had to watch the American cranes with a sprag clutch on the boom hoist it will wind the boom up tight to the stops as the cutout is bypassed . I found out the hard way years ago. Took a while to understand why the boom just bent before our eyes. Maybe a computer would have warned me??
Nige
Senior Member
That would make your eyes water...
Nige
Senior Member
A couple of examples why, when a person comes to live on this beautiful island, there is a simultaneous step backwards in time............
DMiller
Senior Member
WOW, Beautiful Antiques there!!
Tugger2
Senior Member
Are they looking for operators??
mitch504
Senior Member
Unless it's a one-man, owner-operator shop, I guarantee they are. But they will probably pay you in fish....
Tugger2
Senior Member
Fish or beer ,it looks like a nice place.
mitch504
Senior Member
What is that funky little clam digger, anyway?
Nige
Senior Member
No manufacturer name on the counterweight that’s sitting on the barge with it. Based on where we are I would imagine it’s something UK-built like a Priestman or a Ransomes & Rapier. If I get time I’ll see if I can get a bit closer to it and find a maker’s plate.
EDIT: Didn’t have to. A quick Google search shows it to be a Priestman Cub. https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/priestman-cub-restored-to-former-glory
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxey_Towing_Company
EDIT: Didn’t have to. A quick Google search shows it to be a Priestman Cub. https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/the-digger-blog/view/priestman-cub-restored-to-former-glory
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxey_Towing_Company
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Tugger2
Senior Member
The Preistman looks like a nice little machine even has a tubular boom. It has an interesting looking turntable,i see no hook rollers .
Nige
Senior Member
Probably the forerunner of the latest generation of swing bearings used in hydraulic excavators..?
Tugger2
Senior Member
Pretty advanced for 1965.
mitch504
Senior Member
Oh, you're at home, I heard island, but I was thinking central America, or the carribean.
Nige
Senior Member
Fooled ya......... !!
Tugger2
Senior Member
The 40 ton did some clamming ,digging out a fish habitat pond .Had to single lane the traffic so we had a work platform on one lane of the road. Some people were happy to sit there and watch the machine work,others were p##ssed right off being delayed for 15 mins. We ran 90'out almost flat at times with the 3/4 yd bucket . Beat any long reach excavator they could dream up.
