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Old dozer New owner
I have recently brought an International BTD 6 dozer - serial # 12163. The dozer is in overall very good condition and as time permits I have been going over and checking and adjusting where necessary,changing oils and applying a bit of grease. Now the question. The old owner handed over some... -
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IH Hough D500 in Bell Bros livery Western Australia
Peter, Great job - looks really good. Worked for Bell Bros up the NorthWest in the early 70s when Red and White ruled the way.- Paydozer
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- Forum: Models and Miniatures
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Historic NZ Earthmoving Projects
dbtmaz, Ant chance of the MOW plant number on the 9G. -
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Leighton Contractors scrapers
Open cab. Yes both the 992 and 988 were open cab as were the 9G - if I can recall right not even the 769s had AC cabs - there was a back up Inter 560 loader with a enclosed cab and am sure no AC, - this was a Brambles supply unit .There were some pretty dirty operators at the end of a 12 hour... -
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Leighton Contractors scrapers
Gavin84w, Will have a look through my photos when I get home next week but we were only running dozers, loaders and dumpers at Shay Gap WA - Cat 988,992,769 and D9Gs - mid 1975. -
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Historic NZ Earthmoving Projects
Any ideas ? Malcolm, Some great shots - I see a couple of Roadmakers TD 24s - any idea on ownership of the other gear in the shots ? -
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Historic NZ Earthmoving Projects
Good Memories. Really great link - lots of good memories - the MOW 560 Payloaders and Komatsus were after my time.Will have a go over the holiday season to try and post some of my Twizel photos. -
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Historic NZ Earthmoving Projects
RayC, Will be back in Kiwiland in a couple of weeks and will do a bit of digging and see what photos I can find. Would be interesting to get a bit of history/photos on some of the contractors on these jobs also as there would be very few if any still in operation today? Earthmoving like the... -
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Historic NZ Earthmoving Projects
Hello RayC Would be keen to know where you tracked down Contracting and Construction mags from? - they are a bit like Rocking horse s_ _ _ I subscribed to Road Transport and Contracting from mid 1966 on and have obtained a few C&C on Trademe and Ebay but very hard to come by. I... -
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Wabco scrapers at work
Tournaphil. Shot of the sleeping lizard - post 516 - where and when ? -
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komatsu shop display dozers, excavators,trucks etc
I will second that - pic and prices please.- Paydozer
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- Forum: Models and Miniatures
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IH2T55 scraper
Long forgotten. A very nice shot - not much chance of seeing anything like that again in NZ. There is talk of a Lower Waitaki power project but it has run into problems with all the do gooders so will probably never go ahead. For the time the Ministry of Works fleet of 495 scrapers must have... -
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IH2T55 scraper
Ministry of Works 495 Payscrapers There were at least 15 495 payscrapers in use at the start on the Benmore Dam - they were still putting in a full days work on the upper Waitaki Power project around Twizel the last time I saw - worked on them in 1971/72 - cannot remember how many were left...