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  1. Smalley360

    Rc 30

    Before I purchased my 16 foot trailer. Notice the machine fits but the backhoe bucket has to sit outside the 5x10 trailer.
  2. Smalley360

    Rc 30

    The 30 is also a great cherry picker. I didn't have an engine hoist so the RC-30 did the job pulling my 235 engine out of my 1948 1.5 ton dually.
  3. Smalley360

    Rc 30

    The RC-30 when I got the new Backhoe attachment.
  4. Smalley360

    Rc 30

    My RC-30 on my 5x10 Dump trailer when it was new. I have to split the bucket to get the weight distribution correct. If you notice the Xterra attached to the trailer. I used this about 4 times just before I purchased my diesel Dodge 2500. It was right at its max towing capassity but did the...
  5. Smalley360

    Rc 30

    I love my RC-30. Would not give it up. It runs like a champ. The only problem with it is that the tipping capasity is low. It needs more tail weight. Especially when I put on my backhoe attachment and drive down grade it seems to tip toe. I am in the process of making a weight box that...
  6. Smalley360

    The Great Grandfather of Excavators!

    This is a Picture of my Restoration Project. It is a 1968 English Walking Excavator the "Smalley 360". You move it around with the bucket, tip it up and pull. Scooting where you need and when you have to turn you slew it to the direction you want and pull. VERY FAST, TOP SPEED OF 2.5 mph LOL...
  7. Smalley360

    RC30 - remove battery

    I know I'm a month late on this post, sorry. I got my battery out of my RC30 without unhooking or loosening anything besides the hold down bracket. It is like a chinese puzzle box. What I did is just remove the hold down bracket, slide it to the right and wiggle/shake and pull it past the...
  8. Smalley360

    New Toys for my RC-30

    I have not used the brush cutter yet. Maybe sometime this week.
  9. Smalley360

    New Toys for my RC-30

    This is my web page that shows pictures and videos of some of my equipment. http://good-times.webshots.com/album/556134193SEqFEY
  10. Smalley360

    New Toys for my RC-30

    Hi people, I just got my new attachments for my 30. I got the backhoe attachment and 13" bucket as well as the Davco brush cutter. Yesterday was great fun playing with the backhoe. I dug a 150 ft water line trench and today will did a drainage ditch. I have not tried the brush cutter yet...
  11. Smalley360

    Preventing Corrosion on Equpiment

    itsgottobegreen - "www.fluidfilm.com a snow plowers best friend" If that is so then you snow plow guys must do a lot of ballet dancing when it snows or something!:bouncegri I tried the web site above but it directs me to a dance school.:eek:
  12. Smalley360

    Preventing Corrosion on Equpiment

    I know this thread is old but I came across something that might be helpful for corosion. I am restoring a 48 chevy truck as well as my 1968 Smalley 360 excavator and found that a product called Jasco prep and primer solution found at Ace hardware stores works great for stopping rust and...
  13. Smalley360

    1968 walking excavator

    http://community.webshots.com/album/551289136MUXBqo This is a 1968 Smalley 360 walking excavator from England. It has a single piston diesel engine and moves around using the bucket to scoot. You start it with a hand crank. The rear legs are manuel and you pull a lever to drop them then...
  14. Smalley360

    My new excavator, sort of!

    thanks for the e-bay notice. I keep looking for pictures and info on this machine. That company is the orriginal one. I have been e-mailing them and they gave me some history on it. The sales rep was on his way to Japan to makes sales and he stopped over in Hawaii. Hawaii gas company saw...
  15. Smalley360

    How to unload your excavator

    I found this on the net looking for loader videos. Who needs ramps or a lowboy. :thumbsup http://www.zippyvideos.com/8692128865699696/heavy_bulldozer/
  16. Smalley360

    My new excavator, sort of!

    Has anyone seen anything like this? It is a 1968 English walking excavator. I found it in my wifes aunts garage. It gets arround using the bucket, scooting arround like a dog with an itchy butt. The legs swing out to stabilize and you use the arm to lift the back end raising the rear tires...
  17. Smalley360

    Killed my brand new Cat 247b

    check this out, sorry if its a repost. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/187741/bobcat_loader_handstand/
  18. Smalley360

    Rc 30

    I just bought my RC-30 a few weeks ago. Love it, great for getting in where regular sized skid steers/track loaders cant go.
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