I've sent you an e-mail. The guy has a big truck, so I'm sure he could be persuaded to deliver it for the right money. If I can help you any further, let me know.
Best wishes,
Chris
I've sent you an e-mail. The guy has a big truck, so I'm sure he could be persuaded to deliver it for the right money. If I can help you any further, let me know.
Best wishes,
Chris
In article , John Stevenson writes
Speaking of which, I sent you an email a week or two back (can't remember to which address) regarding a job that a chap I know wants doing. Did you get it?
No sorry mate didn't receive it. Since Virgin updated the servers a couple of weeks ago it's got worse, loads of spam that I wasn't getting before and I can read the list using agent but can't direct post as according to Agent,Virgin doesn't list this group [ so why can I read it? ]
Now stuck with the crap RC group or Google to post.
You are absolutely right. While the latest diggers may have better designed chassis which are less prone to fatigue, they also have a plethora of electronics and plastic components which will be a nightmare to maintain as the machines age. One can reasonably argue that the machines built in the 1970s are more maintainable than those built today. And it's not just diggers. Many machines are becoming far too complicated to maintain in the long term. People don't seem to have realised yet that repair and reuse are more environmentally friendly than recycling.
Best wishes,
Chris
Probably the 10/60 engine as this machine is a 1967 model. The guy did say he would sell the engine separately and it runs well. I'll send you an e-mail with his number.
Thanks for pointing out the difference between tractor models and engine numbers.
Best wishes,
Chris
Well, I guess you can blame the owner for selling it, the guy who scraps it, and the Chinese for wanting the metal so bad. But personally I'd lay most of the blame with the guys who seek out working machines just to scrap them.
Best wishes,
Chris
Please tell me what a Nuffield engine is and where was it made.
Mark.
You may find this enlightening.
Well I've got a book about the different JCB models which says that the
4D used the Nuffield 10/60 and 4/65 skid units. It makes no mention of the use of Ford engines, and no mention of the use of Fordson engines after 1965. It could be wrong, but I doubt it.Well this digger has a nice Nuffield engine. Probably a 10/60. E-mail me quick if you want the guy's number. It would be good if someone could make use of some parts from this machine. If I knew of a Nuffield collectors' forum I'd post a message there, but I don't.
Best wishes,
Chris
Here`s some more.This is from a pdf of a lecture in 2008
" the lecture was Paul Spray, a senior design engineer with JCB Power Systems, and his role was to introduce the audience to a in depth tour of the intricacies of the new JCB 444 engine. A little history to first wet the appetite as to the origins of JCB and its current development of an engine of its own making. =95 JCB was founded in 1945, and has grown from humble beginnings to now employing 5500 staff worldwide spread over 7 plants with a =A31.2billion turnover. =95 The engine saga began in the 1950=92s with JCB originally taking a Ford skid unit and converting it into a yellow digger. In the 1970=92s Leyland engines were fitted into the JCB product, with a change in 1982 to a Perkins lump. The Perkins was fitted into the backhoe loader until 2004 (about the same time as CAT purchased Perkins) when the new JCB 4 cylinder unit was brought on stream. The company still continue to use other engines from Cum"
I agree , I walked into a local scrap dealers yard two weeks ago and spotted a Parkanson power hacksaw .I have been looking for a power hacksaw for some time. I made enquiries with the owner and he said that he had just got it from an old bloke who just wanted the scrap value . He said that it still operates,and it turned over by hand very easily I paid 70.00AUD for this one. This saw wieghs 500kgs ,it has hydraulic lift for the blade beam and power down feed.The blade frame is on a dovetailed slide with adjustable gibb strip.It will take 3 different blade lenghts . It is avery solidly constructed machine and is of around the 50's vintage .Made in Australia by Theo Park and sons of Melbourne. I have partially stripped it down so I can fix a few small problems and repaint to a colour close to original. It has 2HP three phase motor ,but I will have to find a single phase motor for it as I don't have three phase power. I'm just glad I rescued this before it was broken up ,I feel I have saved a piece of Australian manufacturing history .The Parkanson business was bought out by Capitol Machinery Sales some time ago , they don't make reciprocating saws any longer , but do make the continuous blade bandsaw types.
If there's one thing I've learnt about plant over the years, it's that you can never be sure what anythings got in it in the way of engines etc, and the situations not helped by the manufacturers, the parts information is often notoriously unreliable, just because they say they didn't fit X with Y after Z doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Then if the manufacturers didn't chop and change for reasons of price, supply etc etc etc, there's every chance some greasy little herbert of a fitter - like I used to be - ''modified'' or ''got over'' something to keep a usually tight fisted boss happy.
Nuffield engines were BMC and I agree with Mark McGrath, not all that. the BMC wet linered blocks always were a pot of poo, and haven't improved with time. Ford and Perkins had their faults agreed but at least they lasted longer between developing them.
Scrapmen,........ an items worth whatever someone is prepared to pay for it, if by chance you come across something you can't live without and it's going for scrap, then the basic rules of business dictate you pay at least that price.
It's called the free market, and if you don't like that aspect of said market, don't expect your house to increase in value like it has for the last 5 plus years.
Is this a straightforward question? You seem to know as much as I do about them. It seems we disagree about what engine was in the JCB 4D, but I'm only going by the information in several books I have about JCBs by Michael D. J. Irwin.
Or if you want to know about that specific machine, I can give you the guy's details.
Best wishes,
Chris
Thanks. That's interesting.
Best wishes,
Chris
I have a power hacksaw too. A Qualters & Smith 8 inch. Sounds very similar to yours. These things last forever, and they cut square too. Personally, I can't see why anyone in a home workshop would want a bandsaw instead.
Best wishes,
Chris
It just annoys me when they junk good machines to make a small amount of cash. I see it as unnecessarily wasteful.
Best wishes,
Chris
What I found funny was that JCB stopped using Fordson skid units because Ford couldn't meet the demand. But they then publicised the switch to Nuffields as a big improvement in reliability and ease of servicing :-).
Best wishes,
Chris
I've just re-sent it.
Cheers,
I can. Basically because they are faster than reciprocating p/saws. Whilst that is not usually important for a home w/s, it's the main reason for their decline in popularity in commercial w/shops. They can also be more versatile, smaller ones capable of being converting to jig saws when required.
Although many hacksaws are still in use, when the time comes, they are frequently replaced with bandsaws, which is why hacksaws can be picked up quite cheaply in the s/h market.
I work in a small commercial toolroom. Some years ago I threw out an old Q&S hacksaw, in favour of a cheap 4" bandsaw, which could also be used vertically for profile cutting etc. The hacksaw was just too clumsy for cutting thinner sections, which the bandsaw handles with ease. Mike.
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