Blizzard95
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Update. We have the engine out and a clutch ordered.
Got a good look underneath lying under it. Dry as a cork, I'm very impressed.
I mentioned spraying it, I have some pictures to explain.
Wing on the left hand side is bad. I'll cut the bad bits out and weld in fresh metal with the mig welder.
1 or 2 spots on the cab like this. Surface rust, paint will hold it at bay
Sight how the right hand wing is perfect.
Got a good look underneath lying under it. Dry as a cork, I'm very impressed.
I mentioned spraying it, I have some pictures to explain.
Wing on the left hand side is bad. I'll cut the bad bits out and weld in fresh metal with the mig welder.
1 or 2 spots on the cab like this. Surface rust, paint will hold it at bay
Sight how the right hand wing is perfect.
johndeere6920s
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Fill the frame with waxol
Thought about that alright, would help with preservation
Post 94 they were galvanised so she shouldn't be too bad
Parked facing the one way in a cattle shed is my guess. That side facing the barrier.
LUK alright yes. With the work that was involved in those loader brackets alone, I'm not going in there again :eek3:
Bottom of the doors is a usual spot along with around the windscreen. Both are 100 % on this one
Sorry about the sideways pics, had these in a while and never stuck them up
Some time either late 90s or early 2000s, my turf cutting partner was involved in the rescue of a local tracked fiat which got into difficulty with a bog ditcher. It was nearly out by the time they started taking photos. At the beginning, it was something like 5 foot from ground level to the top of the cab.
They pulled it a long way with the digger, but couldn't get near it due to the high water level. They decided then to pump the water away using an agitator with a top fill.
Once they got it far enough to drive sleepers under it, they got a lad with a fordson major and a winch and they used an ex100 and a 6 Ton mitsubishi on wide pads as anchors.
They changed the oil the next day and she's been going ever since.
Some time either late 90s or early 2000s, my turf cutting partner was involved in the rescue of a local tracked fiat which got into difficulty with a bog ditcher. It was nearly out by the time they started taking photos. At the beginning, it was something like 5 foot from ground level to the top of the cab.
They pulled it a long way with the digger, but couldn't get near it due to the high water level. They decided then to pump the water away using an agitator with a top fill.
Once they got it far enough to drive sleepers under it, they got a lad with a fordson major and a winch and they used an ex100 and a 6 Ton mitsubishi on wide pads as anchors.
They changed the oil the next day and she's been going ever since.
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The second and fourth photos would make you gulp. Nowadays you’d be calling the insurance man. As opposed to the winch man. Probably no choice really with electronics and ecus in modern machines. Some big hole that was.
jd-baz
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remember it well,the owner mentioned it to a friend of mine that has a few swamp diggers that he may need his help,he called here to see would we go down with him as he was unsure of the area,we drove in the lane and spotted the mitsubishi digger parked and said it must be in here anyway,drove i the lane further and couldnt see anything,on the way back out i spotted some posts lying on the bog out a couple of hundred yards and just wondered what they were doing out there,we said we would go for a walk out to see what was out there,
when we got closer all there was a big flood of water and then we spotted was about 3 inches of the one corner of the end of the bonnet sticking out of the water,
pictures here someplace,but it was some sight.
id be guessing early 2000's
you also forgot to mention that she sat there under water for a number of months after a few failed attempts ,and your right, i think she is still going
when we got closer all there was a big flood of water and then we spotted was about 3 inches of the one corner of the end of the bonnet sticking out of the water,
pictures here someplace,but it was some sight.
id be guessing early 2000's
you also forgot to mention that she sat there under water for a number of months after a few failed attempts ,and your right, i think she is still going
AYF
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I'd say its a proper crawler with a bodged on cab too! Has the wrap around tanks behind the seat. But cab looks like a normal tractor cab fitted over it?
muckymanor
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Was that mcglynn in Boyle that pulled it out? I was involved in rescuing a rail packer that went off the train line and into a bog in ballymote in 2001. He talked about rescuing a tracked fiat when we were there. The packer was a bit bigger of a job. It weighed 100 ton. It was brand new and on its first day out when it went off. It took 2 weeks of pulling, digging and pushing to get it back onto the makeshift track that we had to lay before he started. It's a very specialised job.
It is a proper crawler. It belonged to some company that erected wind turbines before he bought it for the ditcher.
As for the cab, I don't know. I think that one came on it.
I'm not exactly sure, but I don't think It was. For some reason it sticks in my mind this fella was from Elphin, but I could be wrong.
It is a very specialised job alright, it took a lot of work to get her as far as a point where they could winch her. He was only there near the end afaik
A few pics from late.
The area in front of the hayshed was concreted when the shed was built in the 80s. The area under the timber was stoned a few years ago for a few machines, and some silage. Because we will be thinning the other forests in the years to come, I was going to be at a loss for space. I stored the bales further up the garden last year, but ploughing through it in the winter is a mess when it's wet. So I dug it out and put down some heavy shale, and covered it with 6mm maintenance. Happy with how it turned out, and all it cost really was the stone and diesel.
The day before I baled my hay, a friend of mine asked me to bale a few bits for him because his contractor was busy. 9880 going very well so far.
The area in front of the hayshed was concreted when the shed was built in the 80s. The area under the timber was stoned a few years ago for a few machines, and some silage. Because we will be thinning the other forests in the years to come, I was going to be at a loss for space. I stored the bales further up the garden last year, but ploughing through it in the winter is a mess when it's wet. So I dug it out and put down some heavy shale, and covered it with 6mm maintenance. Happy with how it turned out, and all it cost really was the stone and diesel.
The day before I baled my hay, a friend of mine asked me to bale a few bits for him because his contractor was busy. 9880 going very well so far.
