Some pics of tractors over the years.
Hope you all like them.
Regards.
The first pic is of the M74 Crawford cut in Scotland 1992
It's a 68A 5768 and 435G box.This was my first tractor.
2nd pic is 1DD 5000 lgp and also belongs to me.pic taken in North Wales in 1997.I still have this tractor.
3rd pic is in 1988 on the Macclesfield bypass in England.This 68A 4000 series belonged to JPK plant hire of Leeds
4th pic is 68A 2236 on hire to McAlpine at the A34 Wilmslow bypass in 1994.This was my 3rd D8 and had a 77V D8K engine in it.Good for pulling 463's.Don Ford and Pakki Mallon also had D8 and boxes on this site.
Last pic is a 66V 3000 series and 463G box belonging to Davy Cairnes of Carstairs,Scotland.It's muckshifting for the M74 in Scotland for Morrison Construction in 1992.
Regards,
Nicky Lamb.

Hi Nicky, the M74 photos bring back happy days, there was 5 D8s on boxs if I remember, must see if I can find some photos from there, good luck, Noel.

I'm not sure what it means, but "muckshifting" is a great word, I'm going to start using it!

CS

Hi NL,
Great pictures, that sure could pass for California landscape:D

Hi Lads.
Muckshifting translates into 'dirtmoving' I think.
Cylde Valley in Scotland is a bit colder than California:
Hi Noel,How is Ross?I got that D8 done up eventually if he still fancies a go of it

I have to agree it looks a lot like Northern California, even the soil looks like the clay found along the coast range. My great-grandfather came from Scotland I guess this area reminded him of where he grew up.


Carefull what you say about California weather, you can drive a 1/2 hour and the climate can change drasticaly, there is more to this big state than the few So Cal beaches seen on TV. In fact I have never been to a CA beach where I didn't have to wear a sweater, where a few hours drive inland on the same day it was over 100 degrees F.

Right now I am in Tahoe City, CA where the temp is currently -9 deg C, The high yesterday was 5 and the low was -16 degrees C

I can drive 1 1/2 hours into Sacramento where the temps are 0 - 12 deg C

Nothing personal, but I was wondering how cold it was in the UK and I looked up Cheshire, England and West Cheshire College weather station (hopefully this is near you?) calls for a High of 12.3 C and a low of 10.6 C... but the humidity is higher in the UK with 71% and in CA it is only 55% which makes a big difference on how cold it feels. Historically the winters in Northern CA the humidity can be 85% - 100% with thick fog, the last few years the weather has changed and we do not get the high humidity and tule fog.

www.west-cheshire.ac.uk/weather/images/d...Vantage_Pro_Plus.htm
weather.yahoo.com/forecast/SACRAMENTO_CA_US_c.html
www.weather.com/weather/local/USCA0584

Weather at the moment is typical England.Mild but wet.Pulled a D8 final yesterday for some preventitive maintenance.Will post pics