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Hi, gauntjoh.
I wonder just how many members of this 4um know what the tall, yeller contraption behind the Vickers VR180 (?) dozer in your first photo might be. I do know - never operated one but worked alongside a couple of them DowNunda back in 2006 - seemed to be good machines and I don't think anybody else ever made anything remotely like them.

Just my 0.02.

Hi Deas,Yes both the Vickers Vigor and the other machine are interesting, both attended the Sibbertoft event here in the UK.The Vickers has a Rolls Royce Diesel engine (180HP suoercharged) and a foot clutch linked to the decelerator. It was very fast compared to a D8 but sadly unreliability in the transmission and back end led to it’s downfall.There is a lot of detail on the Vigor in Richard Robinson's "Crawler Tractor Scrapbook part 2.
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The Priestman (yellow machine in the background) is part hydraulic part cable and has a large moving counterweight to offset the weight of the large digging arm. Because of the length of the digging arm a cable was used to pull the bucket in towards the machine. They were popular with drainage boards due to the very long reach.

Hi, gauntjoh.
I wonder just how many members of this 4um know what the tall, yeller contraption behind the Vickers VR180 (?) dozer in your first photo might be. I do know - never operated one but worked alongside a couple of them DowNunda back in 2006 - seemed to be good machines and I don't think anybody else ever made anything remotely like them.

Just my 0.02.

[quote="Deas Plant. post=239286 userid=933"]Hi, gauntjoh.
I wonder just how many members of this 4um know what the tall, yeller contraption behind the Vickers VR180 (?) dozer in your first photo might be. I do know - never operated one but worked alongside a couple of them DowNunda back in 2006 - seemed to be good machines and I don't think anybody else ever made anything remotely like them.

Just my 0.02.

Ok it has been a year+ since you asked . Just cause we don't have much action on this page.  It looks like another excavator  in the second picture. But being a dumb farmer and not a professional dirt mover, I could be wrong.  
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