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  1. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    Do you mean the rear frame rails ? That was for the kingpost to slide along, so you could slide the kingpost to any position along the rail.. ideal for working along side walls and obstructions ..and at each end is the jack legs.
  2. M

    Are you a grandad or grandson?? and who operated one of these??

    So Mr Stock, whats the prize then ? Martyn
  3. M

    Are you a grandad or grandson?? and who operated one of these??

    The JCB 5C was perhaps the best of the JCB tracked excavator at that time .. and at that time the cab was on the proper side, and yes i operated a couple of these in my time.
  4. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    Thought i would round this off by showing the complete JCB range in 1964.. from left to right, JCB 1, JCB 2, JCB 3, JCB 3C, and finally the JCB 4C
  5. M

    British excavators

    Greetings people, came across this excellent link, its a blog written by an experienced excavator operator for a National magazine http://www.contractjournal.com/blogs/digger-blog/ You can even join in Martyn
  6. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    Its newer bigger brother was slighty taller at nearly 19ft in traveling position .. was great for doing wheelies :) Martyn
  7. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    Oh biggixxerjim behave yourself :drinkup ... i have some more for you First picture is the cab interior of the 1964 JCB 3C, like the one in the original post.. the seat was only used for sitting on when traveling .. you stood up for operating the backhoe,well you could sit down after you...
  8. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    I belive it did become that, when it was based on the massey 135, it had the square type mudguards ..the picture i have put up showed it with a 220 backhoe and 702 loader.. dont foget the backhoe was a Davis design. It was quick if i remember rightly,but not as quick as the Case but i dont...
  9. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    Well it was the best selling backhoe in Europe in the 60's, i have to agree with you in someway though, JCB did sort lose their way a bit, and when Case brought in the 580F in the mid 70's, it did win hands down IMO... and JCB did lose out a lot right up to the introduction of the 3CX in 1980...
  10. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    Its not built to win a beauty contest but to dig holes an move muck
  11. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    Now that was fun Graham :naughty, more so when the streering had some play in it ..
  12. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    For sure the weight was at the rear of the machine, but was not a problem on site, traveling on the road was simple, all the spare digging buckets were placed in the bucket, and a 45 gallon drum of diesel, but it still bounced along though .. but you got used to it :) Martyn.
  13. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    Ahhh you mean a 1974 onwards 3C mk2 or 3D mk2 ..like these two
  14. M

    WHO operated one of these?

    Its a JCB 3C made in 1964 ..it was at the time state of the art, based on a fordson major skid steer unit, it had what you call a side shift king post, and yes you had to undo 4 large bolts to shift the king post across the frame ..it had a digging depth of nearly 14 ft, but it was the first of...
  15. M

    Diesel price going down?

    UK most expensive in europe $11.00 a gallon 67% of price is tax
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