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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:59 pm
by Dave_L
The old man has always wanted a bull nose (T-Cab) Scania - and this one came up.....

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It's a sort of "now or never" situation.....although it will mean chopping our low loader down by 5ft :( to get within UK overall length specs.

To replace our old if not very reliable 113M 340

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Collecting it on Friday! Anybody about, watch out on the M5 Southbound for us......




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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:15 pm
by Stuarty
Looks good, always liked the T cabs. Its a shame they stopped making them though.

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:56 pm
by lutonlagerlout
nice bit of kit dave,puts our 20k cabstar in the shade a bit :(
will avoid southwest as requested
cheers LLL

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:00 am
by Dave_L
Journey home was a right nightmare - caravans etc etc took twice the time.

Anyway, we've got her now - time to start the 'overhaul' and paintjob.


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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:15 pm
by Dave_L
Progress report!

Some more pics - it's nearly finished now.

Shiny alloys! Ignore the tyre lube for now...

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Painted engine!

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Painted lift-axle and chassis......bit dusty mind!

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Paint job, signwriting next

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Lights, panels etc going back in.....

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Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:19 pm
by Dave_L
and 8 wheeler underfloor tipping gear, got body made (it's a work of art but no pictures yet)

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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:32 am
by Dave_L
Sheesh! Can't believe it's April since I posted on this!

Got it plated/tested/taxed this week (phew!) and collected our new drag low loader....

I'll get some pics later. The body is a work of art, believe me. All credit to the coachbuilder.

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:36 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i like it, i really like it

time to do my hgv haha

there is a company around here that run one pulling a bulk tipping body, looks really well all made up with kelsa lights and chrome bars

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:49 pm
by Dave_L
I must get some pics! We've got chrome Kelsa bars up top and down low with six angel-eye lamps up top and four down the bottom. And some fecking big horns too.

Brought back the new low-loader drag last week, that is a work of art too. All built from scratch to our spec.

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:24 pm
by Dave_L
All finished and fully operational now. This is a quick snap of it fully loaded with paver, roller and 5ton excavator ready for work!

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Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:15 pm
by Bob_A
Wow that's some set up.
What does the cafe owner say when you pull up for a cuppa!

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:32 pm
by GB_Groundworks
sweet............ i want one haha

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:59 pm
by mickg
wow Dave that is a nice rig, are all the spots on the front so you can work late :)

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:19 pm
by Dave_L
mickg wrote:are all the spots on the front so you can work late :)
haha don't joke Mick, we've just finished a double shift day/night 2 day surfacing job at a local retail park.......lights needed alright, the lightning during the night lit the site up for us nicely!

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:07 pm
by Injured
be better if the reg was big 50D I take it no one gets in your way!!! :p