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Earthmoving equipment.
Earthmoving equipment.
Photo: Eddie.
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Item #: 27249
Heavy metal assembled on the Whelley loop line. The opencast operation hadn't begun in earnest at this point.

Comment by: Kenneth on 20th December 2015 at 00:45

Caterpillar D9?

Comment by: Eddie. on 20th December 2015 at 14:45

I would have said D8 Kenneth, but I'm no expert on plant. Perhaps Garry could help us out ?

Comment by: Mike Barton on 21st December 2015 at 15:56

I am not sure which model this machine is either but if I were pushed I would probably plump for a D8 given the age of the photo. The other feature, which I found interesting is the squarish reinforcing plate that is welded in the middle of the blade, which indicates to me that this dozer is used as a pusher for motor scrapers; one of which is parked up alongside to the left and I think is probably a Cat 631.

Comment by: Eddie. on 21st December 2015 at 18:31

Bang on Mike, it's a 631C

Comment by: Garry on 21st December 2015 at 18:37

It's a D8 Cat, 100%, I've got photos of a 1974 D8 machine.

Comment by: Eddie. on 21st December 2015 at 21:23

Nice one ' G '.

Comment by: gp on 3rd January 2016 at 01:22

sorry garry you have got this one wrong again,talk about what you know not from photos

Comment by: ian cheetham on 1st September 2017 at 18:15

It's a d9g belonging to dougal mcgregor the steel plate in the middle of the blade is for pushing the scrapers with i drove one of the scrapers there for 3 years

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