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Bristol Water digging up the road in Royate Hill, Bristol, during March 1983. JCB 3CX backhoe, Dodge 50 dig up van, and a Dodge 100 tipper.
I demolitori di Malta propongono sempre scorci interessanti....
Maltin Tour 2017- il ritorno a Malta con Marvin (www.flickr.com/photos/30797788@N03)
Malta, 14-11-2017
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Maltese scrapyards offer always interesting visuals....
Maltin Tour 2017- return to Malta with Marvin (www.flickr.com/photos/30797788@N03)
Malta, 2017-11-14
LEGO makes very nice buckets for this sort of vehicle and I actually have a few. So, you might wonder, why have I gone for a much heavier and complicated brick-built version? The answer is simple. LEGO doesn't do them with a width of 13 studs :-(
A Valtra back hoe loader with special attachments and rail wheels fitted.
For clearing vegetation along the trackside.
Trac rail.
Bessacarr Junction (Doncaster).
JCB 3C (OLG931V) on Ridgeway Road in Fishponds, Bristol, during July 1983. Apologies for the blurry photo, but I thought I'd upload it anyway!
Poclain and Hitachi excavators, plus a JCB 3C, parked in the works compound at a new housing development off Frenchay Park Road in Bristol. The five new streets were Five Acre Drive, Clark Drive (named after the couple who ran Begbrook Farm for 46 years), Blenman Close, Scott Lawrence Close and Broadways Drive. Taken in June 1983.
JCB 3C on Netham Road in Bristol during April 1983. The building on the far left on the photo at St Annes Board Mills was demolished a year or so later. The red brick building in the foreground at Netham Industrial Estate is still there and was occupied until recently by Charles Saunders Foods.
After an unfortunate incident involving a hard to see picnic table, a new heavy equipment operator has the brilliant idea of parking it out of the way, with the fresh scrape and dent out of view.
Maybe a few days go by, and no one will notice?
1:64 Ertl John Deere Backhoe/Loader
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I wonder how many of those shoe boxes that backhoe could pick up at once?
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John Deere 310
Backhoe Loader
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Heavy Duty Gooseneck Trailer
Beachcomber Drive
City of Cypress Gardens
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
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South Carolina Army National Guard 1st Lt. Benjamin Sternemann and Spc. Connor Ulyatt with the 1221st Engineering Company from Graniteville, S.C., secures a section of culvert pipe with sand bags as a team of engineers work to replace a washed out culvert on a Lexington County road in Gilbert, S.C., Oct. 24, 2015. Soldiers with the S.C. Army National Guard continue to provide direct support for flood recovery and emergency road repairs as a result of the recent floods. The South Carolina National Guard partnered with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Brian Calhoun/Released)
Taken in February 1983 prior to the construction of three new houses which would be known as 114, 116 & 118 Gloucester Road, in Soundwell, Bristol. The bungalows in the background are on Gladstone Street. I believe the digger is a Massey Ferguson 2135 dating from the late 1960's/early 1970's.
Royal Engineers, JCB Digger, 54 KM 63, Seen at Bolton Community Fire Station Open Day, Saturday 6 August 2016.
Release: February 2013
LEGO Technic 42000 - Grand Prix Racer
LEGO Technic 42002 - Hovercraft
LEGO Technic 42003 - Action Race car
LEGO Technic 42004 - Mini Backhoe loader
LEGO Technic 42006 - Excavator
LEGO Technic 42007 - Moto Cross Bike
LEGO Technic 42010 - Off-road Racer
LEGO Technic 42011 - Race Car
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After this? My railfanning will be anti-climactic... LOL! (Unless it's steam of course..)
A misty foggy afternoon that didn't appear to be a day worth railfanning. Enter two vintage livery SD40-2's picking up a lone MOW gondola with backhoe load on the house track in Flynn (and right outside my door). A minor chase to Nucor, and short wait for it on the TX7 og and along comes a UP manifest to photobomb!
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Red River Division
Houston Subdivision
Koch Interchange - MP 183.3
Jewett, Texas, USA
Teague Local
BNSF #1611 [EMD SD40-2] (patched SF Bluebonnet)
BNSF #1962 [EMD SD40-2] (patched BN)
and
Union Pacific
Dallas - Fort Worth Service Unit
Hearne Subsdivision
Koch Interchange - MP 45.70
Jewett, Texas, USA
UP ALDAS-15
UP #7667 [GE AC45CCTE]
UP #6715 [GE AC44CW] (DPU)
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Hymac 370C working on new houses adjacent to Speedwell Methodist Church at the junction of Speedwell Road and Whiteway Road in September 1983. The building on the right in the background is the Lamb & Lark pub on Burchells Green Road which closed in 2008 and is now the Orchard Lea Nursery.
Parachute Battalion:
Battalion HQ + HQ Coys:
-Coy HQ
4x L82A1 Riflemen
1x Land Rover (Short Wheel Base)
1x Land Rover (Long Wheel Base)
-Battalion HQ Platoon:
--Intelligence Cell
4x L82A1 Riflemen
1x Land Rover (Long Wheel Base)
--Regimental Air Post (RP VALUE)
12x Combat Medics
1x Combat Doctor
2x Land Rover Battlefield Ambulances
1x Land Rover Medical Support Vehicle (long Wheel Base)
--Regimental Military Police
8x L82A1 Riflemen
2x RMP Land Rovers (Long Wheel Base)
-Signal Platoon
22x L82A1 Riflemen
8x Land Rovers (Long Wheel Base)
1x Land Rover (Short Wheel Base)
-Quartermaster
22x L82A1 Riflemen
2x DAF T224 Trucks (RP)
-Motor Transport Platoon
19x L82A1 Riflemen
3x Land Rovers (Long Wheel Base)
1x Land Rover (Short Wheel Base)
11x DAF T224 Trucks (RP)
-Catering Platoon (RP Value)
19x Field Kitchen Staff
2x DAF T224 Trucks W/ Field Kitchen equipment
-Regimental Administration Office (RP Value)
21x Assorted Admin Staff
-Training Wing (RP Value)
4x Trainig Officers
-Assault Pioneer Platoon (Attached from Royal Engineers and REME)
29x L82A1 Riflemen
1x Land Rover (Long Wheel Base)
1x DAF T224 Trucks (RP)
2x DAF T224 Engineer Tipper trucks (RP)
2x Backhoe Loaders (RP)
Infantry Companies:
-Coy HQ
6x L82A1 Riflmen
2x Land Rovers (long Wheel base)
1x Land Rover (Short Wheel Base)
1x Land Rover Battlefield Ambulance (RP)
1x Daf T224 Truck (RP)
1x Dirt Bike Messenger/scout/escort (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
Infantry Companies:
-Coy HQ
6x L82A1 Riflmen
2x Land Rovers (long Wheel base)
1x Land Rover (Short Wheel Base)
1x Land Rover Battlefield Ambulance (RP)
1x Daf T224 Truck (RP)
1x Dirt Bike Messenger/scout/escort (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
Infantry Companies:
-Coy HQ
6x L82A1 Riflmen
2x Land Rovers (long Wheel base)
1x Land Rover (Short Wheel Base)
1x Land Rover Battlefield Ambulance (RP)
1x Daf T224 Truck (RP)
1x Dirt Bike Messenger/scout/escort (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
Infantry Companies:
-Coy HQ
6x L82A1 Riflmen
2x Land Rovers (long Wheel base)
1x Land Rover (Short Wheel Base)
1x Land Rover Battlefield Ambulance (RP)
1x Daf T224 Truck (RP)
1x Dirt Bike Messenger/scout/escort (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
-Mechanised Infantry Platoon
17x L82A1 Riflemen
6x L82A1 Grenadiers
6x L83A1 Light Support Weapons
2x LASR MILAN Units
6x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Asssault
1x DAF T224 (RP)
Machine Gun Platoon:
13x L82A1 Riflemen
15x L90A1 GPMG's
6x L55A1 Light Machine Guns
6x Browning .50 Cals
3x Land Rover WMIKS - Air Assault
6x Land Rover WMIKS - .50 Cal
1x Land Rover (Long Wheel Base)
Anti-Tank Platoon
-Platoon HQ:
4x L82A1 Riflemen
2x Land Rovers (Short Wheel Base)
-AT Section
8x L82A1 Riflemen
2x LASR MILAN Systems
2x Land Rover WMIKS - .50 Cal
1x Land Rover WMIKS - MILAN
-AT Section
8x L82A1 Riflemen
2x LASR MILAN Systems
2x Land Rover WMIKS - .50 Cal
1x Land Rover WMIKS - MILAN
-AT Section
8x L82A1 Riflemen
2x LASR MILAN Systems
2x Land Rover WMIKS - .50 Cal
1x Land Rover WMIKS - MILAN
Mortar Platoon
-Platoon HQ
6x L82A1 Riflemen
2x Land Rover Defenders (Short Wheel Base)
-OP Sec (Security/Observation)
9x L82A1 Riflemen
3x Land Rovers (Long Wheel Base)
-Mortar Section
14x L82A1 Riflemen
2x L16A1 81mm Mortars
1x Land Rover (Long wheel base)
2x DAF T224 Trucks (RP)
-Mortar Section
14x L82A1 Riflemen
2x L16A1 81mm Mortars
1x Land Rover (Long wheel base)
2x DAF T224 Trucks (RP)
-Mortar Section
14x L82A1 Riflemen
2x L16A1 81mm Mortars
1x Land Rover (Long wheel base)
2x DAF T224 Trucks (RP)
Recconnisance Platoon:
-Platoon HQ
7x L82A1 Riflemen
1x Land Rover WMIKS .50 Cal
1x Land Rover WMIKS MILAN
-Recce Section
8x L82A1 Riflemen
1x Land Rover WMIKS - .50 Cal
1x Land Rover WMIKS - MILAN
-Recce Section
8x L82A1 Riflemen
1x Land Rover WMIKS .50 Cal
1x Land Rover WMIKS MILAN
JCB 3CX (GTC408X) parked at the entrance to Stoke Park Estate at the junction of Park Road, Broom Hill and Frenchay Park Road in Bristol. October 1983.
Brand new JCB 3CX-4 parked on Ridgeway Road in Bristol. Dave's Off-Licence (closed 1997, now residential) at the corner of Marlborough Avenue would be behind the camera. The little girl in the photo is now in her 40's. August 1983.
Well, actually it's a combination of wheel loaders, utility vehicles, trucks and trailers, augmented by police, but you get the idea.
They are all loaded with gifts...
Santa's Elve's Baynard County ConServ Chapter
Coral Drive
Mystic Beach
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II
Olympus M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
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Classic JCB digger parked at Heathfield Garage on the A38 in Heathfield, Gloucestershire in August 2018.
Coming soon: Trucktown Adventures; a new 2017 Flickr-exclusive series!
Episodes: (ALL COMING SOON)
1. Scooty Scoots Off
2. Finley Foils the Plot
3. Tug, Tug, Tommy
4. The Big Haul
5. Shifty Shifty
6. Teamwork Gets the Job Done
7. Scoopy Knows Best
8. Lift, Load & Haul
9. Dex Destroys the Road
10. See You Later, Mater!
11. Tayo's Tricky Day
12. Leaving the Mayor Behind?
13. Ghostly Roley
14. A Frosty Start for Isabelle
15. Gorby the Second Best
16. Tommy and the Bumpy Roads
Characters:
Tommy - a red cargo truck.
Scooty - a yellow school bus.
Mater - a brown tow truck.
Scoopy - a green backhoe loader.
Tayo - a blue tour bus.
Lightning McQueen - a red race car.
Gorby - a green-and-blue rubbish lorry.
Isabelle - a green-and-pink ice cream truck.
Chris - an orange concrete mixer.
Finley - a red fire engine.
Scoop - a yellow backhoe loader.
Dizzy - an orange cement mixer.
Roley - a green road roller.
Muck - a red-and-orange digger dump truck.
Lofty - a blue mobile crane.
Gani - a red tour bus.
Dex - a blue dump truck.
Shifty - a yellow forklift.
Blaze - a red monster truck.
Zeg - a green dino car.
Jackson Storm - a black or grey race car.
Drip - a yellow skid steer digger.
Smokey - an orange pickup truck.
Avalanche - a yellow bulldozer.
Joey - a yellow-and-blue backhoe loader.
Doug - a yellow-and-green dump truck.
Nuri - an orange taxi cab.
Harold - a white helicopter.
Bertie - a red tour bus.
The Trucktown Mayor - a yellow car.
Cruz Ramirez - a yellow race car.
More characters being introduced soon!
The JCB Display Team, more commonly known as the "Dancing Diggers" performs across the length and breadth of the country and is recognised as one of the top arena attractions available.
The team has appeared on television many times, showcasing the amazing abilities of the machine operators as they push their diggers to the absolute maximum of their capabilities.
The team comprised of 4 giant JCB 3CX diggers and one 527-55 loadall.
The four JCB's in the team weigh 8.5 tonnes each and cost in excess of £48,000 each.
The Display Team drivers perform dare devil stunts and formation digger dancing. During a performance accompanied by music they push the machines and themselves to the limit, thrilling audiences of all ages.
The stunts performed are not only very difficult, but are also very dangerous, and must, under no circumstances be attempted by anyone in the audience!
Whilst on location the team provided a static display for the public which was very popular
The Machines
527-55 LOADALL
The JCB 527-55 is a hugely efficient Dieselmax-powered Loadall. It’s powerful, productive, manoeuvrable, comfortable and safe.
3CX Eco
The JCB 3CX is the world’s number one backhoe loader (along with the JCB 4CX). The 3CX is a product of JCB’s efficient design philosophy, responding to today’s rising fuel prices and environmental concerns with class-leading efficiency and low running costs. In short, innovative technologies have been applied to squeeze the absolute maximum out of every drop of fuel on the JCB 3CX Eco.
The Company
The firm was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England.
The JCB logo dates from 1953; from 1960 the company typewriters were given an extra key to render it accurately. The logo was designed by Leslie Smith, and is off-set at 18 degrees from the horizontal and 22 degrees from the vertical - the angles Joe Bamford liked.
To demonstrate his faith in the hydraulic failsafes on JCB machines (which lock the arms in the event of a loss of hydraulic pressure, preventing them from crashing to the ground), Joe Cyril Bamford arranged to have several backhoes raise themselves up on their arms, and drove his car beneath them.
This has since developed into a world famous demonstration of the versatility of the backhoe configuration. The JCB display team (JCB Dancing Diggers) tour agricultural shows and produce videos, showing some of the unusual ways in which such vehicles can support themselves or manoeuvre. For example, it is quite common for drivers to support the vehicle on both buckets, either for turning on the spot without damaging ground, or for spinning the tracks in a puddle to clean them. The display team expanded this concept into a sort of vehicle gymnastics. The drivers are members of JCB's demonstration team, who visit prospective customers and demonstrate machines on the customer's property in order to prove the machine's suitability for the task at hand.
The JCB Display Team, more commonly known as the "Dancing Diggers" performs across the length and breadth of the country and is recognised as one of the top arena attractions available.
The team has appeared on television many times, showcasing the amazing abilities of the machine operators as they push their diggers to the absolute maximum of their capabilities.
The team comprised of 4 giant JCB 3CX diggers and one 527-55 loadall.
The four JCB's in the team weigh 8.5 tonnes each and cost in excess of £48,000 each.
The Display Team drivers perform dare devil stunts and formation digger dancing. During a performance accompanied by music they push the machines and themselves to the limit, thrilling audiences of all ages.
The stunts performed are not only very difficult, but are also very dangerous, and must, under no circumstances be attempted by anyone in the audience!
Whilst on location the team provided a static display for the public which was very popular
The Machines
527-55 LOADALL
The JCB 527-55 is a hugely efficient Dieselmax-powered Loadall. It’s powerful, productive, manoeuvrable, comfortable and safe.
3CX Eco
The JCB 3CX is the world’s number one backhoe loader (along with the JCB 4CX). The 3CX is a product of JCB’s efficient design philosophy, responding to today’s rising fuel prices and environmental concerns with class-leading efficiency and low running costs. In short, innovative technologies have been applied to squeeze the absolute maximum out of every drop of fuel on the JCB 3CX Eco.
The Company
The firm was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England.
The JCB logo dates from 1953; from 1960 the company typewriters were given an extra key to render it accurately. The logo was designed by Leslie Smith, and is off-set at 18 degrees from the horizontal and 22 degrees from the vertical - the angles Joe Bamford liked.
To demonstrate his faith in the hydraulic failsafes on JCB machines (which lock the arms in the event of a loss of hydraulic pressure, preventing them from crashing to the ground), Joe Cyril Bamford arranged to have several backhoes raise themselves up on their arms, and drove his car beneath them.
This has since developed into a world famous demonstration of the versatility of the backhoe configuration. The JCB display team (JCB Dancing Diggers) tour agricultural shows and produce videos, showing some of the unusual ways in which such vehicles can support themselves or manoeuvre. For example, it is quite common for drivers to support the vehicle on both buckets, either for turning on the spot without damaging ground, or for spinning the tracks in a puddle to clean them. The display team expanded this concept into a sort of vehicle gymnastics. The drivers are members of JCB's demonstration team, who visit prospective customers and demonstrate machines on the customer's property in order to prove the machine's suitability for the task at hand.
The JCB Display Team, more commonly known as the "Dancing Diggers" performs across the length and breadth of the country and is recognised as one of the top arena attractions available.
The team has appeared on television many times, showcasing the amazing abilities of the machine operators as they push their diggers to the absolute maximum of their capabilities.
The team comprised of 4 giant JCB 3CX diggers and one 527-55 loadall.
The four JCB's in the team weigh 8.5 tonnes each and cost in excess of £48,000 each.
The Display Team drivers perform dare devil stunts and formation digger dancing. During a performance accompanied by music they push the machines and themselves to the limit, thrilling audiences of all ages.
The stunts performed are not only very difficult, but are also very dangerous, and must, under no circumstances be attempted by anyone in the audience!
Whilst on location the team provided a static display for the public which was very popular
The Machines
527-55 LOADALL
The JCB 527-55 is a hugely efficient Dieselmax-powered Loadall. It’s powerful, productive, manoeuvrable, comfortable and safe.
3CX Eco
The JCB 3CX is the world’s number one backhoe loader (along with the JCB 4CX). The 3CX is a product of JCB’s efficient design philosophy, responding to today’s rising fuel prices and environmental concerns with class-leading efficiency and low running costs. In short, innovative technologies have been applied to squeeze the absolute maximum out of every drop of fuel on the JCB 3CX Eco.
The Company
The firm was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England.
The JCB logo dates from 1953; from 1960 the company typewriters were given an extra key to render it accurately. The logo was designed by Leslie Smith, and is off-set at 18 degrees from the horizontal and 22 degrees from the vertical - the angles Joe Bamford liked.
To demonstrate his faith in the hydraulic failsafes on JCB machines (which lock the arms in the event of a loss of hydraulic pressure, preventing them from crashing to the ground), Joe Cyril Bamford arranged to have several backhoes raise themselves up on their arms, and drove his car beneath them.
This has since developed into a world famous demonstration of the versatility of the backhoe configuration. The JCB display team (JCB Dancing Diggers) tour agricultural shows and produce videos, showing some of the unusual ways in which such vehicles can support themselves or manoeuvre. For example, it is quite common for drivers to support the vehicle on both buckets, either for turning on the spot without damaging ground, or for spinning the tracks in a puddle to clean them. The display team expanded this concept into a sort of vehicle gymnastics. The drivers are members of JCB's demonstration team, who visit prospective customers and demonstrate machines on the customer's property in order to prove the machine's suitability for the task at hand.
JCB 3C on wasteland near Sparrows Crane Hire's premises on Rose Green Road, Bristol, in April 1983. The houses in the background are on Elstree Road.
The JCB Display Team, more commonly known as the "Dancing Diggers" performs across the length and breadth of the country and is recognised as one of the top arena attractions available.
The team has appeared on television many times, showcasing the amazing abilities of the machine operators as they push their diggers to the absolute maximum of their capabilities.
The team comprised of 4 giant JCB 3CX diggers and one 527-55 loadall.
The four JCB's in the team weigh 8.5 tonnes each and cost in excess of £48,000 each.
The Display Team drivers perform dare devil stunts and formation digger dancing. During a performance accompanied by music they push the machines and themselves to the limit, thrilling audiences of all ages.
The stunts performed are not only very difficult, but are also very dangerous, and must, under no circumstances be attempted by anyone in the audience!
Whilst on location the team provided a static display for the public which was very popular
The Machines
527-55 LOADALL
The JCB 527-55 is a hugely efficient Dieselmax-powered Loadall. It’s powerful, productive, manoeuvrable, comfortable and safe.
3CX Eco
The JCB 3CX is the world’s number one backhoe loader (along with the JCB 4CX). The 3CX is a product of JCB’s efficient design philosophy, responding to today’s rising fuel prices and environmental concerns with class-leading efficiency and low running costs. In short, innovative technologies have been applied to squeeze the absolute maximum out of every drop of fuel on the JCB 3CX Eco.
The Company
The firm was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England.
The JCB logo dates from 1953; from 1960 the company typewriters were given an extra key to render it accurately. The logo was designed by Leslie Smith, and is off-set at 18 degrees from the horizontal and 22 degrees from the vertical - the angles Joe Bamford liked.
To demonstrate his faith in the hydraulic failsafes on JCB machines (which lock the arms in the event of a loss of hydraulic pressure, preventing them from crashing to the ground), Joe Cyril Bamford arranged to have several backhoes raise themselves up on their arms, and drove his car beneath them.
This has since developed into a world famous demonstration of the versatility of the backhoe configuration. The JCB display team (JCB Dancing Diggers) tour agricultural shows and produce videos, showing some of the unusual ways in which such vehicles can support themselves or manoeuvre. For example, it is quite common for drivers to support the vehicle on both buckets, either for turning on the spot without damaging ground, or for spinning the tracks in a puddle to clean them. The display team expanded this concept into a sort of vehicle gymnastics. The drivers are members of JCB's demonstration team, who visit prospective customers and demonstrate machines on the customer's property in order to prove the machine's suitability for the task at hand.
The JCB Display Team, more commonly known as the "Dancing Diggers" performs across the length and breadth of the country and is recognised as one of the top arena attractions available.
The team has appeared on television many times, showcasing the amazing abilities of the machine operators as they push their diggers to the absolute maximum of their capabilities.
The team comprised of 4 giant JCB 3CX diggers and one 527-55 loadall.
The four JCB's in the team weigh 8.5 tonnes each and cost in excess of £48,000 each.
The Display Team drivers perform dare devil stunts and formation digger dancing. During a performance accompanied by music they push the machines and themselves to the limit, thrilling audiences of all ages.
The stunts performed are not only very difficult, but are also very dangerous, and must, under no circumstances be attempted by anyone in the audience!
Whilst on location the team provided a static display for the public which was very popular
The Machines
527-55 LOADALL
The JCB 527-55 is a hugely efficient Dieselmax-powered Loadall. It’s powerful, productive, manoeuvrable, comfortable and safe.
3CX Eco
The JCB 3CX is the world’s number one backhoe loader (along with the JCB 4CX). The 3CX is a product of JCB’s efficient design philosophy, responding to today’s rising fuel prices and environmental concerns with class-leading efficiency and low running costs. In short, innovative technologies have been applied to squeeze the absolute maximum out of every drop of fuel on the JCB 3CX Eco.
The Company
The firm was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England.
The JCB logo dates from 1953; from 1960 the company typewriters were given an extra key to render it accurately. The logo was designed by Leslie Smith, and is off-set at 18 degrees from the horizontal and 22 degrees from the vertical - the angles Joe Bamford liked.
To demonstrate his faith in the hydraulic failsafes on JCB machines (which lock the arms in the event of a loss of hydraulic pressure, preventing them from crashing to the ground), Joe Cyril Bamford arranged to have several backhoes raise themselves up on their arms, and drove his car beneath them.
This has since developed into a world famous demonstration of the versatility of the backhoe configuration. The JCB display team (JCB Dancing Diggers) tour agricultural shows and produce videos, showing some of the unusual ways in which such vehicles can support themselves or manoeuvre. For example, it is quite common for drivers to support the vehicle on both buckets, either for turning on the spot without damaging ground, or for spinning the tracks in a puddle to clean them. The display team expanded this concept into a sort of vehicle gymnastics. The drivers are members of JCB's demonstration team, who visit prospective customers and demonstrate machines on the customer's property in order to prove the machine's suitability for the task at hand.
JCB 3C on Netham Road in Bristol during April 1983. The building in the background at Netham Industrial Estate is still there and was occupied until recently by Charles Saunders Foods.
Bristol Water digging up the road in Royate Hill, Bristol, during March 1983. JCB 3CX backhoe plus a Dodge 50 dig up van.
Classic JCB digger parked at Heathfield Garage on the A38 in Heathfield, Gloucestershire in August 2018.
The JCB Display Team, more commonly known as the "Dancing Diggers" performs across the length and breadth of the country and is recognised as one of the top arena attractions available.
The team has appeared on television many times, showcasing the amazing abilities of the machine operators as they push their diggers to the absolute maximum of their capabilities.
The team comprised of 4 giant JCB 3CX diggers and one 527-55 loadall.
The four JCB's in the team weigh 8.5 tonnes each and cost in excess of £48,000 each.
The Display Team drivers perform dare devil stunts and formation digger dancing. During a performance accompanied by music they push the machines and themselves to the limit, thrilling audiences of all ages.
The stunts performed are not only very difficult, but are also very dangerous, and must, under no circumstances be attempted by anyone in the audience!
Whilst on location the team provided a static display for the public which was very popular
The Machines
527-55 LOADALL
The JCB 527-55 is a hugely efficient Dieselmax-powered Loadall. It’s powerful, productive, manoeuvrable, comfortable and safe.
3CX Eco
The JCB 3CX is the world’s number one backhoe loader (along with the JCB 4CX). The 3CX is a product of JCB’s efficient design philosophy, responding to today’s rising fuel prices and environmental concerns with class-leading efficiency and low running costs. In short, innovative technologies have been applied to squeeze the absolute maximum out of every drop of fuel on the JCB 3CX Eco.
The Company
The firm was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England.
The JCB logo dates from 1953; from 1960 the company typewriters were given an extra key to render it accurately. The logo was designed by Leslie Smith, and is off-set at 18 degrees from the horizontal and 22 degrees from the vertical - the angles Joe Bamford liked.
To demonstrate his faith in the hydraulic failsafes on JCB machines (which lock the arms in the event of a loss of hydraulic pressure, preventing them from crashing to the ground), Joe Cyril Bamford arranged to have several backhoes raise themselves up on their arms, and drove his car beneath them.
This has since developed into a world famous demonstration of the versatility of the backhoe configuration. The JCB display team (JCB Dancing Diggers) tour agricultural shows and produce videos, showing some of the unusual ways in which such vehicles can support themselves or manoeuvre. For example, it is quite common for drivers to support the vehicle on both buckets, either for turning on the spot without damaging ground, or for spinning the tracks in a puddle to clean them. The display team expanded this concept into a sort of vehicle gymnastics. The drivers are members of JCB's demonstration team, who visit prospective customers and demonstrate machines on the customer's property in order to prove the machine's suitability for the task at hand.