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A major problem with all big Hitachis is the tinny sheetmetal caving in when touched up against things. Personally they have a terrible layout when it comes to having to work on them, but up to a point they seldom require a lot of work. That snakepit of steel pipes is a nightmare if you have to get down in there for an oring. Was viewing Liddell,s EX8000 yestreday With Richard Fowler and boy they are a big unit, he got plenty of pics and of Mt Arthur aswell so will post when he gets home i am sure.
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Chris5500 wrote:Butler wrote:hey chris those are the brockman 4 5500 shovels up top correct? went over there the other day from brockman 2. do you have any more of the pc5500 from west angeleas? Yep, they sure are Brockman 4's had these delivered along with the 3600, L-1850 and 830's with more on the way. When you say "any more" of West Ange's 55's do you mean on top of the one's I posted at HEF or have you not seen them? I only have 1 or 2 more than what was posted over there, either way, I can post here if you want. Just let me know! For now, here's one of West Ange's EX5500's, not it's best look!  just the one in your avatar looks like the one from the autonomus (or however u spell it) project?? heres some more of the EX5500 digger they have over there too. great machines to operate though not as nice as a 3600   
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Fabulous pics guys. Judging by the person standing next to it that PC5500 looks a heck of a lot larger than the EX5500.
It seems really strange to me that the Hitachis are not service-friendly. To me, the whole design and layout of the machine seem to follow the "form-follows-function"-rule. Looks like that´s just an illusion.
Leo
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Gavin84w wrote:A major problem with all big Hitachis is the tinny sheetmetal caving in when touched up against things. Personally they have a terrible layout when it comes to having to work on them, but up to a point they seldom require a lot of work. That snakepit of steel pipes is a nightmare if you have to get down in there for an oring. Was viewing Liddell,s EX8000 yestreday With Richard Fowler and boy they are a big unit, he got plenty of pics and of Mt Arthur aswell so will post when he gets home i am sure. I agree about the tinny sheet metal issue. I do however think it wouldn't really be an issue if they could find people to run them who weren't trying to move dirt with parts of the machine other than the bucket. Brian
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Greasemonkey wrote:Gavin84w wrote:A major problem with all big Hitachis is the tinny sheetmetal caving in when touched up against things. Personally they have a terrible layout when it comes to having to work on them, but up to a point they seldom require a lot of work. That snakepit of steel pipes is a nightmare if you have to get down in there for an oring. Was viewing Liddell,s EX8000 yestreday With Richard Fowler and boy they are a big unit, he got plenty of pics and of Mt Arthur aswell so will post when he gets home i am sure. I agree about the tinny sheet metal issue. I do however think it wouldn't really be an issue if they could find people to run them who weren't trying to move dirt with parts of the machine other than the bucket. Brian They'd ran you out of job !!! LOL The Frenchman
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LOL.......not me, I use the bucket to move dirt.
Brian
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hey chris do you have any of the l1850 they have out there?
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 More please! ?  Thanks for the above two. Chris
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a Cutter wrote: More please! ? Thanks for the above two. Chris Awesome shots... Not too often you gen the up close pics, cheers mate!!!! Rowan.
1:25th scale CAT 375L excavator
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great pics!! thanks for sharing
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"?
... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt
The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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