Classic Plant & Machinery
September 2015
Inside the September 2015 issue of Classic Plant & Machinery...
CLASSIC FORD 555
At Long Melford, Suffolk, we spotted a 1986
Ford 555 four-wheel drive backhoe/loader
that had been supplied by Does of Maldon
and was in very clean condition for its age
EDITOR’S WELCOME
Peter Love muses on his travels
POLISHING THE DIAMONDS
Jeremy Rowland takes a look at Barry
Quinn’s Mitsubishi MS110 excavator. Is the
machine unique in the UK today?
NEWS
All the latest from the world of modern and
old machinery
PROMOTION
Steve Vale offers his latest plant DVD (a
product that we can endorse here in the
editorial office) at a special price to readers
of Classic Plant & Machinery
TIMOTHY’S DIGGER
We travel to Coleraine, Northern Ireland, to
investigate a Ford 4550 digger/loader that has
just been rebuilt and put back into service
SALES TALK
We look at what’s been sold this month and
what’s coming up, with Jayne Love’s diary
GOING FOR A BURTON
Chris Cox tells us in the second part
of his story about how his David Brown
30ID, which worked in the brewery
industry, came together
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WORKING IN THE MINES, PART 2
It’s a great pleasure to have Nick Baldwin
as part of CPM and this month he continues
his story on mining machinery underground
THE WORLD AT BRUNTINGTHORPE
Jeremy Rowland visited the Plantworx
show, organised by CEA in June
RISE OF THE SPECIALIST
Steve Vale carries on his fascinating story
on Kocurek demolition machines
CENTRE SPREAD
An impressive shot of an S-7
MF 205 FOR SALE
We look in detail at Eric Sugden’s
Massey Ferguson 205 loading shovel,
which he has owned for 37 years and
which is now for sale
LIFE SAVERS
In part four of the story, the late Donald
Bowler’s RNLI series moves on in time
OPENCAST MINING, PART 32
This wonderful series on open
cast mining by Keith Haddock
comes to a close
HISTORY IN THE FIELD
Bill Dickins, this country’s leading
expert on vintage motor rollers, takes
us through the excellent Barford
Perkins display at Woolpit
EVENTS
Jeremy Rowland visited the
Chipping Fair, where plenty of JCBs
were doing lots of digging
EVENTS DIARY
All the places to go to as the
season progresses
SMALL PLANT & MACHINERY
Steve Downes
takes us
through
what has been
going on in the
model scene
PLANT TRADER
Pages of classified ads for all
your needs
...and much more!!
Inside the September 2015 issue of Classic Plant & Machinery...CLASSIC FORD 555