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I haven't seen a Hymac for years, thought they had all been chopped or gone to Africa!!

Used to load shit spreaders with one that had a Ford D series engine, is yours a Ford York? or a Perkie?

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I haven't seen a Hymac for years, thought they had all been chopped or gone to Africa!!

Used to load shit spreaders with one that had a Ford D series engine, is yours a Ford York? or a Perkie?

The earlier ones were based on a Ford 4000 but changed to leyland 4/98 engines which is what this one is.

 

Looks like this only much rougher

 

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It's having some work done before it gets delivered at the beginning of next week then I'll get some decent pics.

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What are you saying? Imagine the fun* getting that home on an A-frame!

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Only* 8 tonnes.

 

I had a go on the joysticks. It's just like playing cybernoid on the Commodore 64.

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Shoulda Googled. I thought it was a tracked job!

Didn't even know Hymac made those. Looks throughly shite. Is it Leyland tractor running gear to go with the 4/98??

Well bought, AS gravediggers in business 

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Autoshite now has the grave digger, the hearse, I'm sure we have a limo on here somewhere (would be very surprised if we didn't) and there must be a priest and at least one person who lives in a church.  We're all set for that business loan.

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Can anyone do embalming?

Drain blood, fill with antifreeze, job's a good'un.

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Shoulda Googled. I thought it was a tracked job!

Didn't even know Hymac made those. Looks throughly shite. Is it Leyland tractor running gear to go with the 4/98??

Well bought, AS gravediggers in business

 

According to the Internet, it was developed by Whitlock based on a Ford 4000 industrial with a 3 cylinder ford 3000 engine then Hymac bought the company and eventually put the Leyland engine in.

 

Im building a house, hence the need* for one of these. I looked at a couple of diggers earlier in the week. A MF 35 industrial with Foster back actor and a MF 50B. Wanted to buy them all but skint.

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Can anyone do embalming?

Shit, if only Fatha_Womble was still alive - he learned this in the army circa 1947 when out in Malaysia to keep bodies from going off whilst they were shipped back to blighty.

Ive helped dissect a body in the past. All jolly interesting stuff.

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We also have the Onanist.

 

sorry, couldn't resist...

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What are you saying? Imagine the fun* getting that home driving down an A road

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Fantastic petrol station shot though (in fact, quite a few I suspect).

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Did I mention it was rough as...?

 

Stick em up

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Back actor - adjustable offset

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Sticks of joy

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All the way from Wales

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Buttons - none work

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I had a choice of two

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Can't wait to start tearing up the terra firma although, as I'll be working in wet ground, it weighs 8 tonnnes and has slicks for tyres, expect the next photo be similar to this

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Ooooooh digger. Autoshite version of Diggerland next for you?

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Drain blood, fill with antifreeze, job's a good'un.

Add a bucket of K-seal to stop unwanted leaks.

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Spectacular!  Looking forward to seeing shots of that in action.

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Ace, very handy for deciding who's gonna back up in narrow lanes.

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We also have the Organist.

 

 

I know a few ladies who can play the purple flute quite well. Whether they'll be up to doing it in front of a crowd.........

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Spent most of the week trying to get this beast operational.

New fuel lines and filter, replacement steering pump, a few new hydraulic hoses and filled with oil and water.

 

I've enjoyed working on it (or helping the seller work on it - a heavy plant mechanic to trade) although it was a tad frustrating when we were about to put it on the low loader and the steering wouldn't work, hence the replacement pump.

 

Let the digging begin...

 

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Bonnet open so I can keep an eye on the temperature with my handy Aldi laser gun thingy.

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I remember watching a particularly incompetent contractor in a mini digger back into a corner with a fence to one side and a tree behind.

He then busily dug a hole in front of him with a big pile of spoil the other side :-)

 

Good luck!

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Damnit. I hoped AS wouldn't succumb to the whole "patina" rat look thing.

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Maybe if I removed the tarp my ditch would be straight?post-5582-0-05901900-1445287575_thumb.jpg

 

As expected, after being brought out of retirement after 8 years in a hedge, things have started breaking. Tonight the left stabiliser retract hose sprung a leak and the pin on one of the slew rams dropped resulting in all the force going through the bottom half of the clevis and bending it.

 

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I got the pin out and will weld a new top on it. Straightening the clevis without breaking it will be the main challenge.

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Six months on and the old girl is still purring like the wee kitten she is.

Starts on the button - ok, twist of the screwdriver.

 

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The power in the back bucket never fails to amaze. Cleared an area for my new shed today, a good metre of depth of hard, rocky ground.

It's like scooping ice cream.

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I've been making a gravel screener but stupid generator of Chinese origin is letting me down. It starts but won't settle to a steady idle then conks out. It's popping/back firing - over fueling?

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  • 9 months later...
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Drain blood, fill with antifreeze, job's a good'un.

You forgot the bottle of K seal to plug any leaks...

 

Edit ah didn't realise the age of the thread and the fact that somebody had already made that joke. Sorry

  • 1 year later...
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As reported elsewhere on the forum, the old hymac has been busy;

 

Knocking down

 

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Having punctures

 

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Lifting off roofs

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Blowing ram seals

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Asking y tho

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Then shitting some bearings into its sump

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I'm now trying to wrestle the engine out of it to see if I can rebuild it.

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