Welcome to www.oilyhands.co.uk
Also known as www.diggers-dumpers-plant.co.uk and www.flamingskoda.com
Towable digger, excavator and backhoe website. Features Fleming Micron, Powerfab, Mantis, Benford, Roughneck, Gopher, Smalley, Tow-hoe, Standard Muscleman, Termite, Mitchell Cotts, Mini Gigant, Baromix, Euromach, Bronco, homemade and other small diggers. Links to current manufacturers such as Groupe-FCM and suppliers of plans for the Ground Hawg Homebuilt Backhoe and CDP Excavator. Includes other plant and mechanical information, Digger Bucket Page, Plant Photo Gallery, Dumper Restoration Project and useful links for Digger Spares and Repairs. Extra information and pictures to add to the site always appreciated. Also includes a section dedicated to preserving information about Johnson Machinery Limited.
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- Plant Discussion Group
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- Fleming Micron digger restoration
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- Roughneck diggers
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- Smalley diggers
- Benford ME130 and Mantis digger
- Tow-Hoe and Standard Muscleman
- Mitchell Cotts digger
- Termite Micro Excavator
- Baromix Major
- Mini Gigant
- Euromach Jolly and Bronco Micro Excavator
- FCM Diggers and Backhoes
- Homemade backhoes and new towable diggers
- List of known towable diggers
- Digger buckets
- Digger spares and repairs
- Towable digger V. Mini Digger?
- Frequently asked questions
- Fleming Micron engine change
- Dumper Restoration
- Dumper Restoration p. 2
- Johnson Machinery Section
- Steelfab
- Older projects
Jones Crane | Kubota tractor | Dumper with Petter petrol engine | Fowell Model A | Euclid Motor Scraper
This Jones crane has appeared at Fowey during summer 2008. It looks like it will be used for boat lifting
Being a late model the Jones is hydraulically operated
Kubota tractor with backhoe and loader. Very nice if you can afford it!
Brendan from Cumbria emailed these two pictures of his dumper which he is restoring. Shaun says it is definitely a George Fowell like his orange dumper below
Brendan's dumper has a Petter petrol engine and is only about 4 feet wide. The front wheels don't appear to be the correct ones.
Can anyone help Shaun with information about his orange dumper please? He says it is a George Fowell type A from the mid 1930's. View the manual here
Shaun's dumper is in great condition but information about it is scarce. I suppose if you were even 18 year's old in the 1930's when it was built you would now be 96+ years old!
This is Shaun's later Fowell. Having studied Brendan's dumper Shaun suggests that it is a type A model from the mid thirties but with a different skip fitted.
Mart sent this picture of some tyres that gave out when he was moving a Powerfab digger. The person selling it said the tyres were good - YEAH RIGHT!
John emailed these pictures of his friend Tim's Euclid Motor Scraper. He says, "Tim has done some remarkable restoration work on this machine to return it to working order".
The before and after pictures show the amazing restoration and return to proper Euclid colours. Not many people have the space for this type of restoration project.