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Latest Additions/Update Log - for regular visitors to the site

01/02/12 Tow Hoe "Cricket" brochure and Bronse micro excavator article added thanks to Wayne.
30/01/12 Robinson Rouse CR840 digger added thanks to Dale for the pictures.
30/01/12 New page for the Topi Motorshovel added. Thanks to Wayne for the information.
30/12/11 New page with information about the Steelfab range of diggers and dumpers
18/10/11 25 new PDF's of Powerfab brochures and price lists added thanks to Julian. See Powerfab page for full list.
27/09/11 Another brochure for the Mini Gigant GS210 added thanks to Julian.
03/09/11 Operators Manual, Parts List and Specification Sheet for Powerfab 125WTD added thanks to Chris
22/08/11 Link to Otas Czechoslovakian towable digger manufacturer added thanks to Chris
06/07/11 Smalley dredger added
06/07/11 Pictures of the Gopher 5 Star four wheel drive added thanks to Mike.
03/06/11 Duncan's Shelvoke + Drewry pictures added.
24/05/11 New page for Euromach Jolly and Bronco Micro Excavator added with brochures and Operators Manual (thanks to Wayne)
24/05/11 New page for the Mini Gigant GS210 added
11/05/11 Alan's sight gauge repair added.
11/05/11 Graham's interesting information about the Trantor added.
12/04/11 Page created for the Baromix Major digger
12/04/11 Gary from Australia's Powerfab 360WD pictures added.
25/03/11 Ed's Tow Hoe added.
17/03/11 Link added to Spares and Repairs page to http://www.inlinefilters.co.uk/
15/03/11 A new page created for the Termite Micro Excavator
08/03/11 George Fowell dumper manual added thanks to Shaun
08/03/11 Homemade digger built by James added.
03/03/11 Johnson Machinery information updated. Info added from Ken and Chris. Whaley Bridge works and Trantor Tractor information added.
28/02/11 Noel's George Fowell dumper added to Archive
17/02/11 Page 20 added to the Archive with Hymac and Powerfab pictures. John's dumper in Australia added.
26/01/11 Gopher 5 Star information added thanks to Shaun and Mike.
18/01/11 Caution about building your own digger
18/01/11 Benford ME130 Hydraulic ram information added.
30/12/10 Rapier crane added to the photo gallery
24/12/10 Thwaites Tusker Spares List PDF added thanks to Ian
14/12/10 Information about upgrading to the new version of Google Groups added.
16/11/10 Whilst updating the site I discovered that the Contact the Webmaster link was broken on a number of pages. I have now fixed this problem. Apologies to anyone who wanted to contact me but couldn't.
16/11/10 Steve's Powerfab 180C restoration added
16/11/10 Update to my dumper restoration
16/11/10 Smalley 425 pictures added.
29/09/10 Can anyone identify Dave's dumper for him please?
28/09/10 John P's excellent set of Johnson Photographs added
27/09/10 Robbie's CAT Forklift pictures added
02/09/10 Geoffs Priestman Cub Mark 6 picture added.
24/08/10 Link to Peter's Smalley restoration photo gallery added to Smalley page.
18/08/10 Ditch clearing with the Fleming Micron added.
12/08/10 Petter PH1 Workshop Manual and Parts List and Exploded Diagrams added.
02/08/10 Gopher Digger Operators Manual added thanks to John
28/07/10 Link to Unwin Hydraulics added.
27/07/10 Ewen's memories of Johnson Machinery's Scottish Depot added.
27/07/10 John's Johnson Motil Utility Truck added to the surviving machines page.
19/07/10 Ford wheel digger picture added.
13/07/10 John H's excellent pictures of taking his Gopher digger across a lake added.
13/07/10 FAQ's page updated with information from John about the Hydraulic Oil for the Gopher digger.
07/07/10 Dig-It backhoe photo from Bob added.
28/06/10 Jamies Johnson Dumper added.
28/06/10 Minor updates to Johnson Machinery information with information provided by John P.
09/06/10 Craig has identified Bruce's Longhini Idrodumper and kindly provided a 1979 brochure for it
03/06/10 Original Fleming Micron GX and Micron Turbo 20 brochures kindly supplied by Mike Fleming added.
14/05/10 Anthony's Thwaites dumper digger and Colin's Smalley digger added to page 19 of the Photo Gallery
06/05/10 Johnson 2HG dumper and George Fowler dumper added
20/04/10 Will's Benford dumper added.
12/04/10 Johnson Apprentice School information updated.
12/04/10 Tim's Barford 75 and Peter's Powerfab 1250X added.
10/04/10 New Mantis picture from Chris added
07/04/10 Pictures of the recovery of my Roughneck Excavator added.
06/40/10 Trevor's pictures of the Johnson Apprentice School added
06/04/10 More photos from David C added to the Johnson Machinery section. Concrete pouring, Office Staff, Brian Dearden and Cyril Stokes.
26/03/10 Pictures of Johnson Works Staff added and extra PDF's added to archive.
24/03/10 Pictures of Johnson drawing office staff added. Also dumper from the 1950's
23/03/10 I have started work on adding the excellent pictures and documents about Johnson Machinery kindly provided by Dave C. See the new factory pictures and Kirkintilloch pictures.
11/03/10 My dumper restoration updated
11/03/10 Nathan's Barford Bison dumper added
02/03/10 Peter's Smalley digger added
23/02/10 Page 18 added to the photo gallery with Barry's digger and dumper/loader from Australia
16/02/10 Williams Johnson 3E dumper added to the Johnson Survivors page.
16/02/10 Johnson 1A, 3B and 3E Dumper manual finally converted into a PDF.
07/02/10 Smalley 5T brochure from the 1980's added. Thanks to Keoni for this.
11/01/10 Kevin's Powerfab 300 added.
10/01/10 2 more unidentified dumpers added to the photo gallery
10/01/10 Peter's Johnson 2HG dumper added to the survivors page
09/01/10 New contact form built using PHP to cut down on spam messages.
07/01/10 Andrew's homemade digger added
07/01/10 Good news! The Rapier Crane did find a new owner and wasn't scrapped.
07/01/10 Minor updates to remove broken links to external sites that have now closed down.
07/01/10 Cranvel Backhoe added
30/11/09 Nick's JCB 2DII added to the photo gallery
23/11/09 A couple of plant pictures from my holiday added.
23/11/09 Ray's Powerfab 360W updated picture added.
23/11/09 Johnson Humper added which belongs to Myles.
19/11/09 Franck's Micron 720 and part numbers for the hydraulic filter added
12/11/09 Link to Skorpion Diggers added
12/11/09 New picture and video of Greens Machine backhoe added
29/10/09 Mervyn's Manitowoc 4600 Crane picture added
16/10/09 Len's Hymac and JCB added.
13/10/09 Powerfab 125 WT and Hi lift truck added to Archive page 17.
08/09/09 Urgent! Can anyone help find a home for this Rapier Crane?
18/08/09 Jorge's picture of a 1950's Enfield pump added.
11/08/09 Original factory photographs from Phil and Lee added to Johnson Factories page
11/08/09 Bruce's Hydrodumper self-loading digger dumper added to the photo gallery. Can anyone identify it?
11/08/09 Pictures of Johnson Machinery stand at NEC in 1977 added, kindly supplied by Alastair
06/08/09 Bob's Johnson Mud Pump added. New pictures of hydraulic ram repairs added.
04/08/09 Dumper restoration updated with progress on axle
29/07/09 Updated digger bucket page with a bit about in-line boring.
27/07/09 More pictures added to photo gallery page 16. Johns Muir Hill, Myles pictures of a CAT and Invicta Roller and Ross's Ruston Bucyrus 22-RB
24/07/09 Minor update to dumper restoration page
20/07/09 7 excellent new pictures of Johnson Construction Machinery dumpers added to page 3 of old photographs
14/07/09 Johnson Factory page created with photo's from Dave and Alastair
14/07/09 More great photo's from Dave. Twin wheel Johnson Rotaplacer. Johnson Humper. Old Dumper
14/07/09 Johnson Super Dumper information added to the literature archive thanks to Dave.
10/07/09 Mike' Johnson Construction Machinery 2250 AP 4WD dumper added
09/07/09 New digger bucket page added
07/07/09 David's Skorpion digger information added.
02/07/09 Paddy's dumper based forklift added. Confirms what happens when you try to use an automotive steering box on a dumper!
01/07/09 Mart's Fleming Micron digger added
01/07/09 Lots of new stuff added to the Johnson Machinery section of the website thanks to Dave who supplied it. There are a lot of new PDF's in the archive for Centromat (concrete batching plant), 2WD and 4WD dumpers, Humper and Motil utility truck. There is now a third page of old Johnson Photographs and also Alastair has kindly photographed the factory as it stands in 2009.
01/07/09 Unidentified dumper belonging to Maurice added
30/06/09 Rob's Athey Crane pictures added.
15/06/09 John's homemade digger added.
04/06/09 Duncan's excellent Rapier Crane photo added.
27/04/09 Reg's 1JP Dumper added to Johnson Machinery Survivors.
18/04/09 Thomas's dumper with steering box problems added
07/04/09 Dumper restoration page 2 updated - welding the chassis is now done
06/04/09 Powerfab 180C sales brochure added (kindly supplied by Ian)
01/04/09 Page 2 of dumper restoration updated to show progress with the welding. Markus's Thwaites Nimbus pictures added and John's Powerfab and Thwaites Nimline dumper to the Photo Gallery
26/03/09 Minor updates to navigation links on left of page. Link to discussion group is now near the top and there is a new link to the second page of my Dumper Restoration.
23/03/09 Dumper restoration now has a second page
16/03/09 Dumper restoration updated. Fleming Micron pictures added
12/03/09 Smalley sales brochure from 1972 added (kindly supplied by Edward)
10/03/09 Peter's Conveyancer Fork Lift added to the photo gallery
04/03/09 Dumper Restoration updated
03/03/09 Dumper Parts and Hydraulic Plant Services added to Spares and Repairs page and Mart's new Powerfab pictures added
24/02/09 Link to Bearing Boys added to Spares & Repairs page
23/02/09 Dumper restoration updated. Peter's Uni Horse tractor added and Frank's Johnson 2HG dumper
17/02/09 Making progress on the dumper. Nearly ready to separate the two halves. Page updated.
13/02/09 Dumper restoration page now fully updated as work has started.
12/02/09 Finally I have finished converting the Johnson 2HG Dumper workshop manual into a PDF
12/02/09 Pictures of Hans Mantis digger added
11/02/09 John's Johnson Humper added to the Johnson Surviviors page.
05/02/09 A new page created for the Mitchell Cotts Environmental digger. Thanks to Matt for the pictures.
05/02/09 Vic's Benford ME130 pictures added
05/02/09 I have now set up a Google Group called diggers-dumper-plant so that users of this site can discuss their machines and share information about spares. You can access the group by clicking here. You need to join the group to participate as this helps prevent people spamming the message board. Its a quick and easy job to create a Google account if you don't already have one.
04/02/09 Second page of Johnson Photographs added
04/02/09 PDF of interesting Powerfab information added (thanks to Mark from France)
04/02/09 Mart's Powerfab powerpack and boom ram clamp pictures added
29/01/09 Standard Muscleman page updated with hydraulic information, Operator's Manual and Sales Literature kindly provided by Pat.
21/01/09 4 more PDF's added to Johnson Machinery Archive. Old photographs added
20/01/09 Johnson 1J and 2F dumper brochures added to PDF Archive (supplied by Alastair)
15/01/09 Major update of the Powerfab page with new pictures, information and press articles kindly provided by Nathan.
13/01/09 Link to Lula Machinery added. Benford dumper added.
08/01/09 Photo Gallery Page 12 updated with new information about Fowell dumpers from Shaun

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