Coolest JCB Driver
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Can he build it? 
Not what you think Stuart 
Big round cylinder thingys at each end (rollers) - hinge in the middle. Rollers can be switched to vibrator mode or left normal for finishing smooth top surface.
Trouble with the articulation is you can get stranded 'across' a tight corner if rolling tight into the side, and the damn thing can't be moved sideways.
Maybe I should go to bed now (or something)
Big round cylinder thingys at each end (rollers) - hinge in the middle. Rollers can be switched to vibrator mode or left normal for finishing smooth top surface.
Trouble with the articulation is you can get stranded 'across' a tight corner if rolling tight into the side, and the damn thing can't be moved sideways.
Maybe I should go to bed now (or something)
McNab said: Not what you think Stuart
Big round cylinder thingys at each end (rollers) - hinge in the middle. Rollers can be switched to vibrator mode or left normal for finishing smooth top surface.
Trouble with the articulation is you can get stranded 'across' a tight corner if rolling tight into the side, and the damn thing can't be moved sideways.
Maybe I should go to bed now (or something)
I could......
But I'm more mature than that
Greatest JCB driver (well, pilot) has to be this one:
Joe Bamford was a huge enthusiast of lakes. He had a smaller replica of Lake Geneva built outside the factory in fact, and as far as I know it is still stocked with fish so that the workers can go fishing in their lunch break. Part of the Lake Geneva effect was to recreate the famous huge water spout. Unfortunately, when the wind was in the wrong direction, the spume from the spout veered over the company helipad (he was also into flying) which he used to fly buyers into the factory. Solution? Have a remote control for the waterspout fitted to the helicopter so that it could be shut off remotely if required by the chopper!
There are loads of other great stories - including the birdcage full of exotic feathered friends that you had to walk through to get to his office and the small river running through the CAD department.
Anyone know any more?
Oh, and I also recall there was a 250GTO parked in the smaller reception to the side of the factory...
Joe Bamford was a huge enthusiast of lakes. He had a smaller replica of Lake Geneva built outside the factory in fact, and as far as I know it is still stocked with fish so that the workers can go fishing in their lunch break. Part of the Lake Geneva effect was to recreate the famous huge water spout. Unfortunately, when the wind was in the wrong direction, the spume from the spout veered over the company helipad (he was also into flying) which he used to fly buyers into the factory. Solution? Have a remote control for the waterspout fitted to the helicopter so that it could be shut off remotely if required by the chopper!
There are loads of other great stories - including the birdcage full of exotic feathered friends that you had to walk through to get to his office and the small river running through the CAD department.
Anyone know any more?
Oh, and I also recall there was a 250GTO parked in the smaller reception to the side of the factory...
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