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Poclain brochure scans stir the memories (Part One)

Wed 25 Jul 2018

Poclain brochure scans stir the memories (Part One)

Poclain has long been a popular topic on this blog and whenever we post something about the venerable old brand we get a phenomenal amount of traffic, which just proves that there is still a lot of interest in the long-gone company which actually produced its first excavator as far back as 1951. Poclain were also very much involved in producing bespoke designs and in part one we will take a look at a selection of its pedestal mounted machines using photos from Joe’s brochure collection. First up is this small TP30 model mounted on a rail wagon, in the days before road-railer’s became the norm. The machine is seen boring foundation shafts for overhead electric pylons. Barge mounted machines were another speciality for Poclain. This HP300 model is seen at work on dredging duties. The HP300 in this configuration had a maximum dig depth of 14 metres and is seen here extracting blasted granite. This interesting shot shows a ship mounted LP80 model lowering an undersea research vehicle into the water, which is all very Jacques Cousteau. Of note in this photo is the popular European style TAB boom arrangement which even back then was offering a wide range of reach, flexiblity and most important in this sea going application a low centre of gravity. Finally, in this batch another HP300 in this application pedestal mounted on a harbour wall and fitted with a 2.53 clamshell grab unloading sea dredged gravel, which according to the brochure was capable of an average hourly production rate of 400 tonnes. The Digger Man Blog would like to thank Joe for sharing these historical photos with us for all to enjoy. Lookout for part two of this post over the coming weeks.

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