One sweet JCB

[fred goodrich]

Runs like a champ, no leaks, almost passed by it at an auction, brought home to Newark Valley NY

 

[300jk]

Looks nice ! Is in as good of condition as it looks ? It could just be me or the camera angle, but the bucket looks like its a mile and a half from the front of the machine !

 

[fred goodrich]

No, it's out there

 

[Jon Erickson]

Nice looking machine. Bucket way out front can/does have some advantage, when pushing material into excavated trenches or excavated holes.

 

[AJ.]

Lots of JCB's in my neck of the woods the UK, that has had a good clean up and paint job, I would guess it's a TC model of about 1977/8, they had a short run of only a couple of years, the geometry of the loader bucket left a lot to be desired, it had very poor roll back when down and too much when raised as the cylinders are coupled directly to the bucket without a Z linkage, still they were a good workhorse and will go forever.
AJ