Guy what a great job he did on that, especially the hydraulic pistons to work the gears for the tires

modelmaniac,

The Pingon built by Jean-Francois is a 14B. I couldn't find any data for this machine but here is a brochure for the 14C, very similar to the 14B:



Drawing on the bottom right corner indicates 7.04 metres overall (bucket and arm included).

A link to Akerman EW200 specs: https://www.volvoce.com/-/media/volvoce/global/global-site/product-archive/documents/06-wheeled-excavators/01-akerman/a-ew200/a-ew200-232-0011-9505.pdf?v=KiEyPw

I leave it to you to decide, but I suspect that these 2 excavators were working in the "same league".

I hope this helps.
Guy

modelmaniac,

I think that Pingon was the only company going that route in terms of wheeled excavator architecture.
The design allowed for a very quick move from road to work condition (a few seconds, as per their advert), helped to move on uneven grounds (which is not obvious, considering its high center of gravity when on wheels!); its stability in operation resulted in a high productivity and up to 26 different attachments could be used: grab and conventional buckets, shovel, ripper, lattice boom extensions, etc.

Pingon excavators became part of IBH (owner of Hanomag) in 1979, while P.J. Pingon created during the seventies the Mecalac company, known worldwide today for their multi-purpose, compact and versatile equipment: https://www.mecalac.com/en/products.html

I hope this helps.
Guy

Steve,

I think that Mantova Modelli (Italy) and ATM (France) produced in the past the 14C version in a 1/50 scale.
Below, the MiniCams 14B (on the left) and the ATM version (on the right side):



I suspect these 2 resin models to be pretty rare these days. As you can see, the ATM model was produced with different equipment: https://www.constructionscalemodels.com/en/copy-of-pingon-sitting-bull-12014c-wheel-excavator or https://www.constructionscalemodels.com/en/copy-of-pingon-sitting-bull-12014c-wheel-shovel
Picture from "Pingon-Richier Blog": https://pingon-richier.skyrock.com

Regards.
Guy

Somewhere in France in the sixties, dirt road maintenance operations involving an old Richier road roller and a Bernard 2-axle tipper:









To be continued.
Guy

GuyM,

Do you know the model manufacturer of the Richier roller?

Thanks !

At the very top of the Poclain equipment range, both excavator and shovel versions of the 1000-2 unit:









Regards.
Guy

I have seen a Poclain 90 excavator,truck mounted on a Berliet 6 wheel(3 axle) chassis.Looks really nice.Do you have any pics of that machine?

Guy do you know how and why Poclain and Case became involved with each other.
Steve

Weserhutte,

Yes, it looks like a TP 30 fitted on a Berliet truck. Same equipment installed on Renault 4x2 and GMC 6x6 trucks can be seen here: http://www.generationdeux.fr/pageshtml/pagemateriels.html

I hope this helps.
Guy