JCB 3cx Manual (please!)

[Rhinoneil]

How old is your jcb? Are you sure it's a 3cx and not just a 3c??

I bought it from Ritchie bros. auctioneers in Holland who advertised it as a "1989 3CX" its got the 4 in 1 bucket at the front which was one of the features I wanted, I'll take some pics. when I get time and post them.

[Rhinoneil]

No it's terram or geotextile..............http://www.terram.com/

Terram is a reinforcing fabric used under-stone where the ground has a CBR of less than 25%. It prevents the stone disappearing in to the mud,stops the mud contaminating the stone, but lets the water through. I have seen it used on ground you wouldn't walk on (twin layers with 600mm lab laid at 90 degrees to each other). There is a woven type and well it looks like a filter or wool felt.

It is mainly used off a 6m x 100m roll. If you have a hight content of mud in the area you are laying the road or if you are hauling very heavy loads then by all means use terram, but from my experience All I ever did with farm roadways was strip topsoil dig to 150 then put 300mm of 6n (6" down) or rubble compact it and cap it with Cl 804 or screenings. When it was for dairy cows we used crushed pencil or mud stone as it broke down and didn't hurt the cows feet, it did however need to be top-dressed every couple of years.

Back in Wales we always used what they called scalpings because it was cheap, over here I'm not sure what they do, I'm going to the quarry to see what they do and how much first, whats Cl 804?
They aparantly do a cheap product to cap off to avoid sore feet again I'll look. -- Thanks for all the info!!

[Stock]

Back in Wales we always used what they called scalpings because it was cheap, over here I'm not sure what they do, I'm going to the quarry to see what they do and how much first, whats Cl 804?
They apparently do a cheap product to cap off to avoid sore feet again I'll look. -- Thanks for all the info!!

Cl 804 is a specification for stone, as is 6N, or 1C .

A set of screens is used to sieve the material from the crusher so you get various grades

1. Scalping = usually of the top of the face contains a softer stone with an element of clay. The smaller stuff is also called screenings is usually a dirty yellow colour depending on the type of grey limestone.
2. Pit run 150 down will contain earth and soft stone.Great for making up levels depending on the amount of organic material present. Capping is pit run crushed to 20mm to dust
3. This is clean stone that passes through a 10/20 screen (10 to 20mm). There should be no fines in this commonly referred to as shingle. When it's a round non crushed stone or gravel it is referred to as Pea shingle. Can also be called CL 505 or self compacting stone.
4. This is a clean stone (no organic matter) the size is the largest stone present ie 20mm . CL 804 would be 10/20 screen size to dust.
5. Should be clean stone with no organic matter. may contain fines (not washed) the 0/3 can be called lime-sand usually used to finish levels prior to laying tarmacadam.
6. This is stone off the crusher with one pass of the screens. Used to raise road levels gives good compaction rates.

[Rhinoneil]

Hi Neil from a fellow French resident.
Re spelling - teram - can't find it in my French sources, maybe its 'Terrain' (sound similar) which has many meaning in French but in your case could just mean the track or course you want laid?
Re laying a perforated drain, I've done some of that. Down here in the south we can buy flexible perforated 90mm polyethylene tube in 50 meter rolls for 59 Euros from Brico Depot, do you have them up north? It is suggested that it should be laid on a thin bed of gravel and covered by about 20-30 mm of clean gravel and then topped with a film of Geotex Filtre (49 Euros for 50 meters from Brico Depot) to prevent water borne silt from choking the gravel. Sorry if I'm teaching you to suck eggs!
Sorry I can't help with the JCB my digger's a Takeuchi. Bon chance with the foaling.
Rgds CL

Yes, they refer to it as geotextile around here "terram" is a trade name which it was always called in Wales, thank you for the info on the drainage pipe, I've been getting prices from various "Brico" type places and so far the cheapest is my local "Agrial" where I get my horse feed, they're more open to dealing on the price!! possibly because I spend a fair bit there on other things, you know what the French are like with us "rich" Brits It's usualy add a zero though cos they all think we're loaded. Again many thanks for the info.

[Rob-b]

Cl 804 is a specification for stone, as is 6N, or 1C .

A set of screens is used to sieve the material from the crusher so you get various grades

1. Scalping = usually of the top of the face contains a softer stone with an element of clay. The smaller stuff is also called screenings is usually a dirty yellow colour depending on the type of grey limestone.
2. Pit run 150 down will contain earth and soft stone.Great for making up levels depending on the amount of organic material present. Capping is pit run crushed to 20mm to dust
3. This is clean stone that passes through a 10/20 screen (10 to 20mm). There should be no fines in this commonly referred to as shingle. When it's a round non crushed stone or gravel it is referred to as Pea shingle. Can also be called CL 505 or self compacting stone.
4. This is a clean stone (no organic matter) the size is the largest stone present ie 20mm . CL 804 would be 10/20 screen size to dust.
5. Should be clean stone with no organic matter. may contain fines (not washed) the 0/3 can be called lime-sand usually used to finish levels prior to laying tarmacadam.
6. This is stone off the crusher with one pass of the screens. Used to raise road levels gives good compaction rates.

See what happens when we post and talk!!! we get rewarded with info like this from the professionals. Good for you Stock.

[hantsfarmer]

89 3CX 4WD Turbo workshop manual

Welcome there Rhino, delighted to have you on board, give us some details of your purchase and you never know what santa Stock might do..............

Hello,

New to this site,i have small farm with various half knackered tractors/plant that I try to maintain.
Part of the managery is an 89 3cx 4wd Perkins 1000 digger.
I have got a good few jobs to do on her kingpost & seals leaky hydraulic controls and would love to get a workshop manual but without having to donate an organ.
Can you help please.