Road Thumpers!

[Answerprancer]

Hi folks - long time no posty!
So who remembers these? I Remember seeing them being used a long time ago then it occurred to me that they are no longer around.
Just in case anyone is wondering, what I'm talking about is a machine that stood about four feet high and was used by road construction/repair men.
I presume they had a single cylinder internal combustion engine that was designed to turn over very slowly so they would go "kachung kachung kachung" and compact/break up what ever lay beneath like some sort of insane pogo-stick .
Can anyone shed any light on what happened to them? Also, does anyone know what their proper name was?

[Answerprancer]

Yes, they're pretty fearsome looking.

[Answerprancer]

1.7 litre engine!!! Same as my bloody car!

[Answerprancer]

Yes, but they are rather FAP-ulous!

[Mamyalynne]

Is that where the saying comes from....


" Eeeee I've flattened some grass "


Hi AP - long time no see. x

[ummmm]

Hello AP :-)

[Answerprancer]

Hello Mamya :-)

[Answerprancer]

Hello Ummmm :-)

[Answerprancer]

Scrivens - I imagine it would be quite extreme, especially if the timing went out of whack! It would certainly make yer bits wobble! ...or if the passengers were female... :-)

[Barks]

I remember seeing one of these burst into flames when I was walking home from junior school one afternoon setting the operators hair on fire
It absolutely terrified me at the time and I can still see it everytime I drive past the spot

[mjwman]

Yes! I remember those!

[MichaelZZ]

Ilways used to call them "Phudumphers". My grown-up kids still call them that.

[MichaelZZ]

^^^ I always ...