We need a crane thread ....... so here it is

[6feetdown]

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[pettsy]

 

[Lancs Lad]

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Nice handrail

 

[V8Druid]

Nice handrail

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reckon someone opened the sea lock gate sluices sooner than anticipated

 

[6feetdown]

Its gone today they've lifted steps but not sure if in the location req or off loaded and bolted together

 

[Conor]

Good old Tadano’s helping out a tractor unit having a lie down

 

[V8Druid]

Good old Tadano’s helping out a tractor unit having a lie down

those old 25,s were a bloody good crane ... IIRC Nissan engine-ed

 

[V8Druid]

Saw this on Facebook other day 1000 ton shackle

knew I had this somewhere ... found it earlier

 

[pettsy]

This is currently set up in town, lifting those bags down into the river so they can repair some flood damage.

 

[V8Druid]

'nother 500 BTLs ..... is that where those diggers got washed away/off a pontoon earlier in the year and into a bridge down stream ... was some footage knocking about

 

[pettsy]

No, just a retaining wall and some lean-to buildings at the back I believe. Estimated cost £3.5-5million

 

[Giles]

No, just a retaining wall and some lean-to buildings at the back I believe. Estimated cost £3.5-5million

I’ll do it for 2.9m

 

[pettsy]

I’ll do it for 2.9m

Took what looked like two blokes weeks to take up the paving on Matlock bridge then relay tarmac to make it two way again. Supposedly for 18months

 

[V8Druid]

I’ll do it for 2.9m

the race to the bottom starts here

 

[pettsy]

Few more pics from Facebook today

 

[Giles]

the race to the bottom starts here

True £6m in extras

 

[V8Druid]

True £6m in extras

's how a well known local big contractor gets all his work ... in cheap - pile it on in extras - very successfully

 

[6feetdown]

Few more pics from Facebook today
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Cool a hover excavator i wonder how much they are

 

[Bucket on wheels]

Now that's some hefty short rigged stabilizers lifting

 

[6feetdown]

Now that's some hefty short rigged stabilizers lifting
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No cones around the back of the crane