V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
last Saturday I believe ....
big repair bill and a bit embarrassing in their own yard ...... idiot at the helm apparently
big repair bill and a bit embarrassing in their own yard ...... idiot at the helm apparently
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Komatsu
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Charlie
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Oh how the day disappears on youtube
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
now this is something i have always fancied a go at ...... metal spinning
Bucket on wheels
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Quattromike
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last Saturday I believe ....
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big repair bill and a bit embarrassing in their own yard ...... idiot at the helm apparently
I think anyone who owns a crane like this and employs other folk to operate it must have uneasy nights/days
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
too rightI think anyone who owns a crane like this and employs other folk to operate it must have uneasy nights/days
.... used to have five operators on mine, which were 'run of the mill' 10 to 45 tonners and you were always waiting for 'that call' ..... on the whole they were very good, but you never knew .... there was a lot to 'know' about the 45 Grove and all important .... a 500 tonner is an 'art form', with an entire bible to learn ...... that said he had the root sections out instead of the tips and zero ballast ... a total no no ..... inevitable outcome
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
this is just amazing
have done several cut and shuts on canal boats, extending them 10-12 ft .... THAT is something else ... the logistics of achieving that are mind blowing
have done several cut and shuts on canal boats, extending them 10-12 ft
.... THAT is something else ... the logistics of achieving that are mind blowing 
CPS
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I reckon there was a time you would have attempted itthis is just amazing
have done several cut and shuts on canal boats, extending them 10-12 ft
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
can't see your emojis Aiden, but I'll take that as a hell of a complimentI reckon there was a time you would have attempted it
can you begin to imagine the extent of the internal work involved .... the hull is a POP ... but all the bulkheads, ribbing, plumbing, electrics, companionways, etc., etc., .... what a job to get them all BANG ON ..... and then there's the confidence of totally prefabbing the insert ... you'd want to be damned sure the original hull was absolutely to spec, to the mil. ..... wouldn't want any 'steps' in the joint.
this is engineering on a serious scale ....... and here's another ....
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Monkeybusiness
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I remember a feature on the local news 20+ years ago about a Birkenhead ship builder (probably Camel Lairds) having financial difficulties again. There was footage of a built floating middle section of a ship bobbing around happily in the Mersey, but for some reason the contract had been cancelled before the ship that it was built for was brought in for the choppy choppy bit! I guess it would be quite difficult to sell that middle section on...
Grahams
Don't complain - suggest what's better
They built the carriers in sections at different yards then bolted it together at Rosyth. Quite something to watch it come together over the years.
Must be much worse cutting up an existing ship that wasn't designed like that though.
Graham
Must be much worse cutting up an existing ship that wasn't designed like that though.
Graham
Shovelhands
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Would you like a trip on a cut n shut boat?....errr.......
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
mine are all still floatingWould you like a trip on a cut n shut boat?....errr.......
............. but if any of 'em sank you could get out and walk to the canal bank
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
Looks like something that might be handy for you @monkeybuisiness
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Monkeybusiness
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That Komatsu looks pretty new! Seems an odd set up - I like the idea though!
Grahams
Don't complain - suggest what's better
Basically what they do with huge machines in quarries to speed things up when moving them for blasting etc.
Graham
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
Would of been ok for the job you did in Lincoln a few months back to get all your kit to a safe place
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
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