Shovelhands
Well-known member
Hitachi men, pure fukin wild
havnt been gwent for 30 odd years ?Yeah bs Wales online again
that's 'brave' ...... remember Rob Taylor telling me a long time ago , if you'm digging deep and stood at the edge, ALWAYS be pointing in the right direction to back away .. IN A HURRY !!!!
He’s just made it hard work, should have slewed around and pulled himself at the same time, rather than simply pushing his blade down into the muck even more!
pretty sure his blade was up as far as it'd go ..... that way round to lift the other end out of the tish and push ...... his mates were giving it plenty of pullingHe’s just made it hard work, should have slewed around and pulled himself at the same time, rather than simply pushing his blade down into the muck even more!
Seemed to look like he was just lifting himself up more than pushingpretty sure his blade was up as far as it'd go ..... that way round to lift the other end out of the tish and push ...... his mates were giving it plenty of pulling![]()
Passed it yesterday still parked up on the roundaboutif he was coming from this direction he's either coming from Caparro Tubes, Tafarnaubach IE in Tredegar, or Rodelle Chimneys in Brecon, which'd be my best guess looking at the attached channel on the side of it
Taking the piss that overhang is ..... "elastic tape officer, only measured 10ft, when I looked at it ... and it's marked "![]()
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I'd guess he tried to raise the boom without the gantry mast tensioned to support the load of the fly ... in fact, no sign of a mast even rigged TBH .. 's a big machine - has Superlift rigged
Or being Chinese, they forgot the QC the day it was made, and they used marshmallow steelI'd guess he tried to raise the boom without the gantry mast tensioned to support the load of the fly ... in fact, no sign of a mast even rigged TBH .. 's a big machine - has Superlift rigged
That one was maybe supposed to go for exportOr being Chinese, they forgot the QC the day it was made, and they used marshmallow steel![]()
Doesn’t look very substantial where it shearedOr being Chinese, they forgot the QC the day it was made, and they used marshmallow steel![]()
not for what the idiot in the seat was trying to hang off it Bri ..... operator error - end ofDoesn’t look very substantial where it sheared
Not the breakage I’d have expected for an overload, Gra. More usual for the flyjib to fold up?not for what the idiot in the seat was trying to hang off it Bri ..... operator error - end of
not yer ordinary fly though Bri .... the root of that is 3.4t, then add on, looking at the angle in the pic, maybe 40-50ft more at 'praps another 15-20+t, plus cat head -- without a gantry mast supporting it, it is asking far too much of the main boom's cat head construction to cope with that loading .... even pinned on as a straight tip extension it would need the support of a mast, by nature of its very size and weightNot the breakage I’d have expected for an overload, Gra. More usual for the flyjib to fold up?
I see where you’re coming from now, Gra. Didn’t have much of a chance really. Blowing up the picture, it looks like it’s ripped right round edge of the HAZ rather than on the weld.not yer ordinary fly though Bri .... the root of that is 3.4t, then add on, looking at the angle in the pic, maybe 40-50ft more at 'praps another 15-20+t, plus cat head -- without a gantry mast supporting it, it is asking far too much of the main boom's cat head construction to cope with that loading .... even pinned on as a straight tip extension it would need the support of a mast, by nature of its very size and weight
View attachment 40837 View attachment 40838 appreciate these pix are luffing fly jibs, but that root will have the facility to fit a mast for a straight 'pin on' assembly - just can't find a pic![]()