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101sean · 20-10-2011 5:17pm

Yes, intermediate areas at Dartfield are a bit tight. the Novice route is totally open but with plenty of testing terrain.

Slidey · 11-11-2011 10:14pm

Cmar-Ireland · 19-01-2012 1:01am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzXVLbs41Ew

Slig · 19-01-2012 10:45am

all its missing is the tow bar

Cmar-Ireland · 19-01-2012 5:01pm

Parked outside my workplace today.
Sorry for the crappy camera phone pics

MrFoxman360 · 26-01-2012 2:53pm

Picked up this 3040 at the weekend

Its an abandonded project, but runs fine and is in excellent mechanical condition, cab is good too.

Hermy · 04-03-2012 6:37pm

Spotted this very retro looking Scania in Longford town recently:

101sean · 04-03-2012 8:17pm

Didn't think you'd get many Kangaroos wandering around Longford, that's some roo bar on the front!

Slidey · 07-03-2012 12:37pm

First 2 are 120t 600BHP surface miners.

This is a 160t, 1200BHP surface miner. All 3 will be heading for an Iron Ore mine in the north of Western Australia in the very near future. Will try and get a pic of them when they are loaded on the truck for away. Yard where I am working is near to West Trac, the Cat dealer. The machines there are immense

101sean · 07-03-2012 1:56pm

Those are some beasts! 2x 600hp Cat diesels and 181t :eek:

http://miningcongress.com/pdf/presentations-downloads/2010/Jim-Hutchins-Vermeer.pdf

Hermy · 08-03-2012 9:59pm

Them's are huge Slidey! Are they in Ireland?

Farls · 09-03-2012 11:03pm

Hermy wrote: »

Them's are huge Slidey! Are they in Ireland?

They weather tells me no! Some machines, must be Oz??

Slidey · 10-03-2012 1:22am

Yep, machines are in Perth but heading for the Pillbara region. One of the smaller ones left on a truck yday, ill put up a pic at some stage

101sean · 10-03-2012 1:46am

Didn't realise you'd snuck off over there, thought we hadn't heard much from you recently. Not jealous at all :mad:

Been exchanging pm's with an English guy in the Pilbara region about buying a 101

Slidey · 10-03-2012 6:48am

Not that long here Sean. Very poor net connection though

14 wheels on the truck and 64 on the trailer :eek:

Hermy · 11-03-2012 11:20am

Farls wrote: »

They weather tells me no! Some machines, must be Oz??

That did dawn on me afterwards.:o
Hope you're having a ball over there Slidey.

Plug · 13-03-2012 8:53pm

Nice pics slidey, going to head over in May myself. F that for a game of cards!

Hermy · 21-03-2012 12:19am

Copped this yesterday near Multifarnham...

Slidey · 10-04-2012 12:02pm

Its taken about 6 weeks for them to get it assembled. Wheelie bin at front wheel just shows how big it is

Hermy · 14-04-2012 2:08pm

In the bog today...

stoneill · 15-04-2012 6:23pm

Taken a while back but still NICE!!

Hermy · 16-04-2012 5:45pm

^ ^
Very nice!

Slidey · 17-04-2012 10:32am

Slidey · 25-04-2012 1:22am

Cutter head attachment brought back from up north for a rebuild.

Crane operator who lifted it off said it was a whisker shy of 45 ton

Hermy · 25-04-2012 8:27am

Tell us about the truck.:)

Carazy · 25-04-2012 7:01pm

Slidey · 25-04-2012 11:19pm

Hermy wrote: »

Tell us about the truck.:)

I'll find out details for the next one that comes in. The 200t machine is due to be loaded Friday. Takes 3 trucks to pull/push it up some of the hills they come to on the way to the mine.

Normally, they have Cat or Cummins engines and a crash 'box. That one had a double axle dolly between it and the trailer. Trailer was 4 fixed axles. Must be a pig on tyres like that

Hermy · 26-04-2012 10:46am

Slidey wrote: »

The 200t machine is due to be loaded Friday. Takes 3 trucks to pull/push it up some of the hills they come to on the way to the mine.

Looking forward to it! Thanks Slidey.

Slidey · 28-04-2012 10:32am

Point of balance is pretty far forward... The cutting head is very heavy on this thing.

Slight bow in the trailer once loaded.

Triple drive unit will have help of another unit to get it out of the yard.

colm_mcm · 28-04-2012 11:24am

Strooth!

Hermy · 28-04-2012 1:11pm

Awesome pics Slidey - keep 'em coming!

Cmar-Ireland · 29-04-2012 3:10pm

In T.P. Waters in Kildare.
Only:rolleyes: €1005 for motor tax.

Slidey · 29-04-2012 3:21pm

The last of the pics for a while..

A V16 Cat engine in the local Cat dealers yard.

WestWicklow1 · 16-05-2012 8:23pm

101sean · 16-05-2012 10:06pm

Over on the 4xforum and a few other sites there is a Land Rover enthusiast and artist, Ron Cunningham who lives in Nevada, US. He's coming here this year to meet some of us and to take part in the Temple Street challenge. To raise funds for the airfare and for Temple Street Childrens hospital he's been doing sketches of some of our trucks, mine is in the post but here's a scan of what's on the way to me

td5man · 16-05-2012 10:25pm

101sean wrote: »

Over on the 4xforum and a few other sites there is a Land Rover enthusiast and artist, Ron Cunningham who lives in Nevada, US. He's coming here this year to meet some of us and to take part in the Temple Street challenge. To raise funds for the airfare and for Temple Street Childrens hospital he's been doing sketches of some of our trucks, mine is in the post but here's a scan of what's on the way to me

Nice one Sean

brandon_flowers · 17-05-2012 7:42am

Two photos from a recent project in Dubai. GPS controlled trailer, you can just make out the dashed line on the ground. That was the radius of the turn, there is another line on the other side that is not visible here.

Slidey · 17-05-2012 8:15am

Makes my photos look at little tame

Hermy · 17-05-2012 8:43am

Makes everything so far seem like courier work in comparison!:D

BTW what is it?

brandon_flowers · 17-05-2012 9:06am

It is part of a turret mooring for an FPSO that is external to the production vessel. The piece on the trailer is circled in red in this photo.

Farls · 17-05-2012 4:09pm

brandon_flowers wrote: »

It is part of a turret mooring for an FPSO that is external to the production vessel. The piece on the trailer is circled in red in this photo.

A lump of a chain and 4 wheel drive with a good dose of throttle would be no use to a man there!

brandon_flowers · 17-05-2012 6:33pm

Farls wrote: »

A lump of a chain and 4 wheel drive with a good dose of throttle would be no use to a man there!

If you had the multi-power and a low speed box you could nearly jerk it. Stick the bucket of the Hymac on the back of it to give it a push as well.

MrFoxman360 · 19-05-2012 10:22pm

Came across these today and thought people on here would like to see them. Huge machine but still very simple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnTA52Hy6xM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5E7fBrzA7A

Plug · 20-05-2012 6:23pm

Jesus, it looks like the Saturn V:eek:

555guy · 23-05-2012 7:34pm

how big i the crane that lifts it off that dolly onto the ship ??

brandon_flowers · 23-05-2012 8:12pm

The heavy lift ship is the Jumbo Javelin owned by Jumboship from Netherlands. Cranes are 900t each, 1800t capacity in tandem. In reality each crane can lift about 1500t but they are severely de-rated due to allow use offshore. The rate is roughly €100k per day plus fuel.

Hermy · 23-05-2012 8:56pm

Assume stuff again Brandon. Well done.

rightyabe · 30-05-2012 6:10pm

Slidey wrote: »

The last of the pics for a while..

A V16 Cat engine in the local Cat dealers yard.

Is that the CAT dealer on the Great Eastern Highway, Redcliffe?

Slidey · 31-05-2012 1:54am

Weatrac, it's not far from Redcliffe

rightyabe · 31-05-2012 6:24am

Slidey wrote: »

Weatrac, it's not far from Redcliffe

Yeah was out that way for a wee trip 1 day, some plant ta be seen. I see westrac are building a new warehouse beside their current one.

Anyway we were looking in at the engines lying outside and wondering how much they would weigh?

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