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yer a lucky man paul i think paul might be wanting to come up and visit you soon 
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a great find and nice photos! TFS
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It's a awesome crane to be sure. Cold up there this time of year!
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Gaz wrote:Keep your eyes peeled up there guys, I asked the question about the 68 today and it would apear there is another machine of similar size en route to join it. Not 1 but two large crawlers....happy days.
Gaz Oh mother, I think I'm going to faint..... The CC6800 was a dream come true in itself but another large crawler?. Bruce and PaulR, I'll let you know when to book your ferry tickets.... 
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Make sure you tell Paul R to pic me up on the way past paul lol you lucly man.
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Sounds like a road trip 
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Paul R wrote:Sounds like a road trip You guys any idea how far away this place is!!!!!  Prob one of the reasons the LTM1500 will not be making its way up there, i'm sure that ATF160 will just about manage the 69t tracks if need be, if not i'm sure the 6800 will be able to self rig them. Gaz
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AAAhhh good idea paul a road trip if we get Gaz to borrow maybe a sarens mini bus LOL  Paul.
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Gaz wrote:Paul R wrote:Sounds like a road trip You guys any idea how far away this place is!!!!! Prob one of the reasons the LTM1500 will not be making its way up there, i'm sure that ATF160 will just about manage the 69t tracks if need be, if not i'm sure the 6800 will be able to self rig them. Gaz In terms of the UK, 900 miles from London plus a 14hr overnight ferry trip north from Aberdeen - but I reckon it would be worth it. Nevertheless, source yourselves a people carrier or mini bus and start planning. And yes, Paul A you must come too!. I was actually going to ask how heavy the CC6800 tracks are, but 69t is serious stuff.
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Gaz wrote:Paul R wrote:Sounds like a road trip You guys any idea how far away this place is!!!!! Prob one of the reasons the LTM1500 will not be making its way up there, i'm sure that ATF160 will just about manage the 69t tracks if need be, if not i'm sure the 6800 will be able to self rig them. Gaz Absolutely! Can you imagine the mayhem we could cause on the way up?? I'm sure there would be a pub or two en route, maybe even the odd bridge to jump
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Lucky bugger getting to see this beast, the 3 biggest figs ive seen are Sarens CC2800, Booms LR1750 and Lampson's M18000. Id like to get some shots of a CC6800 and CC8800's
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Superb Pictures mate
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Ditto...
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Excellent pics! I think you are very lucky to see it in the PC configuration.
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What an awesome crane! Thank you for posting the pictures.
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Cheers, all going well I'll be back down for a look tomorrow and apparantly the lift(s) are supposed to be taking place on Monday. I forgot to post this picture of a little buggy thing the Sarens men were using. They stand on the little platform at the back and drive it from there. They were using it as they assembled the main mast sections and I wondered if it was a grease machine?. It's a cool looking little machine though!. No sign of a second crane yet, but it is only February. Maybe Gaz will do a little digging for more info  
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I think it's a mobile compressor of a sort. Carries a hydraulic piston to put the pins in the boom to be rid of the ol' sledge hammer! (I think)
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Jack. wrote:I think it's a mobile compressor of a sort. Carries a hydraulic piston to put the pins in the boom to be rid of the ol' sledge hammer! (I think) You are right there Jack. The ones we use at work come on a small cart which always gets stuck in the mud. They are smart to mount it on little tracks 
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