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These were taken today at a place called Stalybridge near Manchester, England. They can't get onto site with the girder trailer so the road was blocked and they transhipped the transformer onto flat tops. They were brand new Goldhofer's - ALE have always used Nicolas but they're getting old and are apparently going out to the Middle East where ALE do a lot of work. The tractors are all German-made Faun's.  Coming into Stalybridge  Onto Huddersfield Rd  Girder trailer and Flat tops pulled by Fauns  New Goldhofer axle lines  Girder trailer beams heading back to base  One end of trailer ready to head home.  Transformer loaded on Flat tops ready to go into site tomorrow. Tim
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Hi Tim good photos in the dark  I may go over before work have to see what the weathers like they say it will snow . David
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A bit of snow surely won't stop a hardcore HH guy like you....especially with that 4x4 you've got...?!!  Tim
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Arther says he may be there about 0900 . I will see about going in the morning . have they reopened the road yet ?? the council chap wanted to open one side asap.
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One of the ALE guys mentioned about opening the road. I'm going at 7 before work.
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What a nice treat for you!
Great photos Tim....Love seeing those Fauns.
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The envy, The envy.... Fantastic pictures Tim, Are they getting new girder frames too?
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Jack Not sure about the new girder frames. Never thought to ask.....  Will post few more shortly. Tim
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   These were from this morning. It all looked very impressive. Tim
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I really like the versatility of that girder trailer. You learn a lot about it when you have the model and all the configurations it can do, length and width. Those are awesome pictures of the equipment in action. Thanks for posting!!
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Cheers Bob Here are a few of them setting up before the girder trailer arrived.  Iveco tackle waggon (with toilet on back)    Bridging mats. Ainscough doing the lifting.  Faun Koloss with Goldhofer flat tops.  DAF XF tackle waggon and Faun Koloss.
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Brilliant thread and pictures. What an amazing set-up. Any idea how heavy the load was?.
Thanks for posting.
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Looks about 500 ton? How did you find out baout this Tim?
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A text from a friend of mine Fri night Jack. It is about 4 miles from home but I may have never known it was happening....
He stayed whilst they transhipped the transformer. They put the girders on stills (shorter ones than in the pics - they were too big and they had to get smaller ones from Hixon) They then pulled the necks out and put the flattop under. Then lift the flat top, remove the stills girder trailer beams and wood packing - and it is loaded. (and then chained)
Total weight of trucks and girder set was 500T I think. Transformer probably 250T.
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Great set of pics thanks for sharing with us Jason
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Hi Tim . Well I did go this morning Weather ok when it set of then a really heavy hail shower just before it went down the hill .
trl weight 320t total overall lenght inc tractors 75.945m width 5m height 5.180 m
I was talking to a couple of the ALE men and they said they would be there a couple of days so it may be worth you looking round there again I think they have some internat work to do .
There was a Beck AND Pollitzer crane in the site at the end of the road but you could not get a shot of it for trees .
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ok Tim, Any pictures David?
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Sweet pictures. You wonder why ALE dont have trucks with Hiabs on too do their own lifting. Its a common thing for them to do, laying mats over weak structures.
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They had this Renault tackle waggon with a Hiab there too for the plating - but Ainsccough did the bigger mats.   Tim
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A few more ALE pics : The girder necks parked up ready to travel back to base (once the tractor has been turned around)  Donkey Engine on Goldhofer modules  Girder trailer riding onto bridging mats prior to transhipping transformer.  Tim
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