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Gaz

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:32:27 PM

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Got these emailed to me by tommy a while ago and figured i'd share, not all pictures come from him but its a good collection. For those of you who are fans of the old big Gottwalds i think you'll agree they are priceless pictures. Personally the old gottwalds are some of my favorite cranes out there and its a shame there are so few left. However it does stand testament to some of them that they are still in operation today some 20 - 30 years after they were built. Not only that they are still some of the largest truck cranes in the world today, even todays modern LG1750 will only just match the old AK912 & AK680 and these 2 cranes are over 25 years old!

Anyway enjoy...

Gaz

ulf

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:40:09 PM

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Excellent! A few photos I've seen on Jan's HeavyLift and Transport page, but many were brand new to me. Remarkable lifters...

JSW57

Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:44:18 PM

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Very cool pics Gaz, nice find.

Jeff

RowanH

Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:59:56 AM

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Those Gottwald cranes never cease to amaze me, everything about them from their ahead of their time designs, the carriers and their abnormal capacities! Some of the few cranes I have collected images of. Thanks for posting!

Rowan.

1:25th scale CAT 375L excavator

Paul R

Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:30:10 AM

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Very good pictures. I am really looking forward to the AMK1000-103 from YCC. I think this model will be the prize of anyones collection!

Paul R

birdman

Posted: Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:50:45 PM

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Hi Gaz,

Pictures bring back happy memories working with Hewden Stewarts AK680 back in the early eighties at Heysham power station, now in the hands of Sarens I believe, still going 25 years on amazing bit of kit, just wish I had some photos of it at the time, but had a strict no photo policy on site being a nuclear installation Sad

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Steve.

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