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As of the 1st of december last year some pretty drastic things happened in my life and it kind of got turned upside down....one thing that did pull me through the tough times was I was handed the keys to a brand new LTM1150 6.1 which I have been pulling around now for almost 6 months, alot of the time i've been in the London 2012 Olympic park but I have been getting around elsewhere every now and then. Here a only few pictures of my crane i've taken over the past months.   Had to strip the ballast of the crane to bring the weight down, so had a trailer for the day.   Largest container crane in the world, even with the fly would never reach the top, its a touch under 100m high!!!!   Next to our new TC2800  New Liccon 2 computer....its a little 'lit' up cos she's right on the button against my slew restrictor!  Not my machine, but i was driving it while mine was in for service.  Right in the thick of the action with our CC2800/1  Enough for now, i'll post some more soon enough. Enjoy Gaz
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excellent snaps again Gaz 
Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"? ... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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Gaz, is that the Felixstowe container port extension? it looks like it.
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on top form Gaz!! Great picture's again sam
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Glad to here things are sorting themselves out for you mate!
Nice crane too! Excuse the ignorance but whats the capacity of it? Dont really know much about cranes you see! haha
Ive asked this before but whats the black wheel for at the top of the boom? While im at it aswell What are the wings for on an LTM1500? Ive asked both questions before but i cant for the life of me remember! haha
Cheers
Joe
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Hi Gaz,
Glad to see you back.
I will be spending some time on the Olympic site at the Athletes Village, Plot N13 for GallifordTry installing cladding support steelwork, I am a Contracts Manager for a steel fabrication company, I can't believe the amount of paperwork/red tape etc, I think they will still be building when it opens!!!!!
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double post sorry!
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Yup its the felixstowe container port, the cranes where shipped over fully built on a ship and moved over onto the dock with giant rails, hell of a system and takes some planning. I was there just to remove the transport wires used to stabilise the crane while it was at sea! My crane is a 150t liebherr. the real is a hydraulic line that connects to the swing away fly jib (blue lattice on the side), if you look closely you'll see there is a cylinder on the top of it, this is a ajustable offset for the fly so must be connected through the lines you see wrapped around that drum. Tim, I was over the athletes village the other week, on N25 for Bourne, building the concrete core for the multi-story car park.... i think i'm back there the end of next week for a few days, either my 150 or a 100 is going in so if you see me be sure to grab my attention (safely of course!!!  ) Gaz
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Excellent pics Gaz i especially like the cc2800 crawler crane never seen a ainscough crawler before.
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have u got anymore pics of the crawler crane gaz
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Please tell me you also got some pics of the TC 2800-1????
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Super shots Gaz, Nice to see you keeping it very clean.
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Great pics Gaz! Thanks for posting.
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Nice job Gaz and good to see you back on here. Been great some the pictures you post.
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JoeS1989 wrote:Glad to here things are sorting themselves out for you mate!
Nice crane too! Excuse the ignorance but whats the capacity of it? Dont really know much about cranes you see! haha
Ive asked this before but whats the black wheel for at the top of the boom? While im at it aswell What are the wings for on an LTM1500? Ive asked both questions before but i cant for the life of me remember! haha
Cheers
Joe the wings you are talking about are the Y-Guy as Liebherr calls them, each manufacturer calls them something different, (Terex is SSL and Grove are Gullwings if im not mistaken) anyways, those wings have a calbe that run up to a sheave at the top of the boom and then back to the wing, once the boom is up and under load they tension those and it pulls the deflection out of the boom giving the boom more strength and in some cases increases its radius great pictures Gaz, you are a lucky man.... love the TC 2800 and the CC 2800, both are great looking cranes!
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Few more pictures of my crane, Down in Harwich, getting some cracking pictures down there... Next to the Manitowoc M-1200 ringer....100m main boom on it!!!!   James Jacks and Ainscough working together in relative harmony  Seeing double!!!  2 150's out of the way so the LR1300 can track on past!  On 'the field' ready to load blades  and just out and about......    Still trying to keep her clean and shiny  Enjoy Gaz
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very nice pics! Who is the manufacturer of that very large container crane?
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Thank you for the wonderful photos Gaz. You have a great machine to work with. The similar five axle LTM1140-5.1 is becoming increasingly popular here. A great machine to stay constantly busy on.
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Great pics Gaz. A nice looking crane. Pity ain't nothing like that around here in Tasmanian :(
Damo
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