TROOPER 8011:
Mercedes - V D Vlist - (VK 58 YS):
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Cheers Trooper, cracking pic that is from my former employer, here’s a link for some more orange related stuff;
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oiltreader:
pv83:
oiltreader:
Drawbar units, ballast tractors, prime movers, who where calls them what
OilyDepends on in which corner of the world you are I reckon Oily
That last pic, is that a painting?
A bit of virtual twiddling I guess Patrick, he has quite a few pics like that.
Oily
Oh aye? Looks pretty good actually, however, spotted one thing that’s not correct though, Van Egdom being a Belgium haulier, he doesn’t run on Dutch plates…
jshepguis:
Slightly unusual tower crane photo taken in Redpaths offshore yard in Port Clarence in about 1992.
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Cheers jshepguis, do you happen to know a bit more about these tower cranes? Couple of days ago these cranes were brought under my attention by a mate of mine, tried to dig up as much as I could about them, but there weren’t many around of that particular type…
DEANB:
Some intresting crane pics Patrick. I see they cut away part of the Terberg (Volvo) roof so the jib
would sit level.One from 1986.
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Cheers Dean, aye, how thin would the roof be at that spot?! No room left for ■■■■-ups there eh 
Froggy55:
Thanks Patrick for the most interesting sampling of european cranes! Un fortunately, I have very little knowledge of the subject. The most I can say is that PPM was a French crane manufacturer, PPM standing for Potain Poclain Manutention. Became Terex Cranes France in 2004. One of yours uses a Renault cab.
Cheers Froggy, my knowledge is quite limited on that subject as well, I’ll dig into it a bit more once I’ve got the time.
Hi Patrick.
Checked through my photo’s and i didn’t take any with crane erected. But had look ont tinternet and did find the type which were made for Grove. think they were designed with wind turbines in mind.
Dirty Dan:
So whent to Bergen norway a couple of Weld ago. Loved the tripp,got the long way around the highest mountin but that made me go throug leardals tunel. 24.5km. But it was a great tripDanne
You certainly work in some scenic areas Danne, how long are you allowed to stay in the indoor parking areas of the tunnel.
Dig
jsutherland:
Locamattogo - a company based in Togo.
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Big gear Johnny is Togo on your retirement bucket list too?
Dig
pv83:
Going a bit off-topic here, but at the beginning or end of a journey, there’s always at some point a crane involved, whether it be a mobile or crawler one to do the loading or lifting of the load, so I reckoned it might be interesting to post some pic’s of such cranes on here? I can’t put a name on the various types and models but I’ve always been intrigued nonetheless by the capabilities of those cranes.NMP
The Matador crane unit on the boiler living quarters recovery must have set you off on the crane journey Patrick by crikey there are some big mobile units in your collection what would their lift capacity be in excess of 300 tons ?
80 is well on the way to a ton on the scoreboard.
Dig
jshepguis:
Hi Patrick.
Checked through my photo’s and i didn’t take any with crane erected. But had look ont tinternet and did find the type which were made for Grove. think they were designed with wind turbines in mind.
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Mobile tower cranes mind boggling jshepguis
Dig
My 2 bobs worth not a crane but incorporating a lot of crane devices and when they are moved they are broken down by a crane and loaded unloaded on/off trucks and rebuilt with cranes.
Cheers Dig
DIG:
jsutherland:
Locamattogo - a company based in Togo.
http://locamattogo.com0
1Big gear Johnny is Togo on your retirement bucket list too?
Dig
Not too sure about that DIG. Wouldn’t mind paying the country a visit though, after Australia of course [emoji4]
Johnny
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jsutherland:
DIG:
jsutherland:
Locamattogo - a company based in Togo.
http://locamattogo.com0
1Big gear Johnny is Togo on your retirement bucket list too?
Dig
Not too sure about that DIG. Wouldn’t mind paying the country a visit though, after Australia of course [emoji4]
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Johnny,
You have a trip to France booked next year to the La Locomotion, Patrick and myself have agreed you will visit, not sure if there are any Scania’s to view though! Pete
My old mate Deanb posted this at my request on another site a couple of years ago before I figured out how to do it so I hope you don’t mind me posting it here it is an article about the company I worked for in the 80s and early 90s,I wasn’t on this rig move the boss sent me to Queensland must have been because my truck was ■■■■■■■ powered lol.Hope you enjoy the read these blokes who I worked with were outback truck drivers.
Cheers Dig
pete smith:
jsutherland:
DIG:
jsutherland:
Locamattogo - a company based in Togo.
http://locamattogo.com
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1Big gear Johnny is Togo on your retirement bucket list too?
DigNot too sure about that DIG. Wouldn’t mind paying the country a visit though, after Australia of course [emoji4]
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JohnnyJohnny,
You have a trip to France booked next year to the La Locomotion, Patrick and myself have agreed you will visit, not sure if there are any Scania’s to view though! Pete
After the rumours of a bald headed hooligan running riot at the event, I’m not so sure…
DIG:
My old mate Deanb posted this at my request on another site a couple of years ago before I figured out how to do it so I hope you don’t mind me posting it here it is an article about the company I worked for in the 80s and early 90s,I wasn’t on this rig move the boss sent me to Queensland must have been because my truck was ■■■■■■■ powered lol.Hope you enjoy the read these blokes who I worked with were outback truck drivers.
Cheers Dig
What a great article DIG. The advantage of not having a good memory, enables one to enjoy an article as though one was reading it for the first time. Of course, this does not apply to the young laddie Patrick who has a memory like an elephant. 
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Johnny,
You have a trip to France booked next year to the La Locomotion, Patrick and myself have agreed you will visit, not sure if there are any Scania’s to view though! Pete
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After the rumours of a bald headed hooligan running riot at the event, I’m not so sure…
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Pete wasn’t there this year Johnny, don’t know where the rumours come from…? Surely not from your reliable source “The Sun”…?
Rest assured though, there are some proper scanny’s at display