Picture Diary W/e 29-2-2008

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It’s been a quite a good interesting week so far, this a brief photo diary, there’s a full diary ]on my blog plus regular updates of what’s been going on.

Monday,

First job is a Avant shovel, minidigger and a skkiploader to Wembley

Then it’s back to Chelmsford to load a Unimog ready for tomorrow

Tuesday,

The Unimog is now enjoying life with a new owner in Leicester.

There’s a bit of a cross country run across to near Stamford, no low bridge problem here.

I’m loading this 3CX from an auction site.

Someone’s wondering how to get a 9’6" implement onto his trailer.

There’s not much left to be collected from the auction.

The 3CX is delivered to a village near Braintree, it’s an unload in the road job.

With no brakes and a flat tyre, I’m lucky to not end up in the ditch

Thursday.
First move is an 8t JCB from Sudbury, Suffolk to Dartford

Followed by a Manitou FLT from Chelmsford to Braintree

That’ll be the Daewoo then, that I moved from the Ongar auction to Billericay

Friday.
Up to Hertfordshire to load an 800 roller

a Hyundai 55

Last move is a 5t roller from Maldon to the Isle of Grain

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nice one mate, flat tyres and plant, that takes me back to my tyre fitting days, oh the fun of being up to your arse in ■■■■ in winter!!!

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Good stuff!

Thanks for sharing! Funnily enough I had just finished reading the only other blog I read (Random acts of reality) when I saw you’d updated yours!

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euromat:
nice one mate, flat tyres and plant, that takes me back to my tyre fitting days, oh the fun of being up to your arse in [zb] in winter!!!

I havent this year so far!!!I still remember being out last year in a little snow fixing tyres…
I was at that site at sudbury (priors hill)yesterday(thursday must have just missed u)

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When I grow up I want to be a digger :stuck_out_tongue:

And when I grow up I want your job :smiley:

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nice one 8wheels , i enjoyed that mate :wink:

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Good pics. Have you got a winch on your motor?

Used to do the same job years ago but with a six wheeler Brimec. The plant auctions look a bit easier than Blackbushe Auction looking for one car of 3000!!!

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I’ve got a winch but it has laid in the yard for about 6 months afetr supposedly getting fixed :unamused:

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searched the house for my old pics from my plant days, with my 1980 Leyland Bison but can’t find them, but found a payslip from then. This was when I worked for Brian Olds plant transport based at Birtley Truckstop.

Hope you don’t work this many hours!!

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Greedy bugga could haver rounded it up to 103 hours for you :stuck_out_tongue:

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Hey they weren’t that bad, they didn’t round his bonus down to a tenner.

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Never could work out the bonus system. The woman who was in charge of the transport was ripping off the owner and went to prison for it. :smiley:

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Great diary 8wheels :smiley: Sure beats waiting at an RDC :frowning:

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8wheels:
Tuesday,

The Unimog is now enjoying life with a new owner in Leicester.

Ecellent diary and pics as usual 8wheels.
That Unimog dashboard reminded me of the dashboard of a late 70s/ early 80s Merc SK artic or “B” rigid.:grimacing:

I realise the Unimog is on a “Q” plate, but do you have any idea of how old it is please??

:grimacing: I’m wondering whether that Unimog is to replace a certain Leicester “hairdresser’s” car that got trashed the other week. :wink:

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Dunno how old the Mog was, I had a look for a plate but couldn’t find one. I’d say it’d had a fair bit of use though, it’d had towing gear at one point as it had suzie connectors and electrics at the back.

It was a German import (I know they all are one way or t’other) brought in by the dealer who reguarly ships them over.

Sorry to disappoint though it wasn’t delivered to ROG

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Brilliant diary as always! :wink:

I love moving those Unimogs - they go where you put them - although with some, the wheel arches are so wide that you can’t see where the wheels are. Of course a good loader would just get it central and drive straight up, but I’ve never been accused of being one of those! :confused: I’d be a quivering wreck if I was faced with some of those others! :laughing:

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they go where you put them

Literally wherever you want look at this

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Nice one mate…just had a look at ure blog as well,excellent keep up the good work,always a good read and great pictures :smiley: :smiley:

Al