Just come back from a nice week in Germany "The fatherland"...boring sod that I am, here are some of my holiday photies that I thought the folks here might like
this one is a 6 wheel tipper with a lowloader as a drawbar...I think it was a 13tonne volvo on the back, but I was meant to be mapreading at the time...boy did I get shouted at
nice big Liebherr machine 954 litronic I think...they swear by them out there
they also like their rubberducks, much moreso than over here, maybe 60:40 to wheeled machines from what I saw, esp under 13t
a powerfab that grew a pair of boll*cks
New and improved...Mk. II...10% simpler...still called Simon!
they do like their funny shaped blocks over there...was not allowed to take a picture of some machine laying "can we turn round and get a picture of the block paving?" ""if its not fecking diggers its bloody block paving, you are meant to be reading the map!"
you don't see machines like them in the Uk all that often, ones that got away were
a 7 tonne ZTS machine made by Wacker of all people,
a big liebherr machine loading an extec crusher/screener,
and a mahoosive (61m I think) putzmeister pump I saw from the train in france somewere near paris.
Saddo, yes I know my mum, dad, brother, girlfriend etc inform me of this regularly , but each to his own no?
oh yes I was wrong the other week too, when I said on the Tony's blog no RH6 machines about...I saw one or two white & orange, as well of lots of older liebherr and atlas stuff...hardly any jap machines about at all for a change.
Germany, lovely country, very clean , nice people, food, beer etc...thumbs up from me...hope you all like the pics.
New and improved...Mk. II...10% simpler...still called Simon!
out there a carpenter, block layer or conc finisher "Betonier" is on the same level in society as a doctor or lawyer, they have a lot of respect for specialist trades and even in a 1 week holiday watching all the kraut oppos out there you can see they know their stuff and are proud of what they do. The beer is good gear too, and the frauleins are somethingg else heh heh :laugh:
New and improved...Mk. II...10% simpler...still called Simon!
you are in good company simon. My holiday photos are of machines and the like. When I was in USA, I watched them lift a whole section of concrete bridge down using a crane from a floating barge underneath. I even took a video of it if anyones interested!
Just the other week I went to whipsnade zoo with mrs dan, and spent more time looking at the diggers they have up there than the animals!
oh, and I get called sad too. !
Dan the Crusher Man
01442 212315 www.crusherhire.co.uk
"a satisfied customer? we should have them stuffed!"
is very similar to what we are building to replace our tractor and low loader outfit (that transports the paving machine)
Scania R124L 420 (One with the bonnet) with a tipping body, pulling a drag trailer to carry the paving machine. Will be muich more useful than our existing haulage outfit.
RW Gale Ltd - Civils & Surfacing Contractors based in Somerset
is very similar to what we are building to replace our tractor and low loader outfit (that transports the paving machine)
Scania R124L 420 (One with the bonnet) with a tipping body, pulling a drag trailer to carry the paving machine. Will be much more useful than our existing haulage outfit.
RW Gale Ltd - Civils & Surfacing Contractors based in Somerset
the machine at the top is a little atlas wheel loader
probly did see some weidermann stuff, but not quick enough with the camera. I was very surprised to see a 7t Wacker machine, similar with the big 6x2 unit plus drawbar...16t in the tipper, trailer and then 13t machine.
New and improved...Mk. II...10% simpler...still called Simon!
