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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:02 pm
by stav 75
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Edited By Dave_L on 1254676119

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:48 pm
by Pablo
Reckon my Iveco could have that.

Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:45 pm
by msh paving
Thats the bucket from "the ace of spades" from ukcoal open cast ,but no longer in uk been moved to usa MSH :)

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:02 am
by stav 75
@ msh

It's actually from "big muskie" which was the biggest Drag line/walking excavator ever built, long gone now though put it into your browser if you haven't already seen it , unbelievable!!

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:05 am
by GB_Groundworks
this bad boy would pull it

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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 4:53 pm
by msh paving
Got ya " stav 75" ive read about it in classic plant mag MSH :)

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:40 pm
by DNgroundworks
GB - Jesus christ! now thats a boat!

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:35 pm
by rab1
which one? ??? :D

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:35 pm
by stav 75
It looks like the mini van will have to get traded :laugh: I think 14000 tonnes might be a bit much, Thanks for the link edit btw Dave,
y'd think I'd know how to use these things by now :)

Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:55 pm
by GB_Groundworks
DNgroundworks wrote:GB - Jesus christ! now thats a boat!
haha is it a boat or a ship?

and when does a boat become a ship?

always puzzled me that one and its come up a few times i tell you, mainly drunken pub discussion like but good for a few hours of laughing.

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:56 pm
by DNgroundworks
How on earth did they get the boat on there anyway?

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:13 pm
by msh paving
The big ship fills with water and sinks, then the other cargo is floated over it, the was a program on discovery channel about it early this year moving a oil rig from spain to alaska MSH :)

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:38 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i saw that as well they used it t recover that american war ship that was damaged in yemen by the suicide inflatable, a destroyer on it, bet pirates gave it a wide birth

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:11 pm
by stav 75
Yeh I saw the oil rig one, they must have had some twitchy moments over the atlantic mind, the whole thing just seemed to completely defy gravity! :0