Pick ups...

[TJC1]

Does anyone have pictures on how they use there pickup for work?

I know they are very impratical.... But hey! Why not

 

[ferg]

No pictures as I don't use a pickup anymore.
I used mine badly TBH.

It was a pain in the rear I got rid of it and moved to a van as quickly as possible.

I only used it as that was my vehicle when I went self employed.

 

[buzzlightyear]

know they are very impratical.... But hey! Why not

They has about uless has chocolate fireguard, why would a spark buy one of them.a spark that I know got one of them and had sold it with in 12 months.

 

[telectrix]

They has about uless has chocolate fireguard, why would a spark buy one of them.a spark that I know got one of them and had sold it with in 12 months.

to be cooler that that what sank the titanic: so cool that customers would freeze and get their wallets open.

 

[ruston]

I had one , but could never get the hang of loading it properly.

 

[buzzlightyear]

You roll up with a flack gun welded to the back and point it at the customers house if they will not pay.

 

[ferg]

I had one , but could never get the hang of loading it properly. View attachment 56987

OH! that looks like at least one P45 being handed out.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Looking at the thread title I thought we had changed to a dating site.

 

[ruston]

OH! that looks like at least one P45 being handed out.

That was just a stock photo from the net , but incidents like that were not uncommon depending on the conditions at the time.
That one could of possibly had an uneven load like this.

Or this even.

Conditions in quarries can be extreme.

 

[static zap]

Conditions in quarries can be extreme.

An emergency stop can have hidden consequences =
I said no hash breaking for a reason ..!!

 

[telectrix]

An emergency stop can have hidden consequences =
I said no hash breaking for a reason ..!!

i'll send that post to Bletchley, try to get them to decode it.

 

[ruston]

An emergency stop can have hidden consequences =
I said no hash breaking for a reason ..!!

Those machines take a real beating 24 hours a day , sometimes 7 days a week.
Those Cat's are amazing machines , but fatigue gets to us all lol.
One smaller Terex R50 broke in two on the construction of Kielder water.

 

[static zap]

try to get them to decode it.

You might shift your load.
-------------Ohh nooo ----------- (FH)----

Looking at the thread title I thought we had changed to a dating site.

 

[littlespark]

We had a Ford Ranger on site when I worked on the caravan site. Could tow a 40ft static caravan on the flat.

Had a hard cover on the back, so everything was locked down. But not the same space as a van

 

[pirate]

Is that a 22 in your profile pic, Ruston?

 

[ruston]

@pirate . No it's an RB 150 . That is a photograph that @tony gave me as an Avatar .
Tony was a Quarry man too.
To be honest the main difference is in the size , and that one is electric powered.
The early ones were Ruston Bucyrus , and later became Bucyrus Eirie.

 

[pirate]

Ah, right! I remember them always being referred to as RB (number) when I worked on the sites as a student.
Memories...

I got to drive the big Volvo motor scrapers and D8s and drotts...great fun!

 

[ruston]

Yes, so did I . Scrapers were savage amusement. We had Europe's largest walking dragline there, but I never got a crack at that.
I have operated the 22 dragline though.

 

[pirate]

Happy days!
I was actually employed as a chain-boy (No jokes, please!) but was allowed to drive some of the machines if someone was off on holiday. As a student i didn't pay tax, and we were working long hours to get the playing fields ready at a new school, during the summer holidays. Back then, in about 1973, my weekly wage packet was around £135...
Beer was 14p/pint...you do the maths! LOL!

 

[Baddegg]

That was just a stock photo from the net , but incidents like that were not uncommon depending on the conditions at the time.
That one could of possibly had an uneven load like this.View attachment 56989
Or this even.View attachment 56990
Conditions in quarries can be extreme.

I’ve taxed worse ?

 

[Mike Johnson]

Back in the days of my training nearly all piling rigs where RB22's with a monster diesel motor mounted on the bottom of the arm to turn the auger, the noise was horrendous.

 

[ruston]

I’ve taxed worse ?

Lol, but you would rather of been hit by one you had taxed then the one in the pic .

 

[Zerax]

I'm just waiting for Telectrix to chirp up about the day he had his first ride on Stephenson's Rocket...

 

[Mike Johnson]

I never made it to Stephensons Rocket, but did get a ride in Isambard's Atmospheric railway.

 

[Baddegg]

Lol, but you would rather of been hit by one you had taxed then the one in the pic .

Used to drive gotteald harbour cranes have loaded a few of them on to ships in my time....,.generally once they get to that state we shipp em out to the Caribbean.....them boys fix anything ?

 

[static zap]

I never made it to Stephensons Rocket, but did get a ride in Isambard's Atmospheric railway.

May have trespassed on the railway to get a look at a Mallard passing thru ... A trainspotter tipped me off ..
(feels longer ago than 75 anniversary in 2013 )

 

[freddo]

May have trespassed on the railway to get a look at a Mallard passing thru

You were really just there to put pennies on the rails!