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| smiffy:
Photos of machines taken at Fairlight Cove during sea defence work in about 1987 The poclain 350 in the sea weighs 60 ton and took some getting out The last photo is a poclain 220 at about 45 tons and was damaged after a building collapse during demolition work .It broke the machine in half . I appoligise in advance if the photo size is wrong but have tried to resize them but no idea if it has worked |
| smiffy:
My first attempt at posting photos was not very good so have tried again . Hope this works. Mike |
| awemawson:
Thanks for posting those photos. You had fun there Smiffy :bugeye: I bet the sand and salt water played havoc with the machines. :scratch: |
| smiffy:
Hi Andrew I think it was the hardest job I ever worked on ,as at high tide we had to park the machines on a refuge in the bottom of the cliff and the tracks would often be under water. As the site fitter i would stay on the refuge and work on the machines at high tide and then be on call while the machines worked at low tide . We worked both tides 7 days a week for the duration of the job . It was a endless task to keep electrics ,switches ,stater motors from corroding up .I would hate to think what elf and safety would make of the job today . We worked from May to December and it is no fun trying to get a track back on a 70 ton machine at 2 in the morning in the middle of winter in the pitch black with the tide coming in . Mike |
| RotarySMP:
Hi Smiffy, Could you please rescan scann 004 with the photo a bit off the edge of the scanner, so that the nice natural frame for the picture goes right around? I'll like to set that photo as my monitor wall paper. Classic! Do you have any more pics from that assignment? Mark |
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