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| Some Photos of Fairlight cove |
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| smiffy:
I found a few more photos of sea defences work at Fairlight cove .Sorry about the quality, they have been laying in my workshop forgotten for many years Mike |
| RotarySMP:
Cool photos. Did all that machinery get scrapped following that Job, or flogged off to some unsuspecting Soul? "For Sale Digger. Only two years old, low mileage. Washed down twice a day when in use. Never put away wet. Best Offer" Mark |
| smiffy:
All the machines where rebuilt and went on to other sites .The only things that realy suffered was wireing, starter motors, switches etc which were all replaced as required .All the tracks rollers sprockets and idlers are wearing parts and you would expect to change several times during the life of the machine.The poclain 350 had to be completly striped and rebuilt as a lot of sea water got into the hydraulic system and it became the subject of a very expensive court case as to who footed the bill .It had recenlty been repaired and refurbished by Poclains and had only been purchased from them the previous week and had only been on site for 3 days when the main hydraulic hose from the pump failed. It was also on cross hire which makes liability and insurance very complicated . As i was the person who recovered it from the sea I had to give evidience in the court case and it took over 2 years and ended up at the Old Bailey .After it was rebuilt it was used on quarry work and was ok but always had problems with track motors which were very expensive and not really reconditionable .After about 2 years the operating company went bust and as a self employed fitter I moved on to other work Mike |
| NormanV:
Sounds like a perfect machine for Andrew to work his magic on! |
| awemawson:
Down boy ..... don't even think about it .... :lol: |
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