good one paul and thanks for the insight.
Great snaps,very interesting,well done.
Part 6 ‘Unloading the Blades’.
Ground crew prepare blade for lifting.
1st cable attached
Preparing to attach 2nd lifting cable
Waiting to attach 2nd cable before the lift
Up and away
Two up and one to go
Another day and more blades arrive on site
K838 was the regular shunt and tug vehicle during construction on the moor
Blue sky and blades
Each blade is 8 tons and 40 metres long
The 78th and final blade is delivered on site not by Colletts but by sub contractor S.Lyon and Sons
Site manager Martin Hewitt looks on as the final blade out of a grand total of 78 is prepared for lifting
It looks a long way up!
Get ready for action
Cranes lift the blade
With the blade suspended in mid air the FH12 reverses underneath
Once clear the blade is lowered back down for the transit cradle to be removed
Ground crew take a pose with the 78th and final blade to be installed on site
Removing transit cradle
Almost ready to lift
Final blade is attached and Ainscough stand by to dismantle the yellow crane.
For the more technically minded the yellow crane in the picture is built by the Swiss company Liebherr.
The eight-axle LTM 1500-8.1 above is equipped with a 7-section, 84 m telescopic boom, the longest telescopic boom in the world.
The lifting capacities are increased considerably due to the jib-suspension.
The lattice jib, reaching lengths of up to 91 m, extends the operating range of the 500-tonner to 145 m hoisting height and 108 m reach
The Final Part ‘Odds and Ends’ will follow soon
Hi Paul,
This has been a brilliant thread with some fanatastic foto’s 
Can’t wait to see Pt; 7.
Regards
Dave Penn;
Pah! You expect us to be impressed
I am anyway. Well done, great thread. amazing photos.
Part 7 ‘Odds and Ends’
In this final part of the thread i thought i would post a mixed bag of pictures taken over the 12 months of construuction
Blades at sunset
Holding compound in Scout Moor Quarry
40 metre blades waiting to head up on to the moor
Left gearbox/brake disk assembly with a turbine hub on the right
Three turbine blades in the holding compound
Gearbox/brake disk assembly arrives on site
40 metre blade
Hairpin bend on the quarry road
Two tower sections arrive at Scout Moor quarry
Convoy passing through the junction next to Edenfield Primary School
View from the top of Turbine Tower No 10 (That was a day to remember) 
Colletts make another delivery
Under police ■■■■■■ through Edenfield
Top tower section passing through Scout Moor Quarry
Tower section awaiting unloading on site
Crane driver Gaz takes time out from doing the Times Crossword
Even more blades
The tug is called out to give a helping hand up the steep hill
The tug was always on hand to help when traction conditions were bad
Just a few more yards and we are at the top
Just passing
More blades waiting down in the compound
Colletts pictures at the offical opening ceremony of the wind farm
Working till sunset
Completed Scout Moor Wind Farm.
Thats it!
Thank you for all your comments and messages if you want to see more pictures of the actual construction of the wind farm go to the Scout Moor Wind Farm Construction Picture Gallery on the Geograph web site were i have posted over 400 images.
Thanks for looking in Regards Paul.
Thanks for the email Geoff fortunately they were replacing the roof on one of the buildings on Market Street at the time so i climbed to the top of the scaffolding.
That’s how i managed to get this shot
Fantastic pictures mate , thanks for taking the time to post them
Only just seen this thread, fantastic stuff, brilliant pictures and a great write up
Only just seen this thread, fantastic stuff, brilliant pictures and a great write up
BuzzardBoy:
Only just seen this thread, fantastic stuff, brilliant pictures and a great write up
Thanks for the comments
You can find some more picture’s i took during construction on the Geograph Web Site
Paul
Just found this, fantastic photos.
You have to wonder how ‘evinronmentally friendly’ all these windfarms are when you see the amount of effort you need to build em’ in the first place? 
We carried the stone to a small windfarm near us (four turbines only), I can’t remember which heavy haulier (could have been Colletts) did the job of moving the sections but it was a work of art seeing them go through a little farm yard and up this steep track. 
More Photos Of Colletts At
Excellent pictures and information
I would love to do that type of haulage for a living, it always intrigues me how such large & heavy loads can be moved so easily through small villages and roads, they make it look so easy.
MissDruscilla:
Excellent pictures and information
I would love to do that type of haulage for a living, it always intrigues me how such large & heavy loads can be moved so easily through small villages and roads, they make it look so easy.
Thanks for the comments.
Yes they made it look so easy most of the local residents in Edenfield were moaning about predicted traffic chaos etc etc before the first deliverys but i never heard anyone complain about a thing even after all 26 turbine’s had passed through.
As well as taking all the above pictures i also have a Flickr Photostream
Regards Paul
Hi Paul
Just come across your pics of Colletts moving the wind turbines.Fab pics mate.I pass these every week when going over owd betts to Rawtenstall and now I know how they got them up there, brilliant mate cheers.Other 2 truck web sites also brilliant,keep em coming.
John
Stanfield:
Hi Paul
Just come across your pics of Colletts moving the wind turbines.Fab pics mate.I pass these every week when going over owd betts to Rawtenstall and now I know how they got them up there, brilliant mate cheers.Other 2 truck web sites also brilliant,keep em coming.
John
Thanks for the comments