A few wooly jumpers. NMP
Dig
This photo is proof of my environmentalist consciousness.
In 1988 i was taking a road train load of drilling chemicals to a rig operating in the Great Sandy desert in northern West Oz along an access track called the Kidson Track I was 200kms from the coastal hwy when I pulled up for a sleep,
In the morning when I hit the starter all I got was a half hearted grunt from the engine , a check of terminals etc didn’t resolve the problem but there was enough in the batteries tp operate the HF radio and a call to base resulted in their assurance they would send me 2 batterys on a truck leaving there in a couple of hours heading for the rig also, as it was 600 odd kms he would be with me the following day.
He duly arrived and I fitted the batterys sent they turned out to be worse than the ones I had so a bit of a dummy spit on my behalf saw one of them being hurled into the bush. I got going by removing the batteries of the other truck leaving his motor running while we did that,[couldnt do that with one of the modern breed units i.m thinking] .
Any how I got started we replaced the old batteries back in mine put the mates back in his truck and off we went into the wide blue yonder duly arriving at the rig that evening.
The photo shows me in 2009 on a holiday trip back to the deserts returning to the scene of my indiscretion picking up the battery I had dispatched to take it back to town and dispose of it in the correct manner.
Not exactly HH but possibly what we had to contend with in my younger day related to the chosen way of HH work at that time.
Dig
DIG:
This photo is proof of my environmentalist consciousness.
In 1988 i was taking a road train load of drilling chemicals to a rig operating in the Great Sandy desert in northern West Oz along an access track called the Kidson Track I was 200kms from the coastal hwy when I pulled up for a sleep,
In the morning when I hit the starter all I got was a half hearted grunt from the engine , a check of terminals etc didn’t resolve the problem but there was enough in the batteries tp operate the HF radio and a call to base resulted in their assurance they would send me 2 batterys on a truck leaving there in a couple of hours heading for the rig also, as it was 600 odd kms he would be with me the following day.
He duly arrived and I fitted the batterys sent they turned out to be worse than the ones I had so a bit of a dummy spit on my behalf saw one of them being hurled into the bush. I got going by removing the batteries of the other truck leaving his motor running while we did that,[couldnt do that with one of the modern breed units i.m thinking] .
Any how I got started we replaced the old batteries back in mine put the mates back in his truck and off we went into the wide blue yonder duly arriving at the rig that evening.
The photo shows me in 2009 on a holiday trip back to the deserts returning to the scene of my indiscretion picking up the battery I had dispatched to take it back to town and dispose of it in the correct manner.
Not exactly HH but possibly what we had to contend with in my younger day related to the chosen way of HH work at that time.Dig
You would have thought they would have checked the batteries before sending them out Dig. 
Heres one you will like.
You would have thought they would have checked the batteries before sending them out Dig.
Heres one you will like.
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Thanks Dean I would like to have seen that unit sounds like it had some good conversions .
I think that’s why I hurled it Deano I asked for new ones anyhow some valuable lessons learned first carry some jumper leads and as those model KWs were 24volt starting I changed mine to 4x12volts never had a problem again I had that truck for 12 years.
Dig
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Two shots of a class outfit at work in ■■■■■■■ last week returning a barge to Lowestoft from Whitehaven and the second shot taken yesterday on Shap Fell prior to delivering the loading shovel to a local quarry.
Buzzer:
Some expensive looking bit of gear here, Buzzer
No half Buzzer. Smart looking machine.
And the crane could be as expensive as the chassis itself!
Bewick:
Two shots of a class outfit at work in ■■■■■■■ last week returning a barge to Lowestoft from Whitehaven and the second shot taken yesterday on Shap Fell prior to delivering the loading shovel to a local quarry.
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Is that a picture of you and Mike on the cab rear of the Scania Dennis?
David
5thwheel:
Bewick:
Two shots of a class outfit at work in ■■■■■■■ last week returning a barge to Lowestoft from Whitehaven and the second shot taken yesterday on Shap Fell prior to delivering the loading shovel to a local quarry.
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0Is that a picture of you and Mike on the cab rear of the Scania Dennis?
David
The advancing years have not dimmed your powers of observation one bit David You are quite right of course the mural on the rear of the Scania is in fact Mike and me but I will leave it to you to decide “who’s who” ! 
Cheers Dennis.
Not quite in the same league as the previous shot from OZ 
But nevertheless still a couple of impressive shots of a class UK heavy haulier at work yesterday on the HS2 job shifting a Volvo gas pipe layer.
Hard at it today shifting battle tanks but can’t divulge where from and to as it is classified info ! 
that tank weighs in at 64 ton !
Tank move looks like Bovington camp.
Off to Ukraine me thinks,to have a pot at Putin!
David
5thwheel:
Off to Ukraine me thinks,to have a pot at Putin!David
Yes, now I know nowt about tanks, but would I be right in thinking that that looks rather old and tattered. Not quite the extra amomoured panels that we see on the modern Russian ones in Ukraine. I understand why Britain would not want to let the latest and best go, even to a worthy cause, but not sure how well that would be received, however politely and gratefully.
But, as I say, I know nowt.
