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    pump failure

    I'm working just outside pembroke on a new powerstation
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    pump failure

    I'm on a powerstation a few miles outside pembroke
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    pump failure

    the main contractor is picking up the bill for this **** up , they were warned this may happen but insisted everything would be fine , we sat for 5 weeks after that on full pay while they decided if it was safe to go back in
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    pump failure

    im sat on the top of one of these tanks reaching down to around 15.5 m and the machine in the bottom is keeping a stockpile for me to load trucks , at around 10m we hit water so they put a 4inch pump in which coped well until it started raining , they then put another 4inch pump in which kept...
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    pump failure

    this is what happens when it rains in wales and you underestimate the size of pump you need
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    Chinese excavation oops!

    iv seen houses sat on ring beams that size , but not a block of flats , thats shocking
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    CASE CX130 starting trouble

    i did call the fitter and ask if he wanted me to try and put it out or throw some more fuel on it :D, by the time the fire truck turned up the tyres were just popping;)
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    CASE CX130 starting trouble

    i know its a bit late rob , but the best place to start with a case is a can of petrol and a box of matches lmao :avid the wiring on most of the case excavators iv drove is shocking , i even...
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    looking for long reach

    why dont you just buy them direct from case , we have 2 case cx 210 and have had no problems that im aware of , think they are 2001 year . rko , have you ever built a telescopic dipper, our local finning dealer says there would be too much stress.our 345 long reach has had an extra 2.5ton...
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    What would you do???

    you need to hire a ton of bog mats and me
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    Average age on the forum

    i was thinking of posting the exact same thing rob , must be the english sense of humor lol , you keeping busy mate. by the way im 41 and the woman im feeling is 43 lol
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    cat 375 on a dredger

    now 10.1
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    cat 375 on a dredger

    it has a airline connected to stop it blowing the seals
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    cat 375 on a dredger

    it is a bit at first , you get used to it though
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    cat 375 on a dredger

    your right its not tied to the deck , she don't slide around very much with the double grouser plates . most of the concrete has broke up into 1 to 2 ton lumps , but occasionally a big lump comes up like in the pics
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    cat 375 on a dredger

    the biggest lump of concrete i pulled up was 9.2 metric ton
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    cat 375 on a dredger

    few more , they tried making a ripper tooth but it only lasted an hor before the shank snapped off
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    cat 375 on a dredger

    few pics
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    cat 375 on a dredger

    i have been busy on the new job , currently 80 + hours a week , we are breaking concrete on the dock floor at 15 to 19 m . broke a few buckets and a chisel but we now have a good bucket made of hardox
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    cat 375 on a dredger

    never used a breaker underwater:beatsme , saw fred gooch before xmas at felixstowe , he has some work on the a12 ans seems to be busy, he has built up his fleet again with mostly new hitatchi machines
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