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[chris-law]

this is the machine i operate as my main job, its a cat 345 long reach with 24m outreach.
we also have a 375 long reach, its a bit of an animal to drive though, my boss is also thinking of ordering a cat 365 long reach to compliment the fleet.

 

[jimmyjack]

nice pics, you got any of the 375. what do you mainly with the long reaches?

 

[chris-law]

dredging, trim railway embankments , excavate lagoons and sometimes use a soil nail drill rig on the end of the dipper for slope stabilisation.

the 375 is on the left , 345 on the right with soil nail rig on

 

[chris-law]

found a few more of 375

 

[cat 385]

nice pictures good to see something different, well i guess you don't have to worry about swinging into the truck,ha,ha

 

[bigjake0524]

Nice machines looks like alot of fun to operate.

 

[Nac]

dredging, trim railway embankments , excavate lagoons and sometimes use a soil nail drill rig on the end of the dipper for slope stabilisation.

the 375 is on the left , 345 on the right with soil nail rig on

What is that a Klemm attachment? Any info on he soil nail rig would be appricated and more pics.

 

[Eric]

That is fantastic! How do you transport those from job to job. I would love to see pictures of that. Also, I run a 345cL, does that long reach set up make it very unstable swinging over the side?? Would love a crack at that sometime. Thanks, Eric.

 

[chris-law]

That is fantastic! How do you transport those from job to job. I would love to see pictures of that. Also, I run a 345cL, does that long reach set up make it very unstable swinging over the side?? Would love a crack at that sometime. Thanks, Eric.

we use this guy to transport them. the 345 will load on without taking the dipper off , the 375 has to have a low loader for the dipper.

cat make the 345 with 19.5m outreach and wont extend it anymore, it then goes into finning cat to be stretched to 24m outreach as cat wont do it.

it was unstable untill our fitter made the ballast box on the rear with 5 ton of wieght in, finning would not put one on even though it was unstable, said it would invalidate the slew ring warranty.

dont know anything about the komatsu on the back of the low loader before anyone asks

 

[chris-law]

low loader we use

 

[bear]

Looks like some nice countryside there. I've heard of the soil nail rigs and watched a show on tv about an air powered one but it was basically setup on a truck type of rig.

 

[chris-law]

Looks like some nice countryside there. I've heard of the soil nail rigs and watched a show on tv about an air powered one but it was basically setup on a truck type of rig.

the one i used worked off the breaker /hammer circuit and was an american made rig.
problem is when you are at reach the wieght of the rig on the end of the stick makes the arm drop, and i you cant pick it up to adjust when the rig is using the hyd circuit, just hope they are quick with the drill

 

[chris-law]

What is that a Klemm attachment? Any info on he soil nail rig would be appricated and more pics.

this is what i found , the outfit i was on hire to
http://www.systems-geotechnique.co.uk/content/Comp_pro/Plant.htm

 

[jimmyjack]

nice pics keep'em coming

 

[LowBoy]

Could someone elaborate more on the purpose of the soil nail rig?

 

[Construct'O]

Not to get off track to much,but was interesting seeing the windmills out in the water.Is that sea,lake or what?????Never thought of them putting them there.

They are just starting to get going over here and they are all land based here that i have saw.

Great pics ,thanks for sharing.:usa

 

[Sharky]

Nice pics, we have had a few setup before for short jobs. One for a deep slurry wall ditch and a couple for dredging. Dragline or sauerman mostly for the dredging ones, but tough to get a "Level" bottom.

Do you guys dig in fresh or salt water? The setups you guys run are much longer than what we had.

 

[CascadeScaper]

Could someone elaborate more on the purpose of the soil nail rig?

The job I'm working on right now a drilling crew has a drill mounted to a Cat 330CL. The drill is fairly simple, just drills holes and compressed air is used to blow the spoils out. Once the holes are drilled, nails are inserted (huge rebar with egg beater looking devies installed) Then the nails are concreted to the hole that was drilled. The job I'm on they're drilled to stabilize vertical walls, so after the nails are in, a heavy wire mesh is installed and shotcreted. The nails are then shacked to the face of the finished shotcrete. Pretty neat deal, never seen it done before until I got this job.

Sorry for the threadjack, but good looking iron! That 375 is CLEAN! What year is it? I believe 375's were produced until '96 IIRC. Not bad for a 12+ year old hoe.

 

[chris-law]

Not to get off track to much,but was interesting seeing the windmills out in the water.Is that sea,lake or what?????Never thought of them putting them there.

They are just starting to get going over here and they are all land based here that i have saw.

Great pics ,thanks for sharing.:usa

they are in the sea, we were placing stone over the cable that comes out of the bottom of the wind turbine to stop the cable breaking.

we have quite a few out to sea wind farms around our coast, but have more inland

 

[chris-law]

Nice pics, we have had a few setup before for short jobs. One for a deep slurry wall ditch and a couple for dredging. Dragline or sauerman mostly for the dredging ones, but tough to get a "Level" bottom.

Do you guys dig in fresh or salt water? The setups you guys run are much longer than what we had.

i have done a couple of slurry walls , they are a dirty job with all that bentonite running back down the boom onto the cab.

we work both fresh and salt water, boss will do most hires except slurry walls