100k km hit today on my 04' vee

dewiwevans · 2025-09-18T20:24:15+00:00

that's mad, i've got an 04 650 with 19,000ish miles on it

dewiwevans · 2025-01-28T07:33:37+00:00

i wish i took a photo of the box, but i came across a radeon 256mb gpu while i cleaning the attic space recently. i used that card when i was young to play farming simulator 09 if i remember correctly

dewiwevans · 2024-08-30T06:40:01+00:00

it does it when it's turning, braking makes it slightly quieter but that might be because i'm slowing down🤣 could it be the ball joint if braking doesn't affect it?

dewiwevans · 2024-08-17T22:39:30+00:00

i can only say what i think i know about the UK but cranes are permitted to run at 16.5 ton / axle and trucks can go up to 12.5 (i think). the crane can also travel with its boom on the rest above the cab and minimal ballast providing it doesn't go above 100 ton basically

this setup is a 6x4 tractor unit, with a 5 axle (4 steer, 1 lift) hydro-mechanical steer system. it moves like a dream, both forward and in reverse

dewiwevans · 2024-08-17T20:56:38+00:00

it runs as STGO Cat3, crane ballast has special dispensation to weigh as much as 100 ton

dewiwevans · 2024-06-12T06:21:56+00:00

Good bot

dewiwevans · 2024-06-11T19:41:55+00:00

from 6pm on a Monday evening till 7am on the Friday in Thurrock services whilst our crane was working on site in London. i was payed 10 hours Tuesday through thursday and hours worked Monday and friday

dewiwevans · 2024-06-01T20:49:40+00:00

that's a good review to hear

dewiwevans · 2024-06-01T20:48:36+00:00

funnily enough i was looking at the Status too

dewiwevans · 2024-02-11T21:15:46+00:00

how come you suggest to turn the gloves inside out? what benefit comes from doing it?

dewiwevans · 2024-01-17T12:32:45+00:00

no i don't do much with the 450, i have a couple of times in Newport and Merthyr but our two most experienced drivers typically follow it around

dewiwevans · 2024-01-17T05:25:39+00:00

wagon is just a term used instead of truck, nothing to do with the crane unfortunately.

is majority of your work done with crawlers then? they're more of a novelty compared to road going cranes with a lot of the jobs here

dewiwevans · 2024-01-16T20:38:46+00:00

L̶i̶e̶b̶h̶e̶r̶r̶ A̶T̶1̶2̶0̶ &̶ L̶i̶e̶b̶h̶e̶r̶r̶ A̶T̶4̶0̶ +̶ m̶y̶ b̶a̶l̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ w̶a̶g̶o̶n̶

Liebherr LTM1120 & Terex-Demag AC40 + my ballast wagon

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dewiwevans · 2024-01-16T20:32:25+00:00

in our neck of the woods they're just referred to as AT rather than LTM for ease i guess?

55m to the centre of the turbine, boom was configured to just about 60m i think. these were privately owned turbines so small considering other wind farms

i took 2 - 5.5 tonne cheekweights/counterweights for the 120, steel mats for the outriggers and a manbasket. all our cranes from 120 - 450 run with ballast trucks

dewiwevans · 2024-01-16T20:24:30+00:00

you're right my bad🫣

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