Posted June 24, 200916 yr Hi folks. Have not been around lately picked up a bit of work escorting oversize vehicles up to Port Hedland. As far as I know a new railway bridge is being constructed over Turner River and there is over 100 Bridge Sections going up. Each one is 4.6 metres wide and weighs around 31 ton. A couple of companies are doing the moves and I was lucky to pick up a job with one of them as a pilot and because I am using there pilot vehicle and one of the trucks is theirs it goes on the back of the truck until we reach Pithara or Wubin and I get to drive the Freightliner (Truck) in shifts with the other driver back. Gone for 4 days at a time. Home for 1 day. I will post some pics when I get time. I am so having a great time. I just love being out there camping where ever we pull up for the night.
June 24, 200916 yr Hi folks. Have not been around lately picked up a bit of work escorting oversize vehicles up to Port Hedland. As far as I know a new railway bridge is being constructed over Turner River and there is over 100 Bridge Sections going up. Each one is 4.6 metres wide and weighs around 31 ton. A couple of companies are doing the moves and I was lucky to pick up a job with one of them as a pilot and because I am using there pilot vehicle and one of the trucks is theirs it goes on the back of the truck until we reach Pithara or Wubin and I get to drive the Freightliner (Truck) in shifts with the other driver back. Gone for 4 days at a time. Home for 1 day. I will post some pics when I get time. I am so having a great time. I just love being out there camping where ever we pull up for the night. Fantastic news! Who's looking after your budgies? :hmm:
June 24, 200916 yr that sounds fun i love just road side camping havent done it for years but would love to again
June 24, 200916 yr Sounds unreal! Yell out if ya see some bushies or anything interesting...keep the camera closssse
August 25, 200915 yr Author Well I am back on deck. Unfortunately the job did not put me in a better financial situation but I did enjoy it. I just love going into the red dirt country. Downside of the going away was that the breeding fell in a hole, so I discontinued it. Will pick it back up again later and will expand in the breeding journal thread. Here are a couple of pics to show you what I was escorting (DrNat - shame on you. lol). This picture shows a Kenworth from another company loading up at Pacific Industrial. This picture shows a Freightliner (Century Class) loading up at Pacific Industrial. On the return trip the pilot vehicle was loaded onto the trailer and the driver and myself switched driving duties so we could get back without having to pull over at all to sleep. This picture shows the rear view of the bridge section on the trailer. It is 4.8 metres wide at the top. This section of the road was quite good but other sections were a tight fit for passing traffic. This photo shows the brake down. We were 20kms south of Meekatharra at the St Barbara mine site and the two tyres decided to depart from the dolly. Sheared a bolt clean off and made a mess of the thread of a couple more. Chained up the axle and limped into Meeka at 40kms/hr. Just pulled into the parking bay and the belt let go on the pilot vehicle. It was a long day/night that one! This picture of the Freightliner Argosy was taken in a parking bay south of Munjina George as the sun was coming up. I got to drive this truck also. Hope you enjoy the pics. Have others if anybody wants to see more. Edited August 25, 200915 yr by RIPbudgies
August 25, 200915 yr Really cool :emoticon112: Can you post with bigger photos ? We can do 480 by 640 on BBC.
August 25, 200915 yr Author Really cool :emoticon112: Can you post with bigger photos ? We can do 480 by 640 on BBC. I just don't have the time to resize them. Here is the link to photobucket though so you can look there. http://s359.photobucket.com/albums/oo40/RI...dge%20sections/
August 25, 200915 yr Love the dawn and dusk shots. Which vehicle are you driving ? Is there a picture of that ?
August 26, 200915 yr Author Love the dawn and dusk shots. Which vehicle are you driving ? Is there a picture of that ? I was driving there Pilot vehicle a Mercedes Wagon. I did not get pics of it though. Didn't think of it. Would rather of taken my ute though, much more comforatble than trying to sleep in the back of the Merc when it just does not have the length. On the way back I co-drove the Freightliners, both the Century Class and the Argosy cab-over. Edited August 26, 200915 yr by RIPbudgies
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