Not a problem on the Granton's glorious middle piermarisca wrote: Tried to get the yard to lift the engine down to ground level but apparently their forklift won't go high enough - now in negotiation with local farmer for a wee loan of the thing he loads straw lorries with, oh, for a skyhook!
All's well . . . looking ahead again
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Ocklepoint
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Re: All's well . . . looking ahead again
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Alcyone
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Re: All's well . . . looking ahead again
When we fitted our new engine, we used the club JCB. It was lifted with ropes attached to the bucket on the end of the digging arm. Surprisingly manoeuvreable.