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Re: All's well . . . looking ahead again

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:46 am
by Ocklepoint
marisca 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!
Not a problem on the Granton's glorious middle pier

Re: All's well . . . looking ahead again

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:44 am
by Alcyone
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.