Excavator/bridge interface problem....

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Chris D

 

****. It wasn't 'just a bit' taller then the overpass either.

 

Impressed, I am. One would have needed quite a large quantity of PE to
achieve the same results.

 

****. The drive of the flatbed must have been going some. (That's my
answer, btw).

Nice to see it's being used.

 

Superbly done.

 

Nice work, that truckie. It takes a special sort of dedication to
totally ignore the likelihood of colliding with bridgework.

 

High hoe, high hoe
It's not to work we go ...

 

<Groan>

 

Earlier this month the Uni installed swinging booms across the main
entrance to the Uni, white with red stripes, Max Headroom 2.5 m, extra
signs at ground level "Caution, Please Drive Slowly", etc. Now, I'm not
sure how long it lasted as I went to CERN for a couple of days, but it
was less than three days, probably even less than one... One arm is
now seriously bent at the side of the road, with the support post bent and
leaning forward at 6 or 8 degrees.

Construction traffic is not supposed to use that entrance, which
is perhaps why the barrier was installed in the first place, but I struggle
to think of civilian vehicles that will take out a 2.5 m overhead.

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KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

When I was at Brunel in the early eighties, I could drive my MG Midget
under the barriers to get onto the campus.

 

I used to do that in my Lotus Europa when I worked at BT's Crayford
depot. It *really* pissed the security guards off

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<VVBG>

 

Krusty said...

I had a black Lotus Europa in 1984, regd FXF 70H, and it was great for
driving under barriers.

 

<counts on fingers>

Renault lump, yeah? Mine was a twinky.

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Krusty said...

Yep, Renault 1600. I heard the Lotus lump was cheaper to rebuild. It was
my company car when I worked for my uncle in Trowbridge that summer. The
first time I drove it was from Frome to Trowbrdge, and the brakes caught
fire about 6 miles out of Frome.

 

wtf?

 

A year or two ago 'our place' (see work sig below) installed red
barriers[1] for all traffic[2]. They lasted about a week. Then they
had white stripes added and red lights. Another week.

I pointed out that the signs indicating the exit were ambiguous and
that people were simply trying to get out the wrong way.

Nothing changed. The barriers are still regularly broken off.
<sigh>

Chris D

[1] From 'Newgate' incidentally, also known as NaffGate - cos they
really are bad. Why is it that something that was perfected for car
parks 4 decades ago can't be used satisfactorily anywhere else?
[2] I poited out that the design meant that motorcyclists would have
to dismount, remove gloves, feed card into reader and V.V.
I was told 'Arrangements[3] will be made'
[3] we ride the pavement