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Re: Uplifting experience on the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line
Author: Earl Pitts
Date: 11-04-2017 - 15:27
Howard Wrote:
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> M. Harris Wrote:
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> > Howard, are they installing or extracting the
> > power truck? I can't see definitive clues.
> Looks
> > like the forklift is ready to pull it away, but
> > the crane operator looks puzzled as the two
> ground
> > men seem to be giving him signals at the same
> > time.
>
>
> They are extracting the truck for maintenance.
> They had a difficult time attaching the lifting
> cables to the long hood end.
>
> [www.fototime.com]
Little wonder since they are not using the brackets that
are there just for that purpose. Take a look at the object
on the bottom of the frame side sill over the middle of the
front truck. There is another set above the middle of the
rear truck. They are made to sling a cable around and
lift without any other fuss and bother.
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> M. Harris Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Howard, are they installing or extracting the
> > power truck? I can't see definitive clues.
> Looks
> > like the forklift is ready to pull it away, but
> > the crane operator looks puzzled as the two
> ground
> > men seem to be giving him signals at the same
> > time.
>
>
> They are extracting the truck for maintenance.
> They had a difficult time attaching the lifting
> cables to the long hood end.
>
> [www.fototime.com]
Little wonder since they are not using the brackets that
are there just for that purpose. Take a look at the object
on the bottom of the frame side sill over the middle of the
front truck. There is another set above the middle of the
rear truck. They are made to sling a cable around and
lift without any other fuss and bother.
