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Old 05-08-2007, 10:58 PM   #61
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I think I win this one?
140,000 gross tonne cruiseship. Carries 5,000 people. 100,000 hp and can do 27 knots going ahead, 15 knots going astern and 5 knots going sideways. My avatar is the ship. When she was launched in 2001, she was the biggest cruiseship in the world.

Despite her size, she is a pleasure to handle with her incredible power!!!!

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Ice-skating rink
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Hey mate does she have that anti pirate sound wave gizmo they use on other cruizers.

I here they have got an even more powerfull one out now.
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Old 05-08-2007, 11:04 PM   #62
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I think I win this one?
140,000 gross tonne cruiseship. Carries 5,000 people. 100,000 hp and can do 27 knots going ahead, 15 knots going astern and 5 knots going sideways. My avatar is the ship. When she was launched in 2001, she was the biggest cruiseship in the world.

Despite her size, she is a pleasure to handle with her incredible power!!!!

Also onboard
Ice-skating rink
Rock-climbing wall
In-line skating
Royal Promenade (open 24 hours)
Johnny Rockets® '50s-style restaurant
Portofino Italian Restaurant
Themed bars and lounges
Casino RoyaleSM
Golf simulators
9-hole miniature golf course
Adventure Ocean® youth facilities
ShipShape® Day Spa and Fitness Center
Full-size basketball court
How bout a fellow forum discount for me and the missus :
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Old 07-08-2007, 09:18 PM   #63
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Nothing very exciting for me, just an 8 tonne pantech truck (Hino I think) and a D9 Bulldozer.
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Old 07-08-2007, 09:29 PM   #64
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A very very large bandsaw, the kind that rips trees in half lengthways. Watched it take a leg off a fella once. Wasn't too bad though, he was a Kiwi.

(I'm kidding - it was actually quite horrible)
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Old 07-08-2007, 09:46 PM   #65
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Old 08-08-2007, 12:53 PM   #66
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What, no cockies on here.... John Deere Articulated 8770 Tractor
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Old 08-08-2007, 01:43 PM   #67
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Blast Furnace or 6-stand Steel Rolling Mill or should I just list Steelworks :








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Old 08-08-2007, 08:15 PM   #68
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I've operated our 8-tonne mobile slewing cranes and a 26m bucket truck. The view from the top of that was awesome, its even better looking down when your over the river and and the river bank is 20m high or so too.

Might get a chance to drive my mates dad's combine, a CAT 480R.
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Old 08-08-2007, 08:24 PM   #69
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just remember , its not how big it is but how you use it !! : :
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Old 08-08-2007, 08:32 PM   #70
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the bamix. i tell ya, ya gotta really know what you're doing with that thing ...
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Old 08-08-2007, 08:34 PM   #71
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OH dear there's always one who can't help themselves and bring sex into it.

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Old 08-08-2007, 08:55 PM   #72
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OH dear there's always one who can't help themselves and bring sex into it.

Begone damned spot begone!
Ahhh you must of missed post #53 ;)
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Ahhh you must of missed post #53 ;)
Bugga ...I did too...shame..shame..shame on me.
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Old 08-08-2007, 09:04 PM   #74
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G'day all. I worked at a C.Q. coal mine and got to operate these: D10 & D11 dozers, 992 & 994 loaders. (the 994 had joystick controls, no steering wheel) 16G grader, 120ton belly dump haul trucks, 789 rear dumpers (180 ton) and a Marathon Letourneau electric drive loader (about the same size as a 994). If you like big toys this place is heaven.
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Old 08-08-2007, 09:17 PM   #75
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Hhhmm i'm guessing but maybe Blackwater/Emerald.
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Old 08-08-2007, 09:20 PM   #76
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Hhhmm i'm guessing but maybe Blackwater/Emerald.
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Old 08-08-2007, 09:25 PM   #77
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OK not heard of Saraji..but have heard of Dysart.

Cool learn something new every day .
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Old 08-08-2007, 09:56 PM   #78
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This was one of my jobs when driving. We transported these 50 ton bridge beams from Melbourne to Robinvale for the new Robinvale-Euston bridge over the Murray.
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Old 08-08-2007, 10:12 PM   #79
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ive driven.. my AU fairlane

a decent sized CNC router (was about 4 meters long used to run each end separatly
so you could start a job on 1 end and prep the job for the other end then when it finished the 1st job it would move and start the 2nd job)

ive driven Linde and Crown electric pallet trucks(stand on and drive) (supercheap auto warehouse)
and now have a fork ticket and have driven an electric high reach fork which i use daily
and used a gas sit down regular forklift a few times (3rd time ever driving a sit down was for my test)

at my new job(Motion Industries) they do alot of work with the mines out mackay way (emerald i think?)
we pack the container full of parts for the Rebuilds/Shutdowns of the draglines
well our mackay branch does, so im hoping to get a look around a dragline one day in the future and i cant wait!!
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Old 08-08-2007, 10:45 PM   #80
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I currently operate a 220t gantry crane which pours molten metal into a furnace! :togo:

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Old 08-08-2007, 10:50 PM   #81
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Beechcraft Barron, Dehaviland Beaver...
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Old 09-08-2007, 03:34 AM   #82
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Gantry crane at National Rail
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Old 09-08-2007, 11:19 AM   #83
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Old 10-08-2007, 09:40 AM   #84
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Old 10-08-2007, 12:48 PM   #85
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4,200 tonne coal train. 4x81 class loco's & 42 loaded coal hoppers.
I got to go from 1-8notch in a re-engined (4000hp) G class at dynon over the steam pit, but it was in N and then it stalled because it was to cold...had the engine room doors open to, so it was nice and loud!
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Old 10-08-2007, 04:09 PM   #86
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5,100 Grain Train. 3 x 3000 H.P. 81Class Loco,s & 51 loaded grain wagons.
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I got to go from 1-8notch in a re-engined (4000hp) G class at dynon over the steam pit, but it was in N and then it stalled because it was to cold...had the engine room doors open to, so it was nice and loud!
Thats a bit naughty... you shouldn't go past 5 notch when there is no load on the engine as those GMs have semi floating pistons.
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For weight: A coal train in the hunter valley weighing about 8,100t with triple 90 class locos.

For Length: A Container train to Junee. 1.2km long, but only about 2,000t. Locos were 2 NRs and an AN.
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Biggest would be a Komatsu PC1250 Hydraulic Excavator (100T) about a fix the size of the PC5500 at the top of the page. (I work for Komatsu). Oh and by the way MadCow the biggest dozer Cat makes is a D11, the D9's and the D10's are the most common.
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