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Re: Barber Greene shipping out

Post #11 by martyn williams » Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:17 am

About 30 years ago when I was on plant I got a call out to Exeter, a lowloader had turned up with some machines to unload.The driver had just picked up the load and was not a lowloader driver, he drove tankers usually.He had been asked to deliver a Barber Green and a rubber wheeled roller. He was stuck, had no knowledge of plant whatsoever.So he contacted the firm I worked for as we were the largest company in Exeter and only a few miles from the driver. So I was dispatched to unload the machines for him.I gave him a hand to unchain the load and unloaded both machines. He was chuffed to bits as he may have been stuck there for hours.
He then took me to a nearby cafe for a very large fryup and gave me a £5 for getting him out of a spot.
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Re: Barber Greene shipping out

Post #12 by widget » Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:18 pm

Hello chaps,
Thanks for posting the photo Fred, the controls look the same as my earlier post also :thumbup:
If only all jobs were that easy eh Martyn, sounds like it was worth it just for the fryup :lol:
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