Equipment damaged during shipping.

[SRB]

This happened earlier this year, this equipment was en-route to Europe when the ship hit rough weather off the south cost of England.

All new equipment, wouldnt fancy picking up the insurance bill for this one.

[SRB]

Just getting the hang of this picture posting crack...........

[Nick Drew]

Amazing pics Stuart!!

Thanks for sharing I just love Cock up photos!!

Some of those are just too painful to look at

Nick

[Holger]

Wow! That was rather dangerous! It is heavy weight moving from left to right on a ship!

[Robban_C]

And mom used to say that my room was a mess when I was a kid.

Seems like someones has been having a real party there.

What machine is it (or has been ) in the last picture?

[SRB]

It was / is a 789C Off High way truck, there was also a 988H caught up in the mêlée, this faired a bit better than some of the other gear.............

[Robban_C]

That telescopic cylinder on the side of the 789, is it one of the dumping cylinders?

[SRB]

yes, thats one of the skip hoist cylinders, normally strapped to the side of the chassis during shipping.

[Robban_C]

... skip hoist cylinders ...

Skip hoist? There you see, I´m learning new terms every day here at CMN.
It´s just a pity that I forget them next day.

Anyway, thanks for the info and the pictures!

[Niklas Eriksson]

the machines should have been tied to the ship better.

Who was it that had to pay the repairs costs? This cargo is worth many millions in any currency....