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Just a few Blackwell photos taken late sixtys
Bob

Whats the job starting at Port Clarence Macca1 ? Do you know what kit will be heading there?

Regards

Mike D550

tctractors wrote:Not seen any low rates stuff as of yet, but have seen lets call it "fine Tuning" this is sacking on a trumped up charge to get the other drivers to get their act together, and keep them on their toes, 1 driver was sacked for leaving his lights on draining the power so it failed to start the D/truck after lunch, the Forman said "I think it's time for you to set off home"

tctractors

A trifle more subtle than the guy that I worked for for a while who would say "lick'em and stick'em and up the road"!
(remember sticking stamps on National Insurance cards?)
Actually he was a really nice guy and we kept in touch till he passed away.

Mike d550 wrote:Whats the job starting at Port Clarence Macca1 ? Do you know what kit will be heading there?

Regards

Mike D550

Im not surer whos got it but due to start late jan i was told be in the lines of good few trucks ,excavators and a few dozers but one seems to know whos got it yet theres 20 weeks work there its a start of a new power station

It is good news.Something positive for a change
Before you know it spring will arrive and some jobs will get going.Not everything will grind to a halt,life still has to go on.

If anyone see's any kit starting there (Port Clarence) could you drop a line on here please, its not far for me to go during work hours and get some snaps!!!!

Hopefully we will get a decent summer for all the budding photographers.

Regards

Mike D550

Will tell as soon as i hear out m8

Blackwells are making good progress in Scotland and are undertaking a number of wind farm and earthworks led projects and they have acquired a specialist demolition company in Grangemouth called Mastertons. To my knowledge they are a relatively new entrant to the Scottish market.

Can anyone recall if Blackwells have worked in Scotland in the past - I am particularly interested to know if they had undertaken muckshifting projects during the heyday of motorway construction from the 60s to the early 80s.

Any information or anecdotes would be read with great interest.

AMRoss wrote:Blackwells are making good progress in Scotland and are undertaking a number of wind farm and earthworks led projects and they have acquired a specialist demolition company in Grangemouth called Mastertons. To my knowledge they are a relatively new entrant to the Scottish market.

Can anyone recall if Blackwells have worked in Scotland in the past - I am particularly interested to know if they had undertaken muckshifting projects during the heyday of motorway construction from the 60s to the early 80s.

Any information or anecdotes would be read with great interest.

they were at Muirkirk about 1991 with some Cat 245's,D400's and D8K's shifting some overburden on a coal site.
They also had a D9G pushing Levacks 637's at Kirconnal for Crouch.

Blackwell in Sunderland in 1984