Okay, so i'm a bit of a geek...

In Forgemasters on Brightside Lane iv'e just noticed there are two Faun heavy haulage tow-tractors, a Goliath and a Koloss.

The Koloss is being loaded as I type, and the Goliath is sat waiting just off the road.

I just wondered if anyone on the forum knows when they might be setting off, as when these things get moving they are pretty impressive.

I watched three of the massive things remove a huge transformer (no, not the toy robot things) from the Stocksbridge bypass one sunday night a couple of years ago. Very impressive stuff, watching a road train about the length of a football pitch winding it's way steadily down the bypass.

If anybody works there and knows anything about it, or is similarly geeky, please reply as I'd love to drive down there and watch the convoy get moving.

Pics, incase anyone out there is wondering what the hell i'm on about:

Goliath:
http://www.transportcafe.co.uk/imagecover/faun.jpg

Koloss:
http://www.geocities.com/faun_tractor/Koloss_S_6x6/Photos/DSC02307.jpg
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/len_rogers/faun_ale.jpg


Wow, I think i might now be able to class myslef as a fully fledged loser...

Hi,

Used to work for Forgemasters up untill a couiple of yeras ago. It will probably be Friday or Saturday but in the very eraly hours when no traffic is about as they normally need to close janson street.

They normally go up the wrong side of the dual carriageway on Jason Street because they cant turn the corner of brideside lane/janson Street.

Hope this helps

What they moving? They been selling weapons again?

Thanks for the info Owlszat :thumbsup:

Doesnt look like a supergun this time Skatie :)

hi jack this must be something weird but im origanally from sheffield and now work for A.L.E who moved the casting on the weekend of 24/25 july and yes you have been informed about right. The peice moved weighed 300 tonnes and went to kvearners on prince of wales road its in kvearners now and will move back to forgemasters soon for stress releiving then it will go back and forth maybe for the next 3 months. i drive the big outfits you see on the road and after a while its just the same as any other job and gets boring. if you need any info you can mail me and i will try to let you know when its moving again otherwise speak to kvearners and tell them you want to take some photos and im sure they will help as much as poss
thanks Nicky:)

Originally posted by drahdnagnol
hi jack this must be something weird but im origanally from sheffield and now work for A.L.E who moved the casting on the weekend of 24/25 july and yes you have been informed about right. The peice moved weighed 300 tonnes and went to kvearners on prince of wales road its in kvearners now and will move back to forgemasters soon for stress releiving then it will go back and forth maybe for the next 3 months. i drive the big outfits you see on the road and after a while its just the same as any other job and gets boring. if you need any info you can mail me and i will try to let you know when its moving again otherwise speak to kvearners and tell them you want to take some photos and im sure they will help as much as poss
thanks Nicky:)

Good piece of information that Nicky, and a decent backward nickname to boot :o I bet you wish it were true :D

Originally posted by drahdnagnol
hi jack this must be something weird but im origanally from sheffield and now work for A.L.E who moved the casting on the weekend of 24/25 july and yes you have been informed about right. The peice moved weighed 300 tonnes and went to kvearners on prince of wales road its in kvearners now and will move back to forgemasters soon for stress releiving then it will go back and forth maybe for the next 3 months. i drive the big outfits you see on the road and after a while its just the same as any other job and gets boring. if you need any info you can mail me and i will try to let you know when its moving again otherwise speak to kvearners and tell them you want to take some photos and im sure they will help as much as poss
thanks Nicky:)

A few years ago I saw your trucks ( I am sure one was pulling and one was pushing) and a loaded trailer in between, parked in a layby on the A57 between Worksop and the A1. I started to count the wheels on the trailer and stopped when I got to 100 .How many did I miss.

Thanks.

drahdnagnol, you got mail... :)

hi jack the faun you saw was 1 of 7/8 we operate all over the world we also run a UNIPOWER built in house 750bhp cummins you can mail me direct and i will try to help you claytonnicky@aol.com

to alankearn you missed about 50 off the total mate. The way to count them is multiply the number of axles by 8 then that gives you the total amount of wheels plus about 4 spares then the tractors so thats a hell of a lot of nuts to check every day plus all the steering joints and pipes so it takes about 2 hours to check every day before you move

SPECIAL MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!
THIS MONDAY COMING WE ARE DUE TO MOVE ANOTHER CASTING FROM FORGEMASTERS TO KVEARNERS THRU THE NIGHT
email me at claytonnicky@aol.com and i will let you know the full details

on this move we will be using 3 prime movers 2 faun koloss and either a daf 95 or the UNIPOWER.
Twenty axle trailer 160 wheels with 300 tonne sat on top of it it should look impressive

nicky
i work in the foundry (burner)the casting that you have been moving was originally about 530 tonnes, i'm sure you know there is is another one that is going to kavernas shortly that is slightly heavier (about 20 or 30 tonnes).

if you recall having to have some bolt holes burned in the trailer,i was the one who burned them,i'll say hi when you come back:thumbsup:

john.

skatiechick
could have sworn they were oil refinery pipes-not guns:heyhey:

these castings are for the worlds largest screw-press appar
rently, for pressing wing strengtheners for the airbus-or something like that.

they are over a thousand tonnes in weight for the pair.

regards, john.

biggsy, is this job coming into the south shop at all?

Just watched something that big go to/from SMS tonight :thumbsup:

martss
sorry,i don't think the south machine shop has the craneage to lift these castings.

PS,i think that the casting at kavernas is staying there for a while as one of the cranes we need at f/masters to lift these castings is broken down,the long travel wheel bearings have bu***red up,i'm told it will be another two weeks before the crane is ready.

regards, john.

hi
ALE are in again, the faun kolloss & a unipower, at the moment the fitters are assembling the jig on the trailer for the casting, but sorry, i don't know when they will go into action.

regards, john.

hi all we are moving tomorrow night 19th at 11pm hopefully it should be good weather see you all later regards nicky

hi biggsy, kvearners told me that they are going out to china but dont know weve been told that many different stories

nicky
oof, when i said they were over a thousand tonnes for the pair,that was the cast weight they will end up at about 550 tonnes when finished,as for where they will end up is anyones guess, i'll ask our manager on the morrow;)

btw,i think you may be right as to the destination being as it's kvearners contract.

ps,the unipower rig that was at f/masters last week is gorgeous much nicer than the faun,it looks like something from the thunderbirds:thumbsup:

pps,good luck with the haul:clap:

regards,john.

its a pleasure to drive comfort and power all harnessed into 1 wot a tool 750bhp proper boys toy lol

nicky,i suppose all eight wheels are driven?

750 brekkhoss power:o

btw,do you have a footpump in case you get a flat:D :D

john.

What are the chances of the A.L.E driver actually involved in the move seeing this thread?!

I love this forum! Drahdnagnol - you got mail :)

jackthedog
i spoke to him today,bl**dy 'ell, eees a big lad,wouldn't like to upset him after a few jars.

btw,the move is definately on for 11pm tonight-the other casting is supposed to be coming back from kvearners on thusrday night.

the castings are actually going to austria.

john.

hi biggsy good laugh yesterday apart from the long wait finally got it there and finished at 5 this mornin we will be back thursday night with its little brother for you to play with hope the bloody cranes fixed might see ya friday

hi nicky
afraid the crane aint mended yet,through thursday/friday we will be casting about 450 tonnes of metal (five ladles of 90tonnes each)it's gonna be a bitch without the 200 tonne crane:mad: ,there will be standing ladles all over the bl**dy place.

glad you arrived at kvearners ok,oh and that pile of muck seems to have appeared in front of the doors again,but it'll be gone by the time you come back:clap:

take care
john.

All that power, all those wheels........ and a home made spirit level??! is that what the hose pipe with blue liquid is?

Trailer parked in south shop car park.

Cool trucks! Like stuff like that

do any of you know the "millie" man who retired last march 2005 and been at forgemasters for 47 years?:loopy:

hi taine

do you mean millington?

yes you got him things still same in sms he asks
he hasnt quite got the hang of the internet yet!!!

taine,

give mick my regards, martyn (production fitter).

tell him things are more or less the same, maybe a bit worse lol!

To martss yes it is a home made level at least you can see the bloody thing in the dark simple idea hosepipe and antifreeze works a treat lol hope to see you all in bout 6 weeks time when we move them around again

hi jack this must be something weird but im origanally from sheffield and now work for A.L.E

don't know if you're still posting nicky but if so do you know dave harper (the big kiwi) and would you have a number for him at all? he took my number a few months back when i caught up with him but i could do with his, known him about 7 or 8 years

i work in the same job as you but not on your sort of weights - did a modest 35ton load into Kvaerners PoW (or Davy Markham) about 2 months back from goole, it was 23' wide mind you which JUUUUUUST fits through the last set of traffic lights before you turn right into the gate ;)