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Worlds most expensive speak your weight machine


Worlds most expensive speak your weight machine

Shout at the driver, bung him a grand, and he tells you her weight!  Lifted her high and dry this morning.  Expensive but I guess it had to be done.  Will be retracing my steps over the next few days collecting all the toys I hoyed oot my pram and dummies I spat out over the last month!

At this point the crane was at 118% safe operating capacity!  so manically hoyed 1.5 tons of ballast out of the hold and over the side in about 20 minutes!

maybe this could be a competition picture - guess the weight anyone?



    Where is this Mark ?.     ;)
    Friars Goose, south side opposite St Petes
    glad to see you got her out ok mark maybe a bit expensive but shes out n dry now to make her watertight again!!!

    homeward bound
    Sep 02 2011 09:40 AM
    12 ton  ;)
    [td]way off the mark there
    [/td]
    26 tons, when Shemaron was lifted at Clydebank she was 32 tons, and the nobles built Ocean Gem was 55 tons
    close!

    young ronnie
    Sep 02 2011 11:15 AM
    Aye,the on paper and the actual tonnage are usually a fair bit out right enough,but I'll have a stab at 23.5 Just post the coakynut when ye get a chance Mark,nae rush for it ;)
    yee been spying ronnie?  she was 24.98 tons at the point, crane was 118% so had a frantic 20mins and hoyed 1.5 tons of ballast out of the hold and over the side making her bang on 23.5 tons

    cokeynut in the post  ;) ;) ;)

    young ronnie
    Sep 02 2011 11:45 AM
    I was going by Chris's tonnage for Shemaron Mark,it worked out at just over half a ton to a foot.Just goes to show you though...don't believe what's written on a boat's papers ;)