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Collecting our forwarder in Gothenburg didn't go so well today. No issues on the drive over, but shortly after loading and pulling out of the port, rolled over a rough bump and snapped a leaf spring on the front right. 26 year old, fatigued metal I guess combined with its first full load in a while (I presume). We definitely weren't overweight as everything was weighed.

 

We had to limp to the customs inspection centre before midday, offloaded the forwarder, found a garage to repair the truck and now getting the train across central southern Sweden. 

 

Not a day to be repeated, especially not when you've been up since 01:00.

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13 minutes ago, Big J said:

Collecting our forwarder in Gothenburg didn't go so well today. No issues on the drive over, but shortly after loading and pulling out of the port, rolled over a rough bump and snapped a leaf spring on the front right. 26 year old, fatigued metal I guess combined with its first full load in a while (I presume). We definitely weren't overweight as everything was weighed.

 

We had to limp to the customs inspection centre before midday, offloaded the forwarder, found a garage to repair the truck and now getting the train across central southern Sweden. 

 

Not a day to be repeated, especially not when you've been up since 01:00.

 

I don't believe for a second that you own a 26-year-old vehicle.

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1 hour ago, Doug Tait said:

MEWP steering popped a seal this morning, hydraulic oil piddling onto a main road isn't so good so fashioned a wee potty for it to carry around all day as a sump, worked very well.

 

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Ideal permanent repair.

 

Just filter it and tip in back into the hydraulic oil filler :vollkommenauf:  

 

 

Out of interest, what is the machine?

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53 minutes ago, scbk said:

Ideal permanent repair.

 

Just filter it and tip in back into the hydraulic oil filler :vollkommenauf:  

 

 

Out of interest, what is the machine?

 

It's hired, an older Genie something (model 65 possibly), 21m height.

 

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