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Post by rac on Dec 5, 2011 12:46:24 GMT -5
one thing about miners is their ability to improvise-make do with wot you've got.an example that springs to mind is a time i was working nights following on from the afternoon shift running a new feeder cable down a disused roadway.this particular roadway was about 1500 mtrs long,straight with about 12ft of height and completely empty used by FSV'S as a supply route.some cable had been already ran out and hung with one more to go. these were 300 mtr lengths of 185mm copper (heavy!) taken down on a spinner with an FSV.what had happened was the previous shift had ran it out and hung it in steel hangers but somehow managed to be 2mtrs short of the cable it was to be joined to! dont ask i dont know either!! anyway i was sent down on nights to drop it all pull forward enough to be jointed then re-hung-donkey work especially as my labour was an FSV + 2 haulage lads! hmm gave it a coat of looking over then decided to try and pull it through the hangers.so at the outbye end where the slack was scounged an old round c/v belt pole hung it up with old pipe chains with the cable above it to guide it onto the hangers.posted one of the lads there to watch it and the slack the went with the FSV to the other end got him to drop his bucket off lift the fork end up where the bucket fitted and lashed the loose end of the cable to it.right i said keep your fork up in the air level with the hangers and pull like hell steadily. ;D got other lad who was with me to watch down the gate at his mate while i watched the pull and away we go.nice and steady and it gradually moved perfectly.had plenty of slack at the far end so took more than we needed (had to anyway cos the end was rather knarled up!)few hangers up,back to outbye end removed the evidence job done --head down!
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Post by timberlad on Dec 5, 2011 13:04:36 GMT -5
couldnt have done it without the timber lads though ;D lol
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Post by rac on Dec 5, 2011 13:08:24 GMT -5
yeh to right mate valued members of the team. they did'nt complain either missing out on the backbraking work lol.
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Post by timberlad on Dec 6, 2011 15:37:08 GMT -5
we never complained about anything, not even missing out on a water note lol
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Post by rac on Dec 6, 2011 15:45:29 GMT -5
bet you dint miss out very often.lol
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Post by spanker on Dec 6, 2011 17:11:59 GMT -5
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Post by spanker on Dec 7, 2011 10:57:26 GMT -5
Nipped on whilst she indoors is getting diner ready' Do people remember during the late 70s when the government of the day where just starting to decimate the steel industry,we in Derbyshire were going into old roadways to salvage anything possible to assist the steel lads, nicking old rings and struts/bolts to assist in their cause. Surprising how many good rings were retrieved and reused during their dispute,alas it is now history.
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Post by John on Dec 7, 2011 12:16:45 GMT -5
Nipped on whilst she indoors is getting diner ready' Do people remember during the late 70s when the government of the day where just starting to decimate the steel industry,we in Derbyshire were going into old roadways to salvage anything possible to assist the steel lads, nicking old rings and struts/bolts to assist in their cause. Surprising how many good rings were retrieved and reused during their dispute,alas it is now history. They always salvaged old rings from backripped roads during the 60's, we had a hydraulic bending machine underground the rings were sent to for "straightening" The only ones I saw scrapped were broken ones or those that were too badly twisted out of shape. The only rings that seemed not to want repairs were the "German" rings. Those were friction supports too, need a tap with a large hammer to "yield". Made up of "U" sections instead of RSJ's and used "U" clamps to fasten them together. As weight came on them, a ripper would hit them with a sledge hammer, the sections would slip over themselves a small amount.
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Post by spanker on Dec 7, 2011 14:12:09 GMT -5
1/ Belt poles to staker tackle up gates. 2/ Weeways when couldn't find lads haulage clips. 3/ Fish plates used as lockers. 4/ Coal spragged under button when only 2 on tackle run. 5/ 1x40 run of empties up pit Btm drift on back shift. 6/ Spragging warwicks at back of ring legs due to excessive tubs on one run. 7/ use of bottom belt to run rings up headings. 8/ No aquecent left use water. 9/ Borrowing props when face machine broke down. 10/ Cutting coal with no tips on picks.
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Post by rac on Dec 7, 2011 14:42:54 GMT -5
1/ reversing bank of panels up heading on belt when haulage not been extended 2/ same with 100mtrs armoured cable (tied to belt joint) +trailing cables 3/ paper bags on boots to get through pond in swilley 4/ ride on anything going your way 5/ making sure you are in other gate when inspector is coming 6/ making sure you've always got something to take out to get early note 7/ remember where the pull-lifts/chains are hidden 8/ remember where the warmest transformers are 9/ dont overlay-takes some explaining! 10/ never stand up if you can sit down an never sit down if you can lay down.
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Post by Sam from Kent on Jan 12, 2012 4:11:32 GMT -5
I vaguely remember a contestant on "Whats my Line?" who was a ring straightener and Gilbert Harding apparently was not impressed at not being able to guess what his job was
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