Glastocam!

[Staberinde]

18 minutes ago, stuie said:

The crane body will be going when they start work in the field.

It's always been called Arcadia.   They never changed their name when they purchased the crane! 

https://www.arcadiaspectacular.com/

 

 

Thanks Stuie, course I should have said the Spider.

It's a bit like people see that clock tower at Westminster and call it Big Ben, when in actual fact that's the name of the bell.

[stuie]

9 minutes ago, Staberinde said:

Thanks Stuie, course I should have said the Spider.

It's a bit like people see that clock tower at Westminster and call it Big Ben, when in actual fact that's the name of the bell.

Well, you learn something every day!  Thanks @Staberinde😂

[al_coholic]

4 minutes ago, stuie said:

Well, you learn something every day!  Thanks @Staberinde😂

lol. It's the Elizabeth Tower to give it, it's correct name.

[jimmillen]

49 minutes ago, leath02 said:

Yeap - the ESP - 100 bird  to be precise

https://www.somersetshootingground.com/fixtures

Somerset Shooting Ground web person currently puzzled why their traffic is up by 300% 😂

[ukmountie]

2 hours ago, JoeyT said:

Asked my Wife if she'd like to have a wander around the farm at the weekend before it properly closes down.

Even dangled the carrot of saying our daughter could play on the ship in the kidzfield.

It was a flat no.

It's really difficult having an other half who doesn't share the same passion for the festival 😂

Dude! I still haven't told my wife I'm going, and I've had my ticket since 2019. She really hates that I go off for a week and have fun leaving her with the kids. I've tried all sorts to make it fair and nothing helps. If the kids weren't in school I'd take them, but they are.
I feel your pain.

[stephos83]

So I think the crane action this morning by Pyramid was just to move the concrete blocks that the screen towers are mounted to. So I think the thoughts of bigger screens (or something else) is looking more likely....

If you look to the right of the stage on cam you can see a block with disturbed earth that has definitely moved to the right (away from the stage) compared to photos from earlier this week

[Crazyfool01]

9 minutes ago, stephos83 said:

So I think the crane action this morning by Pyramid was just to move the concrete blocks that the screen towers are mounted to. So I think the thoughts of bigger screens (or something else) is looking more likely....

If you look to the right of the stage on cam you can see a block with disturbed earth that has definitely moved to the right (away from the stage) compared to photos from earlier this week

where did the crane go ? 

[squirrelarmy]

2 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

where did the crane go ? 

Has another crane vanished? Pilton is becoming the Bermuda Triangle for lifting equipment. 

[blutarsky]

22 minutes ago, stephos83 said:

So I think the crane action this morning by Pyramid was just to move the concrete blocks that the screen towers are mounted to. So I think the thoughts of bigger screens (or something else) is looking more likely....

If you look to the right of the stage on cam you can see a block with disturbed earth that has definitely moved to the right (away from the stage) compared to photos from earlier this week

You wouldn't need a crane that big to move them I don't think - a HIAB could probably do it. Even if a HIAB couldn't do it alone, you could do it with a telehandler helping out. Maybe not best practice H&S wise, mind. 

12 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

where did the crane go ? 

Since all we could see before was the arm of the crane extending from behind the Pyramid, I'd guess it could be parked up behind the pyramid but in a lowered position. 

[Junglist1981]

Come back crane! 😢

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

26 minutes ago, stephos83 said:

So I think the crane action this morning by Pyramid was just to move the concrete blocks that the screen towers are mounted to. So I think the thoughts of bigger screens (or something else) is looking more likely....

If you look to the right of the stage on cam you can see a block with disturbed earth that has definitely moved to the right (away from the stage) compared to photos from earlier this week

This is the level of detail I come here for.

[squirrelarmy]

2 minutes ago, blutarsky said:

You wouldn't need a crane that big to move them I don't think - a HIAB could probably do it. Even if a HIAB couldn't do it alone, you could do it with a telehandler helping out. Maybe not best practice H&S wise, mind. 

Since all we could see before was the arm of the crane extending from behind the Pyramid, I'd guess it could be parked up behind the pyramid but in a lowered position. 

Each of the footings for the pyramid are roughly about 2 tons in weight. The ones for the screen seem to be a similar size. 

[stephos83]

3 minutes ago, blutarsky said:

You wouldn't need a crane that big to move them I don't think - a HIAB could probably do it. Even if a HIAB couldn't do it alone, you could do it with a telehandler helping out. Maybe not best practice H&S wise, mind. 

Well - the block only moved this morning, so am pretty sure it was the crane wot done it! 😜

[blutarsky]

2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Each of the footings for the pyramid are roughly about 2 tons in weight. The ones for the screen seem to be a similar size. 

 

This is just a small HIAB too - they come bigger. 

[Cheesey]

4 minutes ago, stephos83 said:

Well - the block only moved this morning, so am pretty sure it was the crane wot done it! 😜

Caught red handed (or red armed?) at 10am

[tarw]

2 minutes ago, blutarsky said:

 

This is just a small HIAB too - they come bigger. 

If you’ve got a crane on-site ready to lift the frame why not use it to move the blocks?  Easier and safer. 

[Gnomicide]

8 minutes ago, Cheesey said:

Caught red handed (or red armed?) at 10am

👏👏

[stephos83]

13 minutes ago, tarw said:

If you’ve got a crane on-site ready to lift the frame why not use it to move the blocks?  Easier and safer. 

yep - quite possibly was the one Serious were using yesterday at West Holts (they posted on their insta stories)

[tumbles]

I love this thread so much. 

[Crazyfool01]

this shooting club has a meet at steanbow on the 10th of June .... I honestly cant remember them being active during the build previously .... those cars up there are far too distracting 

[tumbles]

Who's turned on the sprinklers!

[Crazyfool01]

9 minutes ago, tumbles said:

Who's turned on the sprinklers!

@deebeedoobee is this you to keep the dust down on your run ? 

[incident]

33 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

this shooting club has a meet at steanbow on the 10th of June .... I honestly cant remember them being active during the build previously .... those cars up there are far too distracting 

As best I can tell, they were only founded in Spring 2019.

[squirrelarmy]

55 minutes ago, tarw said:

If you’ve got a crane on-site ready to lift the frame why not use it to move the blocks?  Easier and safer. 

There’s a couple of front loaders at the front of the pyramid now which are the ideal vehicle for moving heavy concrete blocks. 

[JoeyT]

West Holts: