Tenerife April 2013 177 LIEBHERR LTM 1400-7.1. E2964BDT
On our last trip to Tenerife for some walking in the sun we came across an interesting operation at Los Christianos harbour, involving some heavy and interesting wagons and cranes belonging to Bony of Tenerife. They were lifting concrete blocks, that I would guess were around 30 tonnes each, over the harbour wall to add to the, already massive, sea defences.
The blocks were at the other side of town on a site that, like the harbour, is on the route of one of our regular 13 mile walks. we walk this route every other day so We became regular visitors.
There were Volvo F16 and Merc 3550 eight wheel tractor units, MAN TGA 35 530, Renault R6x4ts Major and Merc 2636 6x4 tractors all with low loaders, some of which were pretty new and expensive looking. The crawler crane on the harbour was a Liebherr, which I think has a capacity of several hundred tonnes, at the other end was another Liebherr, a hydraulic, again, with a capacity in the hundreds of tonnes. A glance at Bonys website shows the equipment they own - just to service the Canary Isles - pretty impressive. I couldn't get too close to the Crawler when it was working but I was tolerated at the other end and got some decent shots.
I am also including other Tenerife related transport stuff in this set.
Tenerife April 2013 177 LIEBHERR LTM 1400-7.1. E2964BDT
On our last trip to Tenerife for some walking in the sun we came across an interesting operation at Los Christianos harbour, involving some heavy and interesting wagons and cranes belonging to Bony of Tenerife. They were lifting concrete blocks, that I would guess were around 30 tonnes each, over the harbour wall to add to the, already massive, sea defences.
The blocks were at the other side of town on a site that, like the harbour, is on the route of one of our regular 13 mile walks. we walk this route every other day so We became regular visitors.
There were Volvo F16 and Merc 3550 eight wheel tractor units, MAN TGA 35 530, Renault R6x4ts Major and Merc 2636 6x4 tractors all with low loaders, some of which were pretty new and expensive looking. The crawler crane on the harbour was a Liebherr, which I think has a capacity of several hundred tonnes, at the other end was another Liebherr, a hydraulic, again, with a capacity in the hundreds of tonnes. A glance at Bonys website shows the equipment they own - just to service the Canary Isles - pretty impressive. I couldn't get too close to the Crawler when it was working but I was tolerated at the other end and got some decent shots.
I am also including other Tenerife related transport stuff in this set.