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i can't beleave i.m say this.

has anyone mange to drive in to sumner. just been asked to help get the lifeboat out of the shed,
need to us the winch on the truck as the trolly winch is 3 phase and theres no power.
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red-devil wrote:i can't beleave i.m say this.

has anyone mange to drive in to sumner. just been asked to help get the lifeboat out of the shed,
need to us the winch on the truck as the trolly winch is 3 phase and theres no power.


Yes you can drive right to the coastgaurd shed.
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so the road is clear. or did u go over the sumit
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red-devil wrote:so the road is clear. or did u go over the sumit


Doubt the summit would be open. Check the AA road watch site.
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red-devil wrote:so the road is clear. or did u go over the sumit


The road is clear just a few detours
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ok plan is to get there and launch the boat and then get back.

i have 1 pully block but would love to borrow at lest two more, anyone between marihua and sumner have 1 that i can use .

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Yeah you have to go via bridal path road way then jst follow the lines to sumner
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i was called into work inside the corden.

holey shit wat a mess.
i took a few pitures then it just felt wrong. soooo sad in there.
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hey Red-devil, what is it you actually do?
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access control of high rise buildings and a lot of CCC work.

i was in at CD HQ to sort out access to new building for all the eqc and USAR staff.

so a very little job but it makes life so much easy for them.

and havin the truck helps getin over the rubble. the streets and stuffed, boy racer wont be driving throught there for a while in some places the lift is over 150mm.

brigde of remmberance it still standing and looks ok from the distance that i was away.
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Noticed on TV today, we have engineers in there, MWH. Ramping up beginning of next week. Gonna be busy
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got the boat in the water :)

holey smoke the cliffs had drops a shit load of rumble. there pics and video for the choppers dont show it vely well.

and that big rock by the RSA thats no small rock the silver shed next to it is 2 story high and the rock is the same height :shock:

the power start to go on there today. the road in is a little messy and the ferrymead bridge ( bridge look flat an ok,shhh )well lets say sumner land side has droped a metre.

O i missed out i am a skipper for sumner lifeboat too
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