Photos of NZLAV-R (Video to come hopefully)

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Photos of NZLAV-R (Video to come hopefully)

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Photos for now, Hopefully I'll be able to find some video footage somewhere at work - not holding my breath though sorry.

NZLAV-R 36045. Out and about on a typical Waiouru day doing a little track maintenance in support of a drivers course.

The blade is rated to over 100t and can be used somewhat crudely as a bulldozer, but the cut and design is as an earth anchor.

The main which is mounted in the rear where the troops would normally sit (there is absolutely no room in the back). The rope travels through the centre of the vehicle and can be seen exciting the front below the number plate. It carries 200m of synthetic rope with a min breaking strain of 40t. Main winch is rated to 200kN. Above the number plate can be seen the fair lead for the auxiliary winch. This is an 80kN side mounted winch that can be run either to the front or to the rear. Both can be operated from the vehicle or by using a remote control - with a range over just over 300m too!

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We carry snatch blocks, chains and shackles as well as compensating bridles and compound ropes and have the ability to do pulls in excess of 5:1 - up around the 100t mark if required. This was tested and proved late last year when we assisted Railways with the recovery of a derailed train - the wagon had no trouble dragging fully loaded grain carriages along the ground - off their rails.

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This will have to do for a start - I'll see what else I can dig out and post here. Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to answer them.
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looks like you in the background :D doing your best kojac look :D
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Haha yeah that'd be me...Unfortunately there might be the odd one or two of those here and there...

These show the train derailment we were involved with.


Quite the sight to behold - and they wanted to get the rail cleared for a train coming through the next day.
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Just about ready to start one of the pulls - using a 3:1 compensating layout to share the load on the blade. Note how high the front of the wagon is sitting with the blade resting on the ground.
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Taking up the strain and checking the layout
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Both of these carriages are actually joined together - the closest one is hooked over an ISO-loc of the back one - when we began to pull, they both moved about a foot before we decided to separate them - the closest one was actually leaning on an overhead line and needed another solution. (Easily seen in the top photo)
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Getting ready for another pull - this time in tandem with the M1089. Note again how far the blade has bedded itself into the ground after moving a train carriage or two!
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Now thats some cool gear! :D love to get a close up look at that stuff, can ya hook up a ORE trip in there? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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very cool kit 8)
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Jafa wrote:Now thats some cool gear! :D love to get a close up look at that stuff, can ya hook up a ORE trip in there? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Wopass, have you seen the size of his winch?
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Awesome gear....sure beets the crap out of the gear we used to have down here.
RL Wrecker...M816 & a M113 with a winch in the back.....id love to have a play with your toys !!!!
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