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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Welding Pipes Together</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0c5c5850.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Threading Pipe under River Xing</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0c7b98b0.jpg" border=0 width="185" height="139" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>     Welding Rig</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0c9b7660.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="102" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>     DAF 4x4 Bowser</div> <div> <IMG SRC="111c0900.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#CC0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Big Al's Truck Stop</B></FONT><B>  </B><B> </B><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Big Als Truck Stop"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My History"><U>My History</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Album"><U>Photo Album</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Classic Lorries"><U>Classic Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atkinson Lorries"><U>Atkinson Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mildred"><U>Mildred</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guest Page"><U>Guest Page</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Dubai"><U>More Dubai</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id52.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Picture Links"><U>Picture Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Leyland Rally Day"><U>Leyland Rally Day</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Barnard Castle Truck Show"><U>Barnard Castle Truck Show</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old British Haulage Firms"><U>Old British Haulage Firms</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id56.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Brock Transport Cafe"><U>The Brock Transport Cafe</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lowloaders"><U>Lowloaders</U></A>   |   <B>Work</B>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guests and Their Trucks"><U>Guests and Their Trucks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lorries Trucks"><U>Lorries & Trucks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old Lorries"><U>Old Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Demob Holmfirth"><U>Demob Holmfirth</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holmfirth 2"><U>Holmfirth 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holmfirth 3"><U>Holmfirth 3</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USA Trucks"><U>USA Trucks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thornycroft Lorries"><U>Thornycroft Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ex War Dept"><U>Ex War Dept</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ERF"><U>ERF</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Model Lorries"><U>Model Lorries</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Accidents will happen"><U>Accidents will happen</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="More Thornycroft"><U>More Thornycroft</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thornycroft Basingstoke"><U>Thornycroft Basingstoke</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id44.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Work 2"><U>Work 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Clear out"><U>Clear out</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vintage Rally"><U>Vintage Rally</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="H.C Wilson Transport Ltd"><U>H.C Wilson Transport Ltd</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dubai"><U>Dubai</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Foden"><U>Foden</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Preston Trunk"><U>Preston Trunk</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Real Big Boys Toys"><U>Real Big Boys Toys</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id57.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Showmans Wreckers"><U>Showmans & Wreckers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FF0000" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Work</I></div> <div> In 2001 I was employed by an Australian Company McConnell Dowell as Administration Manager. I was responsible for supply of Plant, Transport and Materials to The Samlesbury to Helmshore Pipeline. This was a 1055mm dia steel welded high pressure pipeline for transport of gas for Transco Bg. I have spent the past 38 years working on pipelines all over the world, but always retain my abiding interest in Trucking and Haulage.</div> <bR> <div> Over The Hills and Far Away 42" pipe welded up prior to ditching.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0c10d8a0.jpg" border=0 width="525" height="394" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sidebooms working on double bogmats on the West Pennine Moors</div> <div> <IMG SRC="0c30c890.jpg" border=0 width="524" height="393" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Link to H.C Wilson Transport  <A HREF="http://www.hcwilsontransport.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hcwilsontransport.com"><U>http://www.hcwilsontransport.com</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10b143f0.jpg" border=0 width="532" height="319" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> H. C Wilson's Scania with Caterpillar 583 Pipelayer on Board</div> <div> <IMG SRC="10d0c890.jpg" border=0 width="524" height="393" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Greg and Bev about to leave McConnell Dowell's yard with Cat 583 on the Big O </div> <div> bound for Immingham docks where it is due to be exported to South Africa.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="10f08860.jpg" border=0 width="520" height="390" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cat 583 due for export to one of McConnell Dowell's jobs in South Africa.</div> <bR> <div> Some memories of my jobs throughout the past thirty six years. Top left two</div> <div> 320 Clevelands i drove at NACAP in 1976. Top right and bottom left</div> <div>  Cleveland in Algeria 1980. Bottom right Brian West delivering Cleveland</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14a09730.jpg" border=0 width="521" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="14c07b50.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="14e0bb50.jpg" border=0 width="267" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cross Carriage 583 (Algeria 1981)          Big Al in TK Bedford 4x4  (1983)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="150059b0.jpg" border=0 width="261" height="155" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="152e69c0.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Big Rig Desert Transport .                     Danger Soft Verges, This pipelayer</div> <div>                                                                   fell off lowloader at road crossing.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="15400740.jpg" border=0 width="512" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Top left and bottom left Oasis lay over.   Top right Trans Sahara road and bottom </div> <div> right silhouette of Parker Drilling rig on the move.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="15603ad0.jpg" border=0 width="259" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="1580eac0.jpg" border=0 width="270" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This is what happens if you overload     Challenger on River Ribble(1983) River</div> <div> and try to tip. (driver escaped unhurt)         crossing with 42inch Gas pipe</div> <div> <IMG SRC="15d0fae0.jpg" border=0 width="271" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Trans Sahara Highway heading to Hassi R'Mel</div> <div> <IMG SRC="15fed8b0.jpg" border=0 width="493" height="139" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Plant Yard and very large lowloader</div> <div> Ex War Dept TK Bedfords converted to welding rigs on a pipeline project in Scotland 1981</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2faf00d0.jpg" border=0 width="752" height="525" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>