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Truck convoys in the middle of the night !!!

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  • 23-02-2011 1:55am
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    mayotom
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    Over the last few days I have seen convoys of Trucks most nights after midnight with 10-15 oversized trucks all with flashing Amber lights, travelling west on the N5 towards Swinford. They are very long and sound like they are very heavy due to the sound that the Truck engines are making.

    Can anybody identify them, cause I need to complain the bloody things are waking me up.
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    challengemaster
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    Buy some earplugs, it'll be less hassle


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    steph1
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    I work as a taxi driver at night and regularly see trucks out and about on the roads. It probably makes sense for them to work these hours as its easier for them to get around to their various delivery stops.


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    irishgeo
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    Shell or the new Hollister building.


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    ciaran67
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    Cowen's take out delivery


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    mayotom
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    ciaran67 wrote: »
    Cowen's take out delivery

    that makes sense, extra large trucks for extra large FF egos


    Steph1, the thing is that these are all oversized with flashing lights, more likely for a major construction job, but is Corrib still using large amounts of equipment


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    steph1
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    Not sure now about that but I have regularly seen big trucks out on the Sligo road as well as the Foxford road at night.


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    artyeva
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    mayotom wrote: »
    that makes sense, extra large trucks for extra large FF egos


    Steph1, the thing is that these are all oversized with flashing lights, more likely for a major construction job, but is Corrib still using large amounts of equipment

    well there's nothing that would warrant these kinds of truck convoys happening in ballinaboy these days.


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    high heels
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    More than likly a wind farm? the only port on the west coast that can take the ships is Killybegs so they have to truck it down.

    Is there a wind farm being build?


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    doolox
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    I saw similar trucks up here in Lucan Bypass with bits of Wind generators on them. These things are huge when seen flat on the back of a low loader......


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    mickdw
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    artyeva wrote: »
    well there's nothing that would warrant these kinds of truck convoys happening in ballinaboy these days.

    There are v large tunnel boring machines and other equipment associated with tunnelling and heavy excavation being moved to the corrib gas works I believe.


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    artyeva
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    mickdw wrote: »
    There are v large tunnel boring machines and other equipment associated with tunnelling and heavy excavation being moved to the corrib gas works I believe.

    no, they haven't arrived yet. there's just a few diggers dumpers and portacabins yet but they've all been sourced locally.

    the big stuff won't be too much longer though :(


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    irishgeo
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    artyeva wrote: »
    no, they haven't arrived yet. there's just a few diggers dumpers and portacabins yet but they've all been sourced locally.

    the big stuff won't be too much longer though :(

    how big is this tunnel?

    i thought it was for a pipe not something as big as dublin port tunnel.

    the TBM surely wont be that big.


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    artyeva
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    irishgeo wrote: »
    how big is this tunnel?

    i thought it was for a pipe not something as big as dublin port tunnel.

    the TBM surely wont be that big.

    it'll be about 4 metres in diameter and a little over 5km in length.


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    mickdw
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    artyeva wrote: »
    no, they haven't arrived yet. there's just a few diggers dumpers and portacabins yet but they've all been sourced locally.

    the big stuff won't be too much longer though :(

    Surely you meant to a put a :D at the end of your post.


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    artyeva
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    mickdw wrote: »
    Surely you meant to a put a :D at the end of your post.

    nope. :( it is.


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    YouTookMyName
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrdQnJR7tDw


    Yee-Hah.


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    user1842
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    The holster plant in Ballina is getting doubled in size. Probably machines being brought to the plant.


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    irishgeo
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    dmclean1842 wrote: »
    The holster plant in Ballina is getting double in size. Probably machines being brought to the plant.

    its only at the construction phase yet. they are hardly putting machines into a construction site.


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    user1842
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    irishgeo wrote: »
    its only at the construction phase yet. they are hardly putting machines into a construction site.

    You never know and its a good way along.


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    irishgeo
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    dmclean1842 wrote: »
    You never know and its a good way along.

    possibly, the machines might be too big to put in when its fully complete.


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    mayotom
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    irishgeo wrote: »
    possibly, the machines might be too big to put in when its fully complete.

    Some of the machinery is going in already, but no big units, that has only been arriving recently, so not the trucks I was seeing a few months ago. It must have been the wind turbines.


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