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yes HSWT , they must still be using them , they mentioned them in the email , i thought maybe they have moved away from using them buy now , sgb were also using that wrap around fitting with the bit you hammer into place , the left handed double , you have to have 1 leger on the outside , because the pins of the doubles get in the way of each other
 
your talking about the van theil wedge double, there was a lot of them used when i was in Holland back end of last yr , they also do a swivel, and the tube is no bigger than a 14 with a screw type thread so there's no weak point in a standard.

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Not bad to use once you got used to it , but laughable when you first lay eyes on it.
 
yes , laughable , i was told some old dutch scaff designed them , when they got the first load , it was only then they realised theyd need a leger on the outside , lol
 
personally i never saw the ledger on the outside, if you have all the kit inc the trannys its a quick system, as the transom has half a wedge welded on to it, 4 bds , and 5 bds , so get the base in and away we go, easy p easy japeneezy.;-)
 
SGB used them offshore on the Shell/NAM fields. Always make sure the standard wedge is on the outside then it will not foul transoms/aberdeens etc.

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They are actually like a Mills but with a wedge or spear.
 
mick c said:
personally i never saw the ledger on the outside, if you have all the kit inc the trannys its a quick system, as the transom has half a wedge welded on to it, 4 bds , and 5 bds , so get the base in and away we go, easy p easy japeneezy.;-)
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I've done a lot of work with Tubelock (Van Theil) and you are bang on the mark Mick. Very quick and sound system. I converted mountains of stock at Bow into the Tube lock system although I never liked the wedge coupler much I loved the tube element with the built in male, female connections. The sliding transom nice bit of kit.
There should still be a bit of kit in the UK as Swift and Trad took most of it when Bow went pop.
 
Did two weeks for ksl that was far to long was down at coryton then it went tits up after Xmas at fabricom just now in immingham
 
I thought very body from seacroft was mouthy

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So how did you get your site name Vancouverleedslondonlad
 
Went to work in Vancouver for a year after I left Ireland in 2008 and now work for Trad in London. Was gonna start at Coryton with Mark Cleaver just after xmas as I worked on the Olympics with him but as you well know, It went t1ts up.

Had another stint with KSL for a few months in 2008 before I went to Canada.
 
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Mark was going to start with me and ash but I went to watch Leeds play the gunners in London then went back to Thailand think mark started with ash
 
No just getting drunk and shaging young Thai birds saying that it was hard work at times

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There is work put there but some one as to die before you can get in
 
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