Scott's Random Pics

Just-Clayton · Feb 7, 2014

Nice random shots Scott.

Scott Murray · Feb 7, 2014

Just-Clayton said:
Nice random shots Scott.

Thanks mate, was just going through some that have been shot with my D80. Kinda makes me miss the West.

Scott Murray · Feb 7, 2014

Rain rain go away come back another day.

Lawrence · Feb 7, 2014

We could do with some rain.

snaphappy · Feb 7, 2014

That's a lot of rain

Lee532 · Feb 7, 2014

Scott Murray said:
Training.

Nice one Scott. We work in different environments but here's a couple of shots from some training we did in Texas a few years back.
Me, ready for action.

A night burn on one of the props

Ironwood · Feb 7, 2014

Scott Murray said:
Snake handling

Do you have to do Snake handling as part of your work Scott ?

It reminds me of a time when I was working up in Weipa. I was doing some repairs to a Cat D11 at the shiploader, I was about to jump down off the tracks to get something out of my toolbox and there was a brown snake between me and my truck, i threw one of my spanners at it to scare it away, and the damn thing went straight up into the chassis of my truck.
I jumped in and drove over to the Emergency Services shed, I radiod them that I was coming (luckily I knew them very well)
They were waiting for me with some old powder type fire extinguishers, they discharged them up and under the truck. The snake never appeared, so we think it must have dropped out along the way.

That turned into a bit of a running joke for a while.

Scott Murray · Feb 8, 2014

Lee532 said:
Nice one Scott. We work in different environments but here's a couple of shots from some training we did in Texas a few years back.
Me, ready for action.

A night burn on one of the props

Now thats how we should be training

I may need to do a work trip over your way and attend a training session hehe and claim it all on tax.

Scott Murray · Feb 8, 2014

Ironwood said:
Do you have to do Snake handling as part of your work Scott ?

It reminds me of a time when I was working up in Weipa. I was doing some repairs to a Cat D11 at the shiploader, I was about to jump down off the tracks to get something out of my toolbox and there was a brown snake between me and my truck, i threw one of my spanners at it to scare it away, and the damn thing went straight up into the chassis of my truck.
I jumped in and drove over to the Emergency Services shed, I radiod them that I was coming (luckily I knew them very well)
They were waiting for me with some old powder type fire extinguishers, they discharged them up and under the truck. The snake never appeared, so we think it must have dropped out along the way.

That turned into a bit of a running joke for a while.

Yeah on my last site we had to do some snake handling and at this site we have some snake handlers but I still enjoy getting out and catching them.

Lee532 · Feb 8, 2014

Scott Murray said:
Now thats how we should be training I may need to do a work trip over your way and attend a training session hehe and claim it all on tax.

Perhaps we could do a work exchange and I could come and have a go at snake handling.

RockyNH_RIP · Feb 8, 2014

Lee532 said:
Nice one Scott. We work in different environments but here's a couple of shots from some training we did in Texas a few years back.
Me, ready for action.

A night burn on one of the props

Lee, nice shots!! Why were you training in Texas?? (Just curious)

Pat in NH

Lee532 · Feb 8, 2014

RockyNH said:
Lee, nice shots!! Why were you training in Texas?? (Just curious)

Pat in NH

I work for ConocoPhillips, now Phillips66, at one of their oil refineries and was part of the emergency response team. The TEEX at College Station has one of the best training sites around and the company used to send all their ERT guys there, including us from the UK. I got to go there twice and had a fantastic time in Texas, we also spent a few days in Houston as well, all company related activities of course

RockyNH_RIP · Feb 8, 2014

Lee532 said:
I work for ConocoPhillips, now Phillips66, at one of their oil refineries and was part of the emergency response team. The TEEX at College Station has one of the best training sites around and the company used to send all their ERT guys there, including us from the UK. I got to go there twice and had a fantastic time in Texas, we also spent a few days in Houston as well, all company related activities of course

Very nice.... Thanks for sharing what you do and the story... I was curious as you are in UK...

Pat in NH

Lee532 · Feb 8, 2014

Unfortunately we don't go there anymore, the ERT are now using a training ground in Amsterdam and I'm no longer part of the team as I work a different job now. A week in Amsterdam could have been fun