Marrel Cable Outfit for Athens
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BUILT especially to carry cable drums but also capable of being used as a mobile crane, a Guy four-wheeler with
Marrel lifting unit has been supplied to Hellenic Communications, Athens. Greece, by Aero Maintenance Equipment, Ltd., 47 Victoria Street, London. S.W.1.
The Marrel equipment can lift drums up to 8 ft. 6 in, in diameter, 5 ft. wide and weighing 31 tons. A drum may be raised or lowered by the driver from the cab. The lifting beam is divided and pivoted to allow a drum to be turned. At the front of the vehicle is a 5-ton winch for laying or withdrawing cable. A rear towing attachment enables an independent trailer to be drawn, so that 14 tons of cable drums may be carried.
The outfit represented an export order to the value of .E6,000.
Various operators have reported marked econopies through the use of the Marrel system under appropriate conditions.