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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    I did two shed moves yesterday, just lucky on the timing as they were unrelated, so I had all the needed rigging out already. Had some...
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    Natman reacted to crane operator's post in the thread Just some work pics with Like Like.
    no injuries, both sites empty overnight when they came over.
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    One thing to watch for...., I think I mentioned before that once when working totally blind, watching a sheeted gable move towards the...
  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Just some work pics.
    Those building collapses, as an old carpenter, break my heart. On the other hand..., maybe they learned something from it and next time...
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    Natman reacted to Welder Dave's post in the thread Just some work pics with Like Like.
    That break looks like it could have been higher carbon steel, maybe a flaw in the steel. In another thread I mentioned grain structure...
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    I had to short jack that side to keep their driveway open for their own trucks, only after I asked what the vaporizers (you got it right...
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    Natman reacted to DMiller's post in the thread Working the National 1300A with Like Like.
    Little unit in foreground is a Vaporizer, takes a liquid COLD Supplied concentrated gas that is semi liquid turns into full gas with...
  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    Argon concentrators I think they called these, the work being done by a special crew all the way from Arizona. All they do is travel...
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    I never did get a handle on the people building this place, in a very small rural town, not a high dollar neighborhood by any means...
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    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    My camera system has spoiled my long time customers, those sheeted gables would have totally screwed me sightwise pre camera, and the...
  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    Going into hangars on one end, working totally blind (the pic wasn't taken from the op seat) trusses much too big for one rigger to...
  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    My plane has been down due to installing a electronic fuel injection system, no more dual carbs. I knew I missed having it flyable but...
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    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    My customers are liking the hook, these out of center point CG trusses are why. I could have used my hook, but no need for a nail (and...
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  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Why I hate boom trucks.
    I was the first in my area to transition from a BTC/fixed operator station to a sit on your butt rotating cab type. Hard to believe...
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    Natman reacted to Truck Shop's post in the thread Why I hate boom trucks with Like Like.
    Ah found a photo of Crane Op Jr years ago. Been crane'n long he asks. *
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