I set a few residential well pumps a year, an additional way to make money with the 30 ton. I set them quicker and cheaper then the guys with the little trucks, often 100' of pipe at a time! Plus I don't have to back up directly over the well, a huge advantage. See what your local pump guys charge per hour, you may find, like I did, they charge as much as I do per hour, while having a fraction of the amount of money tied up in equipment. It's not rocket science, pretty straightforward work, I learned it when hired by one of them to reach over a garage that had been built since the well was drilled. Plus I had earlier set a couple dozen solar powered water pumps, since then I've been involved with about 50 or 60 well pump jobs, always coming in cheaper then the "real" pump setters by quite a bit, while charging my usual rates. I am NOT popular among them, so I keep it somewhat under the table, I let the homeowner make the decision who to use, and usually have him do the wrenching, assuming he is into that, here in my rural area most are handy.
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Kiwi-truckwit
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I have short little chains with grab hooks each end too, they're so much more user friendly!
Tugger
Well-Known Member
How many times have youlowered a nice 20 ft bridle chain down to reach those ring hooks and had to watch the rigger trying to untangle it from everthing sticking out of your load, really fun with 1/2" chain.
In my ongoing (and successful) battle with the port of entry in keeping my weight on the tandems down, I realized I can leave my chain and bridles etc. in the shop and save another 100 lbs or so. I will only pack them when getting call like "we have some equipment to unload off a truck," or similar. Today I'm setting trusses, not needed for that. I built a new chain rack on the wall right near the rigging box they go in, so quick and easy to load when needed. I'm now looking at my crane like I do my airplane! Weight wise that is, if it ain't needed that day it doesn't go.
Back at my favourite job yesterday pouring a silo top, this was a big one 70 x 20 I had 100 feet of stick out and making 2600# picks it was around a 7 cubic meter pour, these are sealed silos with bottom unloading augers.
The guy I do them for made his own plant this winter and is producing his own silo staves. They go in a press wet and are compressed, most of water comes out and they are stacked to dry. He said they are testing at 72 mpa. Sorry to my cousins south of the border I don't know what that is in psi. But a concrete foundation is poured with 20 or 25 mpa. Concrete. He said he can produce enough for the silo in the picture in three days. The whole deal just impresses the hell out of me.
hvy 1ton
Senior Member
72 Mpa is 10442.7 psi. That's some stout concrete.
Tugger
Well-Known Member
Interesting project Tradesman.
New one today I unloaded a trailer load of windows that had a long trip from Europe to Montreal on a container ship then by train to Toronto then truck to here. The shipping crates varied from 1600 lbs to 3100 lbs. it doesn't show in the pictures but my rear tires are three feet off the ground, everything thing was on a slope, even my hoist line looked like it was hanging 3 feet out of plumb. 
That's pretty cool Tradesman !
Filling silos with chopped hay ?
We used to fill an upright silo with Corn silage years ago . Gave up on the upright and dug out an in ground "bunker silo " .
It was a lot easier to deal with filling and unloading .
https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/threads/corn-silage-cutting.11674/
We have a bid job coming up demoing couple 24 ' x 70' upright silos .
You guys go up in a manbasket with sledgehammers on your silo demo td? We've done a couple like that. Usually they're right up against a building they want saved so your limited on options taking them down.
Your silage pictures brought back some memories. Last time I was around harvesting silage "real horsepower" was used. Amazing how I can still smell that stuff.
Your silage pictures brought back some memories. Last time I was around harvesting silage "real horsepower" was used. Amazing how I can still smell that stuff.
That's pretty cool Tradesman !
Filling silos with chopped hay ?
We used to fill an upright silo with Corn silage years ago . Gave up on the upright and dug out an in ground "bunker silo " .
It was a lot easier to deal with filling and unloading .
Likely be high moisture corn, with the poured concrete top and bottom unloaded it makes these silos more expensive, kinda like the blue " Harvestor" silos. Although I never asked, usually it's high moisture shell corn or cob meal that goes in a sealed silo, because there is no fresh air in them it reduces spoilage.
Your right Knepptune although I live on our family farm and still feed cattle, I don't think anything takes you back to your childhood like smells.
Filling silos with chopped hay ?
We used to fill an upright silo with Corn silage years ago . Gave up on the upright and dug out an in ground "bunker silo " .
It was a lot easier to deal with filling and unloading .
Likely be high moisture corn, with the poured concrete top and bottom unloaded it makes these silos more expensive, kinda like the blue " Harvestor" silos. Although I never asked, usually it's high moisture shell corn or cob meal that goes in a sealed silo, because there is no fresh air in them it reduces spoilage.
Your right Knepptune although I live on our family farm and still feed cattle, I don't think anything takes you back to your childhood like smells.
Yeah Knepp , still debating it ?
There is room to " Drop " both silos but it would be a shame to just demo them .
Would like to find someone that wants them to rebuild on another site .
No doubt Kepp . I always enjoyed cutting silage .
Now you can still see those silage wagons & chopper from my pictures pulled with " real horsepower" as we sold them to one of your neighbors .
He pulls a half tractor / power unit with horses with the chopper behind it .
I'm sure you know him , he farms some , contracts & has a window factory .
FarmWrench
Well-Known Member
I live near the Eagle silo company, which has made concrete stave silos since forever. Now it is all bunks.
I've taken down three. Sledgehammer and a cable.
The silos I've been working on are for the Mennonites. They can feed their cattle without tractors or tmr. trucks with the upright silos all they need is a generator the run the unloading equipment.
Most of the dairy guys have uprights as well for high moisture corn.
Most of the dairy guys have uprights as well for high moisture corn.
Birken Vogt
Charter Member
I have wasted a couple hours of my life watching various concrete stave silo demos on you tube.
The best which I can't find any more is two Amish with sledgehammers only, they seemed in no hurry and no worry, just banged it out one chunk at a time and it seemed to fall right where they wanted it.
The best which I can't find any more is two Amish with sledgehammers only, they seemed in no hurry and no worry, just banged it out one chunk at a time and it seemed to fall right where they wanted it.
This was an oh **** moment for the builder, we only had four trusses left when someone noticed that the last 9 trusses where backwards. I went up and helped brace so we could lift the whole section up, I intended to just pick it clear of the plate and spin it but it wouldn't fit between the other trusses and the house next door so we put two ropes on and up she went. As you can see I had to get creative to block the sun, it was so bright even with sun glasses on and the peak of my hard hat pulled down it was blurring my vision.
I got off too cheep last year I hardly spent anything on my boom truck. This is the year that just keeps giving, there was the work on the crane I did earlier, this week was the truck. I had it in for its annual. New smoke stack from the muffler up, pins,bushings and shackles on the front suspension, two new brake pots, one new drive tire and the thingy on the rear axle that splits the air to the different brakes and makes the cool pffst sound when you set the parking brakes (sorry for going all technical on ya but sometimes I need to use big word to show how smart I am ) not really complaining this truck has been rock solid since I got it.