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What is your policy for weather
Well,... td25c sometimes our actions speak alot louder than our words and wisdom. I have been in a crane when it got hit by lightning,..... it will never happen again. Trust me it's loud, the big blue fireball comes down the pendant lines and it has a tendancy to make you need new shorts right... -
I wonder How the CCO tests operators For
Down here, it's called a Parent Body book. I have one, Covers everything. -
I wonder How the CCO tests operators For
Huh,.. It just hit me,... I wonder how they test an operator for doing 3 line work, such as piledriving or augur cast piling, etc. I have driven a gazillion piling and that is one of my favorite things to do with a crane. Especially on a barge. Theres a little more to driving pile than it looks... -
NCCCO Testing
You can put a monkey in the seat if,..... you can get him to do nothing!!! Untill you tell him to do it. But whats he gonna do if "you" tell him to do something stupid like boomdown too far or something???, I think he's gonna bail and leave it with you. I know some mechanics with CCO's that... -
Looking for something new.
Thats hitting the nail on the head!! That fits the bill. -
Looking for something new.
Traveling is the biggest part of it. I am tired of living out of a suitcase. I am married and got that way so I could sleep with my wife. when I started at this company 10 years ago, they didn't travel much at all. Don't get me wrong,... I am thankfull that I have a job. I just don't like the... -
What is your policy for weather
Hi All, Here's a question for you all. When do you say I'm not working in the rain? I am working with a bunch of folks that unlike a chicken with a head the size of a quater,... they haven't got the sence to get out of the rain. Rain is one thing,... it's 30 deg's here right now and there... -
Looking for something new.
Hi everybody, I am looking for a new way. I have been running cranes for the last 30 years and I have had about all I can stand (I used to love it). I just got my CCO's and I'm good to go as far as running cranes. My problem is,... that the incompetency in the steel erection business is just way... -
NCCCO Testing
Thats the core 90 & 90. The others are like 38 questions and 55 minutes. They are the EZ ones. The chart tests are the kickers. You have to add all your hoist line on some rigs and only the extra hoist line on others and things like that. You gotta know the charts. Where everything is, in the... -
NCCCO Testing
:rolleyes:The written test really isn't that bad, it's the time limits that are the kick in the head. I have never been rushed in figuring out if I could make a lift or not and if I was,... I'd set somebodys butt straight quick. The Certification,.... In my book is nothing more than a way of... -
NCCCO Testing
I got It. Hi all, got my NCCCO card in the mail today. It's all different now :cool: I don't believe this has anything on, on the job training. Sure it's all good to know, but you would spend the rest of your life looking for a job if you went 100% by the book. I've run all kinds of cranes... -
NCCCO Testing
Money, Money, Money & Blame, Blame, Blame It's ALL about money and and a place to put the blame in case of an accident. There needs to be a "REAL" operator training school. Not just a 3 day cram course. I came up in the union as an oiler for 3 years and then the next 27 years as an operator. I... -
NCCCO Testing
Hi All, I just did my CCO tests. I have been running cranes for the last 30 years and have yet to have to put a pen to papper to figure out if I could make a lift. First thing is, they say it's a 5 day course. The first day we did the practical exam on some very ragged late 1960 model American... -
Tower Crane drivers in Charlotte NC
Wrong Job JDMGrading. But it just goes to show you,... this kinda crap happens all the time around here. This happened to me in the South park area of Charlotte. As far as I know OSHA knows nothing about this one yet. LOL. When I first posted this I had the names of ALL the companies that were... -
Tower Crane drivers in Charlotte NC
Hi all, I haven't been here for a spell. I got a question? Can some one tell me where tower crane companys find there operators? It has been my experience that they don't have many "Good Operators", I don't mean to take away from the good ones, but the ones I have worked around are nothing more... -
Heede Americana
Hey guyinthesky, I've not run any of there machines, but I see them all over Charlotte NC. There pretty big around here & have been for a good spell. -
200 ton linkbelt
Huh,... I know not what you are talking about :beatsme I drive a chevy:drinkup -
Back when we had oilers
Amen Yes Dualie, I must agree. I oiled for about 4 years before elevating my book to operator. I have told my boss now, that he needs to hire at least one oiler and that way he could spend a week oiling on one machine, get some seat time, then next week he goes to another machine, get some seat... -
Back when we had oilers
Dang,..... Am I that old that none of you remember having an oiler :eek: -
1966 P&h 215tc
I think it was called power assist load lowering, if you didn't have it pumped up good the load would come to the ground, as in right now. Those dogs on the boom were nice you could hear them clicking as the drum turned. I saw a guy swing one of the 22 ton rigs so fast that it started bucking...