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Impact's "Things Done at Work"

Mother Deuce

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Havent posted here in quite some time. Sorry no photos. I was forced to take the 190 out a couple times this week.

First job was a freebie for family. Lifted a 1800# boiler through the roof. 30’ radius. Took zero c/w and didnt use any pads under the riggers. That always makes me nervous. All theother cranes were busy on other jobs.

Second job would have been perfect for the 60 ton, but again everything was booked so took the 190 again. Got paid for the 60 ton. If the 60 ton was used would have been a 100’ radius. But couldnt get the 190 in that hole. Was a 135’ radius with the 190. Pads of courseand 60,000# of c/w. 1500# roof over a floating dock.

Been learning to fly lately. Flying a cherokee 140. 12 hours training so far. Can almost land w/o killing myself.
Congrats on learning to fly the 140. You made me smile. I had one, sold it in the mid 90’s. It remains a great memory.
 

Impact

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I am still learning. 21 hours into the training. I can still say I almost dont kill myself on landings. Haha
 

Impact

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This is a project we did in 2016-2017 and maybe into 2018. The storage tank that is already erected was built in 2016. The new foundation is for a tank we built in 2017. The tanks are 135' in diameter Eave height is 91'. Each tank holds 1.25 Million bushels of corn. Total weight of the tank is 900,000 pounds. the foundation is elevated about 10' above grade. There is a walk through tunnel 6' wide beneath it with 6' 6" of head clearance. The tunnel house a conveyor that moves grain at 20,000 BPH back to the elevator and onto trucks or pumped into the feed mill to make hog feed. The conveyor system on top is also 20,000 BPH. 098.jpg
 

Impact

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Don't blame me for the cluster of tank and equipment. I didn't design it. LOL. They had a 600,000 storage tank collapse and demolished a lot of equipment. We installed four elevators in one steel structure. One is for receiving grain. One is for reclaiming grain. One is to move dry grain from the grain dryer. One is to put wet grain into the dryer. All 4 can operate at one time moving grain in different directions at the same time. 090.jpg
 

Knepptune

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https://wgem.com/2019/03/11/grain-b...opa0fxRSdPaMyQZWw4bp2jlC9wOhAIvMuSAlsxKvUGMQk


Seen this. Made me think of you and the projects you work on. Are grain bin sizes growing faster then the technology or engineering to keep them together. Kinda leads me to another question. How thick are the walls on a bin that size. 850,000 bushel is a good size. I can’t imagine how much pressure is on those walls at the bottom.

There are several Bunge locations not far from where I’m at and it seems they’re always adding on and building even bigger bins.
 

Impact

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I just read about that failure this morning. Being in the business first thing I wanted to know is what brand is it? That site is owned by Bunge. That wasn’t a typical corrugated tank. It was a welded tank originally designed for oil stoarge. It had smooth sidewalls. From what I have heard these tanks have steel welded floors also and no foundation. Compacted rock base. Or at least that is what I was told. Bunge used a lot of this style tanks years ago. Typically painted white
 

kshansen

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I have to wonder if the failure could have been a dust explosion? I know that things like flour can explode from just a spark. But would expect to see a little black soot if that was the cause.
 

Impact

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There are many reasons a grain tank like that can fail. If it is unloaded off center is one way. They could fill it, partially unload it, refill numerous times and cause it to fail. Differential settlement could cause it. Dust explosion.

I have seen several fail and 100% have been in winter. Expansion/contraction?

The big tank I built a few years ago busted. There must have been 50 engineers investigate it. No conclusions. But every local farmer that has aivkup truck knows why it failed.
 

Impact

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Another bad day. Had a lift for the 165 ton but we took the 190 ton. 70,000# precast concrete shelter going in an electrical substation. We were to be ready to lift at 10:00 am. Crane left with 1 load of c/w following. 15 minutes later I get a call. The crane blew a tire. $4,300.00. So I sent a guy to help the operator take care of the crane. Told him to have the truck driver come back and swap c/w trailers. We would take the 165 to do the lift. Called the customer letting him know we’d be a little late. He told me the precast building was going to be an hour early. Figures

A few minutes later the c/w truck driver called. Off in a ditch. Great. I drove the 60 ton down to unstick him. Had to offload the weight before we could lift the trailer. We finally make it back, and of course the 165 needed fueling up. All the spreader bars and rigging had to switch to the other trailer. We left at 10:00.

We get to within a mile of the substation and flashing lights everywhere. The truck with the precast is in the ditch. Very narrow road, so I drove the 165 as far over as possible to let traffic pass. Took an hour for the tow truck to unstick the trailer. We then get our c/w trailer around the tight turn uneventfully. So I jump back in the 165 to ease off. It had broke thru the edge if the blacktop and sunk. Very nice looking front yard there, with the homeowner watching the fiasco. The more I wiggled the more it sunk. Finally got all the differentials and axles locked in, and it powered out. The clutch was smoking hot, but it came out. Right over the edge of the guys pretty concrete driveway. Of course it crumbled.

Apologized and gave him my card, and assured him, I would take care of it. I would guess $10,000 or more in damages. So, $10K driveway plus $5K tire. The job paid $3,600. Yipeeee
 

Tradesman

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Another bad day. Had a lift for the 165 ton but we took the 190 ton. 70,000# precast concrete shelter going in an electrical substation. We were to be ready to lift at 10:00 am. Crane left with 1 load of c/w following. 15 minutes later I get a call. The crane blew a tire. $4,300.00. So I sent a guy to help the operator take care of the crane. Told him to have the truck driver come back and swap c/w trailers. We would take the 165 to do the lift. Called the customer letting him know we’d be a little late. He told me the precast building was going to be an hour early. Figures

A few minutes later the c/w truck driver called. Off in a ditch. Great. I drove the 60 ton down to unstick him. Had to offload the weight before we could lift the trailer. We finally make it back, and of course the 165 needed fueling up. All the spreader bars and rigging had to switch to the other trailer. We left at 10:00.

We get to within a mile of the substation and flashing lights everywhere. The truck with the precast is in the ditch. Very narrow road, so I drove the 165 as far over as possible to let traffic pass. Took an hour for the tow truck to unstick the trailer. We then get our c/w trailer around the tight turn uneventfully. So I jump back in the 165 to ease off. It had broke thru the edge if the blacktop and sunk. Very nice looking front yard there, with the homeowner watching the fiasco. The more I wiggled the more it sunk. Finally got all the differentials and axles locked in, and it powered out. The clutch was smoking hot, but it came out. Right over the edge of the guys pretty concrete driveway. Of course it crumbled.

Apologized and gave him my card, and assured him, I would take care of it. I would guess $10,000 or more in damages. So, $10K driveway plus $5K tire. The job paid $3,600. Yipeeee
Geeez! If you could see into the future you would’ve been better in bed bothering the wife.
Glad you made it out with no injury
 
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