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Old conventionals at work
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Tugger2
Senior Member
I bought a T350 Bantam off Parker Pacific In Buckley Wash. Must have been a generation after their dragline days , because they had no one interested in running it. Its a very smooth little crane .
Tugger2
Senior Member
Its been a while but the 40 ton finally has a job again. Most of the day was a complete white out. This was my audience waiting for me to dredge up some lunch for them, sucks to be a seagull in the winter.
ryanmueller
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Had a tire blow out on the p&h 430 the other day. Luckily there was a wide spot on the road to pull off and it was a common size so we were back on the road within an hour 
Tugger2
Senior Member
Sure wakes a guy dosent it. Did you have her up to 40 MPH when it happened?
ryanmueller
Well-Known Member
About 35
HATCHEQUIP
Senior Member
Looking good fellas, allways like seeing operators that can walk and chew gum at the same time "read operate with hands and feet at the same time"
. Were getting fewer and fewer seems like.
. Were getting fewer and fewer seems like.
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Tugger2
Senior Member
Thanks. Ive never been so bold as to chew gum while im clamming, but i know i can nod off and still keep a churn bit going with a crane.Hahaha .
mwelding
Member
Looks like your outrigger control box got lucky.
Tugger2
Senior Member
Do you guys drive your cranes a lot? I always lowbed, seems every where i go we have nasty hills.
crane operator
Senior Member
That's what its got them low gears for, and hazards.
I will admit that if its a hour+ away from home, I'm much more happy to drive my 40ton RT on the double drop, than I am to hop in my old tms300. I burn more fuel through the lowboy, and the permit costs more. Its probably only 10-15 minutes faster on a hour trip (depends on the hills) But my right leg is much less worn out from pushing on the throttle pedal.
We don't have really long grades by me. Most are under a 1/2 mile, just short and steep. I'd think the really long grades would be a real killer. I've got short enough ups and downs, sometimes I can carry a little coasting through- but that wouldn't help if its 4 miles to the top.
I've never lowbeded one of my truck cranes. Any lowbed that long wouldn't clear corners and would always be hung up (bellied out) in my area.
Tugger2
Senior Member
Just added a 75 ton Lima to the fleet . Heres a few shots from the yard loading out a 5299 parts crane
and a dredging job in a booming ground. Night shifting and loading 1 barge per shift ,800 to 1000 yards each.
and a dredging job in a booming ground. Night shifting and loading 1 barge per shift ,800 to 1000 yards each.
ryanmueller
Well-Known Member
I finally got around to tightening the tracks on my Lima. I had to pull a pad cause there wasn't any more adjustment. One had a hole punched through it that made it easy to carry
ryanmueller
Well-Known Member
This is the proper way to spool wire on a drum right. The crane was broke down for transport so hopefully they respooled it before lifting 
Tugger2
Senior Member
Looks like someone was in a hurry.
ryanmueller
Well-Known Member
ryanmueller
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Starting driving foundation piles for a new school today. Only 127 more to go 
Tugger2
Senior Member
Good work with the loader keeping them plumb . Are they open ended or closed? Diesel hammer next?
ryanmueller
Well-Known Member
Yes open ended and we have to wait till the weekend to prove them with a diesel hammer cause of the school next door
Tugger2
Senior Member
Are the extra casings on some of the piles to reduce downdrag from your surface fill?