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A few projects I have done recently

kshansen

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Also I have at least one sometimes two trucks running most days during summer hauling asphalt for hire at the same $90 an hour rate. I also can’t find trucks for hire because they are always running asphalt for the plants. Upstate New York puts lots of asphalt down every year because of the salt and plowing they use every winter. Trucks are by far my biggest expense and my biggest head ache but owning my own I think is still cheaper in the end. I am always looking for a better way though.

I'm guessing you are hauling some of that hot sticky black stuff from a plant over on 12B in Oriskany Falls? Or is it from the plant on 155/Kingdom Rd. in Jordanville?
 
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Kshansen,
Small world, I am guessing your one of my neighbors from upstate. We are hauling out of Barrett this week. Nice to have neighbors on this site. We have hauled out of the plant your talking about though, I really like the people that work there.
 

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if someone wants to do some math. consider 6.5 miles of 10 inch sanitary sewer placed avg. 34' below existing grade with a 36' manhole every 250 yards then control filled back to orig. grade` trees planted and disturbed soil seeded.
 

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if someone wants to do some math. consider 6.5 miles of 10 inch sanitary sewer placed avg. 34' below existing grade with a 36' manhole every 250 yards then control filled back to orig. grade` trees planted and disturbed soil seeded.

No thanks... I know I would be high bid on that job.:D
 

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An update from the Arena project.

Finished up the 10x8 box culvert. Thought this was a neat shot.

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Upstream cast in place connections. Spec's called for #5 dowel's epoxied into the precast units and the existing culvert on 1' centers. 4K PSI concrete for the filler.

My guys smoothed the connection out with mortar to make a final smooth transition. Turned out nice.

Right side.

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Left Side. Used a mixture of Quickcrete stucco mix and hydro cement.

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So we were excavating for the new loading dock and dug up some old foundations.

Poured concrete walls with smooth reinforcement bar which means it dates back to the early 1900's or older, before what we know as rebar was available.

The loading dock wall will come off the existing entrance on the right. The concrete wall will have a large opening cut in it to access the new loading dock.

The existing box culvert that we repaired down stream runs right through this area. The Silt Saver in the right of the picture is an existing 8" DIP rain leader that goes down into the top of the culvert. We are using the rain leader as a temp. drain. There is some new storm pipe going in the loading dock to drain this area.

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Hit the walls with our hammer and snatched them out with the 349. Pretty easy work.

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We think this was a small foundry of some sort during the height of the "Steel City's" heyday. This was a sunken area that had concrete steps on one side and a pipe on the other end.

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This jewel we dug up is the reason why we think it was some sort of foundry or other manufacturing facility.

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It appears to be either a small furnace or small heat exchanger.

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The bottom had some fire brick still attached to it. So at one time this was the bottom.

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This was another door we dug up that wasn't part of the chunk of iron above.

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Anyone know what this was used for?
 

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Firetube boiler ....
Door was a fire tube inspection door over the pressure vessel.
By the size ... likely from the boiler you dug up. Fire box on the bottom. Fuel fed through the door. Coal ?? The hot gases would flow from the back through half the tubes. Make a U turn at the door and exit through the top half of the tubes up the stack.

Kewanee boiler ...

https://kewanee-history.com/kewanee-history/kewanees-history/
 

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Interesting. Googled the name onsite and landed on that page.

Didn't know if the door was part of what we dug up or part of a boiler that was demo'd when the building was torn down. So it appears the boiler's bottom was the open part and it was set in on fire brick. Maybe the single door was below the boiler to clean the ashes out?

The little door might have a name on it but it's too rusted to tell.

Probably ran on either coal or coke as the area is rich with coal and there is still a coke oven in operation.
 

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Pretty interesting company, Sad to see they closed down. Looks like they were early to go from riveted to welded boilers. Lots of interesting and big machines when you look at the pics. page.
 

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Interesting side note on this project is a room on the arena floor level where various artists and performers have left their mark in a tiny cinder block room under the bleachers. Lotta history in there..

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Started a side job this week demo'ing two metal buildings less than block down the street in midtown from project we did for the same GC and same owner a year ago. 2 pre-fab metal buildings one around 7K SF in the back and one around 6K SF fronting the street. The 6K fronting the street had about 1/2 of the SF built out with office space. The front facade was CMU and brick which came down easily.

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Rented the same 324E with multiprocessor with steel cutting jaws instead of the concrete demo jaws. I will own one of these multiprocessors one day with concrete and steel cutting jaws.;)

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Business is good and all our other hoes are busy so we had to rent a 316FL to sort, stack and load out debris. Wanted a 320FL but all they had was a 316. Nice machine but when you're used to a larger machine it feels weak.

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Pic from the rear of the property after removing the back building. This is my old '13 F350 passed down to one of my supers. 160K miles and still going strong.

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We got 6 - 30 yard cans of packed metal out of this job to the scrap yard.
 
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Up the street on the right in the pic is the project we did last year for the same GC and Owner. The building with the ramp.

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Last year - The power pole with the transformer in the right of the pic is in the parking lot of the pic above.

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Started a side job this week demo'ing two metal buildings less than block down the street in midtown from project we did for the same GC and same owner a year ago. 2 pre-fab metal buildings one around 7K SF in the back and one around 6K SF fronting the street. The 6K fronting the street had about 1/2 of the SF built out with office space. The front facade was CMU and brick which came down easily.

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Rented the same 324E with multiprocessor with steel cutting jaws instead of the concrete demo jaws. I will own one of these multiprocessors one day with concrete and steel cutting jaws.;)

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Business is good and all our other hoes are busy so we had to rent a 316FL to sort, stack and load out debris. Wanted a 320FL but all they had was a 316. Nice machine but when you're used to a larger machine it feels weak.

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Pic from the rear of the property after removing the back building. This is my old '13 F350 passed down to one of my supers. 160K miles and still going strong.

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We got 6 - 30 yard cans of packed metal out of this job to the scrap yard.
You know it's a rental when the counter weight is all scratched up and the side is smashed
 

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You know it's a rental when the counter weight is all scratched up and the side is smashed

Yeah I feel sorry for that little 316FL - it's in that shape with only 700 hours on the meter..
 
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