DMiller
Senior Member
Last fifteen years the big build for STL and Lake Ozark have been stick build apartments as this
Several burned to the ground
Not a great pattern.
Several burned to the ground
Not a great pattern.
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Just some work pics
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hvy 1ton
Senior Member
Mass Timber Construction was recently accepted into the NFPA standards. It's sorta like timber framing but with laminated beams and panels.
DMiller
Senior Member
Like a kindling factory
Truck Shop
Senior Member
I worked in a shop that was built with solid one piece timbers as big as those in that photo above. Imagine the size of those trees.
DMiller
Senior Member
Munitions Plant I worked one summer was Olin Corp, Winchester Western East Alton IL. Building 4. Was one of the few PRE WWI buildings still had a Iron belt drive shaft ran full length of the building where it also had Solid beams that size, Built in 1887. Building burned to the ground around 1999 or 2000.
John C.
Senior Member
Worked in the Weyerhaeuser White River saw mill for a year after I graduated from high school. Most of the buildings were 18 and 24 inch timbers some of them 20 foot long or more. Logs came into the mill from a pond. The first saw could cut a 72" log going both ways. New part of the saw mill got a twin band saw mill that could only cut 36" logs. Everything went down hill since those days. Now it's engineered lumber that is more glue that wood fiber. If you want to see fire sometime, just go by a construction site where the laborers are burning the scraps.
Tugger2
Senior Member
Beaverpuke we call it here. I always have favored plywood sheathing,but i have one building sheathed with OSB ,oriented strand board and its stood a 25 year test of time.
I have fabricator friend doing red iron bones for a 12 story wood building right now,be interesting to see how that one works out.
I have fabricator friend doing red iron bones for a 12 story wood building right now,be interesting to see how that one works out.
Tugger2
Senior Member
Looks like they have the kind of fork lift we crane guys hate! An unregulated, misunderstood thing with or without a winch handling loads with a telescoping boom.
DMiller
Senior Member
Telehandlers, great invention, oft taken to furthest extremes of load, distance and angle where fail miserably and spectacularly.
crane operator
Senior Member
Add from JLG :
Delay or eliminate the need for cranes onsite. Our new 1075 telehandler reaches up to eight stories and offers a 60-ft horizontal reach for less material rehandling.
No need for cranes anymore- 75' telehandler.
Delay or eliminate the need for cranes onsite. Our new 1075 telehandler reaches up to eight stories and offers a 60-ft horizontal reach for less material rehandling.
No need for cranes anymore- 75' telehandler.
crane operator
Senior Member
In other news. My mechanic and his young helper dove into the leaking rear main on the 40 ton.
We've got more than a leaking seal. Under the oily mess of the rear of the engine and trans. connection, was a cracked flywheel housing.
I sourced a used flywheel housing, but the pan gasket attaches to it, so pulled pan to put all new gasket on it. And surprise surprise- it looks like a valve spring washer in the pan.
Going to go ahead and pull motor up and out, and pop the valve cover and see what's all messed up in there.
The fun never stops.
We've got more than a leaking seal. Under the oily mess of the rear of the engine and trans. connection, was a cracked flywheel housing.
I sourced a used flywheel housing, but the pan gasket attaches to it, so pulled pan to put all new gasket on it. And surprise surprise- it looks like a valve spring washer in the pan.
Going to go ahead and pull motor up and out, and pop the valve cover and see what's all messed up in there.
The fun never stops.
crane operator
Senior Member
Tags
Senior Member
Man, you have a ton of fun over there fixing things, you should buy one of those dual tandem trailers where the inside wheels are inside of the frame, I've heard they are a ton of laughs to work on when you need to change a flat, almost as much fun as yanking an engine to figure out what's coming apart up top when you only wanted to stop an oil leak down below, do you pay the mechanic or does he just stick around for all the fun and exciting projects.....
crane operator
Senior Member
I've been out running crane the last few days, so didn't get in on any of the removal. I've just gotten to see the bits and pieces of carnage.
I don't do all the wrench turning around my shop, I've got one guy that's late 50's and a former auto mechanic. He's been a great employee, but has some health issues and is wanting to slow down. I hired a young guy this spring to give him a hand. They both actually end up on jobsites quite often, helping put jib on, and setting up, and rigging. Also delivering spreader bars, manbasket, etc.
I don't do all the wrench turning around my shop, I've got one guy that's late 50's and a former auto mechanic. He's been a great employee, but has some health issues and is wanting to slow down. I hired a young guy this spring to give him a hand. They both actually end up on jobsites quite often, helping put jib on, and setting up, and rigging. Also delivering spreader bars, manbasket, etc.
crane operator
Senior Member
Been finishing up on a little concrete job....
No actually just putting in the gantry cranes again so they can do a little work on the tailwater gates.
I'm always a little sad working at the dam, sad we don't build things like this today. The wind farm equipment is a 20 year max life, and many of them won't make that long. That dam looks like it would stand for 300 years. Its just a lot of concrete.
No actually just putting in the gantry cranes again so they can do a little work on the tailwater gates.
I'm always a little sad working at the dam, sad we don't build things like this today. The wind farm equipment is a 20 year max life, and many of them won't make that long. That dam looks like it would stand for 300 years. Its just a lot of concrete.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
While your at it change the WP belt on that 3126, it's a dirty b!tch replacing it in any rig.
colson04
Senior Member
Are cranes inherently hard on engines, or do you just have the magic touch? Reading through this entire thread showcases your many experiences with engine repairs, swaps, overhauls, etc. Sucks to have two engine failures, both on your latest acquired cranes, hope it isn't too bad for you.
crane operator
Senior Member
Ain't that the truth. The engineer that decided to put it down there behind the serp. belt needs his head examined. Its a pain just to tighten it.
The joys of buying old stuff. I think all the idling time is really hard on the engines. A lot of the stuff I end up with also hasn't had the best maintence over its life. The 40 ton is a 2001, so its 20 years old almost. Everything wears out eventually. I guess I'd just rather fix than make payments.