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crane operator

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Its not just texas, I have a aunt in kansas that has had rolling blackouts. Springfield ran a few rolling blackouts yesterday. We got a email from our power company saying they may do rolling blackouts today. I live less than a mile from a 200mw hydro dam, they've been putting out around a 100mw all week. I think they can't run a lot more water out without flooding downstream. They've burned through 8" of lake level water doing it.
 

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Gas wells well heads froze out with the turbines being down, BAD Day all round. CTGs could not run either and they are 54% of TX Power output.
 

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The wind farms up here are set up for icing conditions, they thought they could save some bucks and not equip the Texas ones with it, as it wouldn't be cost effective. Thing is, 99.9% of the time, it isn't probably.
 

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I looked at a m1070 that was up at surplus auction. They are wide and long. Detroit 2 stroke and the army boys say they are horrible on fuel. I had no use for one, I was just looking. The trailers they have for the m1a and that trucks suspension are pretty amazing.
 

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That's it, great find! I couldn't see them in the video, but the cab roof had built in pad eyes to rig to, and it for sure had a DD, and the tire inflation system. I just got my check yesterday for the work, 2 picks a month apart, after they got the engine work done.
 

crane operator

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Made a mess out of the deck on the mack. I was on a job and smelled hyd. oil. It was running a pretty good stream out of the back of the boom. Took it home, set up the next day, and the tele cylinder is just barely damp. I think it had some frozen moisture in between wiper and seal, and it pushed on the seal.

Motor/ gearbox on asphalt tank. And some amusement ride maintence.

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Hvac units with the 100 ton.

The bollards at the building we raised the walls on- don't do much good if you ask me. They all are about 4" wider than the door openings. I always thought the bollards were to protect the door openings in the building, but I didn't pour the concrete.

The last picture is from this morning, put all new feedwater chiller pipe on the roof of a hospital. The cold snap froze and burst it all. They said it was circulating, and still froze, but they didn't have any glycol in it. It usually doesn't get cold enough to freeze it.

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Hvac units with the 100 ton.

The bollards at the building we raised the walls on- don't do much good if you ask me. They all are about 4" wider than the door openings. I always thought the bollards were to protect the door openings in the building, but I didn't pour the concrete.

The last picture is from this morning, put all new feedwater chiller pipe on the roof of a hospital. The cold snap froze and burst it all. They said it was circulating, and still froze, but they didn't have any glycol in it. It usually doesn't get cold enough to freeze it.

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I see i`m not the only one to push snow with a forklift
 

crane operator

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I see i`m not the only one to push snow with a forklift

Mine is pretty primitive, but it beats a shovel.

I'd really like a skid loader, I think it would be handy at times,but I just can't find it being $20,000 of handy.

I used to just hand shovel my pavement, and let the rest melt. But after I got the allis backwards tractor forklift, and got tired of waiting for snow to melt, the FORKABLADE was born.

I kind of threw it together one day before a snow storm, and its actually nicer than a loader tractor. You can kind of stack snow up, and the visibility is great. It would be kind of cold for all day, but I don't have that much to push. It doesn't snow often enough that I need anything better, and I own the forklift, which beats buying something for the 2 times a year we get snow.
 

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You should straighten the blade and put a couple length's of channel iron on each side of the pivot to straighten it. Skid shoes or wheels would be a good idea too so it won't dig into the gravel or soft area's. Should be able to find a decent skid steer for less than 20K if you don't really care what brand. Most use common components.
 

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The old blade has already been reinforced in the past. I just broke it again.

Its all straightened up now, and rewelded. Until I nail another big rock in the driveway.

Most of the skid loaders in my area that I would find useful, are in the $15-20,000 range. I can rent a compact or mid trackloader or rubber tired skid for under $300/day, any time I want one. It would be nice to spread gravel around and push snow once in a while, but that's about all I would need one for.

I've got much better equipment for lifting. I could really use a skid loader about half a dozen times a year, I usually only rent one about once a year because I'm a tightwad.

Once or twice a year makes it a no brainer to rent one for my limited needs.

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