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    Just some work pics

    I can’t remember when Sunnen shut down. Do you remember when that was?
  2. K

    Old conventionals at work

    Okay, because there was an old time tractor, impliment and truck company named Avery who had a line of equipment named Corn Queen. They went bust during the depression, but made some sort of come-back during WWII
  3. K

    Old conventionals at work

    Do you mean an Avery engine? Those are double ancient. Or do you mean another manufacturer?
  4. K

    Hayes trucks in the logging industry

    I'm sure you three are right
  5. K

    Hayes trucks in the logging industry

    Looks to have a shorter wheelbase?
  6. K

    Just some work pics

    How did you roll the headered truss?
  7. K

    Cutting windmill blades

    I don't think the plate would win
  8. K

    Hayes trucks in the logging industry

    Gotcha.
  9. K

    Hayes trucks in the logging industry

    Is there a specific issue with the valve stems when loading/loaded on a barge? Asking for the ignorant few like myself
  10. K

    Crane collapse in seattle

    Actually they cleared Seaberg, who supplies the operators on day to day operations. Omega-Morgan, NW Tower Cranes, GLY and Morrow have not been cleared. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/state-officials-conclude-investigation-into-one-firm-involved-in-crane-collapse/
  11. K

    Moving old garwood crane problems

    That almost forces the job to be DIY
  12. K

    Moving old garwood crane problems

    You wwere the one crying about not having a title. If that's a problem go talk to the original buyer. The government didn't make them stupid.
  13. K

    Inherited a older Ford Tractor from my dad

    There's a 620 too
  14. K

    Moving old garwood crane problems

    Not being able to register a vehicle you don't have title to hardly makes you victim
  15. K

    Inherited a older Ford Tractor from my dad

    There are a ton of tractor forums around. I like Tractorbynet.com
  16. K

    Moving old garwood crane problems

    Truck cranes bigger than that are hauled all the time on detachable goosenecks. If you have to, jack it up on the out riggers and pull all the tires. In any case you are looking at probably $8K plus for the move?
  17. K

    Crane collapse in seattle

    I've been out of heavy construction for quite a while, but back about 25 to 40 years ago I could see almost every overly agro superintendent I knew getting all excited and ordering such work. But things change and I would have hoped that the ironworkers were specifically trained by Morrow to...
  18. K

    Crane collapse in seattle

    The load out, tower base and mobile crane all were on he north or east. The crane fell towards the south. My guess is that as they were handling the last boom piece the wind got it and it struck the tower hard enough to collapse a vertical chord.
  19. K

    Crane collapse in seattle

    What you heard had to have been wrong. The photos don't show either the front or rear booms, the drums or the CW landing points. So what failed was a bare tower and house.
  20. K

    pics . for crane op.

    Wow! Thanks. Your name wouldn't be Robert N would it?
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