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Cam hook truss setter
The little spikes on the bottom, they are not welded on near as I can tell, it almost looks like the entire piece was water jet or maybe CNC cut. -
Cam hook truss setter
I got it, used it yesterday, while not a total game changer it was pretty handy in use. The quality is top notch, and it's as well designed as it could be, down to the hardware having the proper amount of thread showing past the nylock nuts, but not too much (that's what we look for in building... -
Cam hook truss setter
I get maybe 25% needing a double rigging point on my residential work, the rest single. Just last week I finished up a 152' long by 81' wide horse arena, using my 16' spreader bar, and the ONLY reason just two pick points worked was because they were all doubled up, arrived that way, from the... -
Cam hook truss setter
When I had my 17 ton Terex boom truck, I was still building for others a bit, plus my own new shop and house as I had moved onto new property. The wireless remote I had then could be worn without interfering with my nailbelt, and it made me a superman, or at least a super carpenter! I also found... -
Cam hook truss setter
I think you hit the nail on the head! Having started construction doing formwork, before air nail guns were ever seen on any framing jobsite, I got into the habit of packing both 8 and 16 duplex nails in my nail belt, even after I got air upped and was framing houses (and yes, not 16's in the... -
Cam hook truss setter
I got a suggestion to try one of these, from a guy I do enough work for, and have done for a while, to give it a shot. Today we were setting trusses with no obvious balance point, (not unusual at all of course, these days) steep pitch, not symmetrical in any way shape or form. The... -
Working the National 1300A
I had a coolant leak on the Mack, looked like a plastic fitting on the plastic coolant tank, that had a brass fitting on it, with a length of 5000 PSI hose going to the radiator. Why they didn't use silicone hose I don't know, the weight of the heavy duty hose, stressed the leaking fitting I... -
Working the National 1300A
So, a couple weeks later I get a call to go back to the same jobsite where I got stuck in the mud. As I get a couple minutes out my phone rings, seeing it's the contractor I ignore it and continue on, I should have turned around. This time though I didn't even get out, just rolled down my... -
Working the National 1300A
Another muddy jobsite today, but I avoided wading around in it by craftily suggesting to the kid on the tag line, since he was already covered knee deep in the stuff before I even showed up, that I'd REALLY appreciate it if he could throw out my pads for me, while I stood on the rear bumper... -
Working the National 1300A
I have no idea why the tall walls, don't know the crew, but did ask my guys who they were, in case they ever call me, I may pass, it looked like a REAL sketchy operation. Worked on asphalt today for another long time steady customer, unfortuneately for him and his crew the trusses were... -
Working the National 1300A
I KNEW better, but did it anyway, backed into this site just to show my customer (who I set a house for about twice a month, and have for years) that it wasn't going to work. To my surprise, once I cleared the outriggers, ran them out, lifted the rear up, and filled the tire ruts with scrap... -
Why I hate boom trucks
I saw this rig the other day, looks like it was in tip top shape! -
Working the National 1300A
Yeah but at least it gives me something to complain about, making me feel less guilty for what I still feel is real easy money for sitting on my butt, drinking coffee, listening to the SAT radio, while watching others REALLY work as I used to! Plus it's another part of the rig that now holds no... -
Working the National 1300A
Here's what nearly $100.00 gets you in parts these days, about what I expected, what really tweaked me was they sent it in a box via UPS, $18.00 freight! Two O rings, two seals, and a rubber bootie (of course the old bootie was in perfect condition), but at least it beats the $220.00 plus... -
Just some work pics
After I found out I could get a (approved/certified by National) 1400 counterweight for my rig, I did. Then I found out I was going across the scales at over 40K, just enough to get called in and talked too. I was told the solution was a annual pewrmit that would only cost a few cents a mile, 8... -
Equipment to erect 40x80x18 steel building
Darn, I was hoping you were going to get a TrackZilla! -
Working the National 1300A
A bit, those are all or mostly out of state glider pilots who visit because the Lemhi's are one of the best soaring sites in the country. They are a big buck crowd so it's a good boost to the local economy I'm sure. I quit working for the local Mackay developer that had me going there a half... -
Working the National 1300A
I've got a campsite I fly into, at the 8600' level, off screen to the right, about 3:00. In the morning I can make it into Sammy's with engine almost at an idle. But my engine has been out of the plane for 2 weeks, getting cam work done, for a persistant problem that took months for me, and... -
Why I hate boom trucks
A very experienced long time heavy truck recovery/tow truck guy told me that once, after I got stuck. While waiting, I rigged one of my old slings (kept onboard just for a two strap, to the rear tandem axle, thinking to save him time and me money. When he showed up, he mentioned that as it was a... -
Why I hate boom trucks
My Mack/National combo has a walking beam rear I'm told, all I really know is it corners like a sports car, a 54,000 pound sports car admittingly, but still good enough to hit any posted curve sign area 10 mph above with no sweat. My worst ride was the 17 ton Terex, single axle, 5 below the...