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  1. Tommygun

    IUOE Local 12 Apprentice

    When you apply they will tell you to study books on the civil service exam, like postal workers and county workers take but thats bull****. Im an Operator and my test had addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.Mechanics as in gearing, ratios, and pulleys, some grammer and spelling...
  2. Tommygun

    plastic model kits???

    wow. thanks alot alan627b. that is the perfect place to start. i didnt realize people were that involved with modelling in so many ways. im on my way now to look for plans to begin construction. any more tips from anyone will be appreciated.
  3. Tommygun

    IUOE Local 12 Apprentice

    You can get on www.iuoe.org. They have links to all of the locals across the U.S. That should help you out.
  4. Tommygun

    plastic model kits???

    making a crane model kit those sites usually dont turn anything up but im still looking. im thinking of making cranes out of the the plastic trees from completed model kits. Have any of you guys tried that and have any tips.
  5. Tommygun

    IUOE Local 12 Apprentice

    ive been in construction all my life and ive been in iuoe local 12 for 1 year. i just passed my written crane test and take the practical this saturday. i love local 12. at 27 years old i can finally afford to take a vacation, people listen to my opinions and im paid what im worth for the first...
  6. Tommygun

    Union Question

    Im an operating engineer. right now im an oiler on a crane so im always on the ground in the mix with everyone else. My first priority is to signal and radio the load to the right place and rig. if i see someone who really needs a hand or asks i will help them out but my first priority is the...
  7. Tommygun

    plastic model kits???

    I was wondering if anyone on here knows where I can get plastic model kits of heavy equipment, all equipment with a preferance of cranes. All I have found are die cast or pre assembled but I want some I can put together myself...
  8. Tommygun

    Test

    post, post, test, test. haha
  9. Tommygun

    Crawlers Vs. Truck Cranes

    the lower center of gravity keeps more leverage fighting against the tipping point. everything is alot stiffer with a crawler. i just hate dragging ply wood around to shim up under the tracks on uneven ground on my manitowoc 4000w, but i would take a crawler over a truck crane any day.
  10. Tommygun

    How Did You Find Us?

    I was looking for new union hard hat stickers and Heavy equipment forum was just a random link off one of those sites.
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