Just some work pics

[Spud_Monkey]

I will more likely fix the broken model, not much I can't fix unless it involves parts not made anymore or never made to be replaced.

 

[crane operator]

I will more likely fix the broken model, not much I can't fix unless it involves parts not made anymore or never made to be replaced.

I'd done heater elements twice, a complete rewire of the back side, and a door switch before. Its been broken more than any stove I've ever owned. In fact I don't think any other stove I ever have owned has actually broke. This time the control panel went, and it was $500 for the part. I couldn't see that kind of repair on a 20 year old stove- because its been so unreliable already, so new one it was.

 

[DMiller]

Dmiller has been shaming me with all his honey do projects. Of course it takes a actual break down for me to do any work around the house.

Old stove went down, and no supper with no stove, so - no choices or putting off this one.

Being the tightwad I am, I had to go to lowes to the scratch and dent/ discontinued aisle to do a little discount shopping. Have you seen how expensive stoves are?

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90% of all our appliances were bought just that way!!
Wife is as much a penny pincher where a bargain is just as good as new in box at times.
Fridges and cooktop in house fridge in shop
Even some of the sink hardware were last of runs model change outs or delivered and returned but still new.

Got to love bargains!

 

[Tugger2]

I thought they would have a hammer laying around in the warehouse for those scratch n dent sales.

 

[crane operator]

My wife always shakes her head and walks away when I start playing "lets make a deal" in the store. She gets embarrassed, and wouldn't dream of making a offer on something in a store. I always figure they can say no if they don't like my offer.

It was originally $1,800. They had it marked at $1,400. I tried to get it bought for $1,100 and ended up at $1,200. I'll stand and haggle a little for $200 .

The box top had been cut open, but the sides hadn't been, and it was all still packaged up. $1,200 still seems like a lot of $$$ for a stove.

 

[crane operator]

 

[Tugger2]

I like my hook rollers even more after watching that video.In my early days of pile driving with a 20 ton Michigan we stopped for coffee and noticed one of the rear hook roller pins laying on the deck. We were doing test piles ,drive one with the drop hammer ,then pull like a basta**d and reef the same pile back out ,repeat over and ever.Never noticed a difference missing a pin.

 

[DMiller]

Scary at best

 

[crane operator]

Hvac with the liebherr and the mack

 

[crane operator]

Had to move a different golf cart bridge, they are going to redo the abutments and move it out away from the cliff a little.

 

[crane operator]

Railroad hasn't been having much luck lately, seems like drive motors, both engines. We'll go a long time not being down there, and then it seems like we're there all the time.

 

[crane operator]

Redoing a highway ditch for MDOT. This has a set of culverts under house driveway's just downstream, but they get washed out every spring. Had to have the power company move the power. First two didn't fit so great, they were off a little on the gravel base. The backhoe and loader did a little regrading, and we were good to go.

 

[crane operator]

This is a mill for turning railroad wheels. Look who's got a 5 ton chain fall to level things out...

It was pretty rainy, and we waited until it had mostly quit before untarping. These came out of a railroad shop in Idaho that got shut down.

 

[crane operator]

This is a lathe for railroad axles, came from the same shop.

 

[Tags]

So not knowing anything about the inner workings of a crane, do they have a similar turntable to an excavator or a different style turntable that would make that crane flip off of the carrier frame??

 

[crane operator]

So not knowing anything about the inner workings of a crane, do they have a similar turntable to an excavator or a different style turntable that would make that crane flip off of the carrier frame??

Its just a big bearing in the truck cranes and the newer crawlers, bolted to the welded frame.

Tugger's conventionals are a little different, on the older ones they just have big rollers riding on a large metal ring.

Here's hook rollers:



Here's truck crane bearing:

 

[crane operator]

Cab is painted (there's a reason the picture is taken from a distance I aint the best painter), bed is laying on it. Still need to center it and bolt the bed down, lights, bumper. But getting closer.

 

[crane operator]

Golf bridge is reinstalled.

 

[crane operator]

Had to have a little help to set the new far piece on the bridge. Was supposed to be 2,500lbs, I had 4,000 on the scale. So we walked a zero turn down the other side and tandem picked it into place.

 

[crane operator]

Rock crusher that needed a new liner. The liner's are epoxied into place, and supposedly with release agent, so you can knock them back apart and put new liner in.

No release agent. Banged on it with excavator for a hour or two. No hammer on site, the only hammer they have is backhoe mounted. Couldn't get any large excavator with hammer moved in, so I had the guys bring the winch truck, we loaded up the upper piece and hauled it to a breaker. It didn't budge in a couple hours of hammering either. They carbon gouged a little on it, and called it a day.

Brought back a bigger welder, and we moved it to the shop, they had to cut it into 5 pieces to get the liner out. Previously someone let the liner get too worn, and it has a void in the case. With that void filled with expoy, there's no driving it out, no matter how big of a hammer.

New liner is in, and they should be running by monday.