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Just some work pics
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Hank R
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Way to much pucker factor for me there. I am sure there will be a ton of paper work follow up with that. Thanks for sharing.
Junkyard
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That’s a train wreck and a near miss all in one!
crane operator
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I'm sure it will be a paperwork nightmare. Army corps dam, I'm sure they will want to make sure the rt didn't damage the spillway wall in any way, or it will need to be repaired. I'm not sure how they went about getting the crawler cut loose of the pile, and they still would need to get the pile out, I suppose divers to get reattached and shut the water flow down.
Anyways, some units from this week. Kind of a tight squeeze, they didn't leave much access between the transformer and the retaining wall.
I had to also bring the rt to this job to do another unit around front. It was the job of many different units. The one on the ground I picked and carried to a new location with the gallion. Did 3 on the roof with the galion and the cart. One I set in place. The one with the rt I thought I'd have to do jib and offset, but I got set up in just the right spot, and got it on main-- Not that I'm too lazy to do jib, but I ain't doing it if I don't have to.
Anyways, some units from this week. Kind of a tight squeeze, they didn't leave much access between the transformer and the retaining wall.
I had to also bring the rt to this job to do another unit around front. It was the job of many different units. The one on the ground I picked and carried to a new location with the gallion. Did 3 on the roof with the galion and the cart. One I set in place. The one with the rt I thought I'd have to do jib and offset, but I got set up in just the right spot, and got it on main-- Not that I'm too lazy to do jib, but I ain't doing it if I don't have to.
crane operator
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More sheet rock.
crane operator
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And there I was, nothing between me and the big bad world outside, except a dog's ass..............
Took the mack back down to ponca, and a whole spreader bar conglomeration to set some fancy erosion control / concrete block mats.
Took the mack back down to ponca, and a whole spreader bar conglomeration to set some fancy erosion control / concrete block mats.
crane operator
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This is to keep the approach for the bridge from washing away when the river comes out. It has the fabric under the blocks, then they fill in between the blocks with gravel.
crane operator
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They did get the deck redone also, with their concrete polymer coating. Said they mixed it on site and put it down out of georgia buggies, and then kind of mopped it out. One of the concrete guys said it was the consitency of fiberglass.
crane operator
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Of course, every day down there is a pretty day. Today was about 62 degrees, partly cloudy. Water was crystal clear.
Welder Dave
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Crane Op, I was wondering if there are times when you have to swing the crane to the side to get positioned in tight areas and then worry about it tipping over on that side. Do you just have the outriggers out?
kshansen
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Not Crane Op, but I'm guessing it requires two things lots of experience and knowing how to read a tape measure!
I could tell a story about some dummy who got in a hurry with a borrowed little Koehring Bantam crane one Friday night. Backed in between stack of trusses and new garage the trusses needed to go on then decided to do a quick check to see if it was an easy reach from stack of trusses and then far wall of garage without taking time to put out out riggers.
Bantam made out okay but not so for the end wall of garage or the four or five trusses that had been set by hand before!
I could tell a story about some dummy who got in a hurry with a borrowed little Koehring Bantam crane one Friday night. Backed in between stack of trusses and new garage the trusses needed to go on then decided to do a quick check to see if it was an easy reach from stack of trusses and then far wall of garage without taking time to put out out riggers.
Bantam made out okay but not so for the end wall of garage or the four or five trusses that had been set by hand before!
crane operator
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It all depends on the crane. My rough terrain crane and the little galion are made to swing the boom over the side as you are driving along. My 70 ton truck crane has a on rubber chart, and a 10' wide carrier, and you can swing it over the side without the outriggers out. I don't do it unless I really really have to , it really puts a lot of twist on the carrier on it and it leans pretty good.
My 25 ton and 35 ton groves are really boom heavy cranes, and only 8' wide carriers. Neither one are made to swing over the side while driving around.
crane operator
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I thought I'd post up this picture, I had to go back saturday morning and pick up the truck and trailer. We had a 2-3inch rain the night before, and you can see the water comes up pretty fast down there.
They still had 1/2 the steel that we had temp. installed under the bridge. He couldn't find anyone to drive down there and get it, and I had a truck and trailer there already, so I took the torch down and brought home some free I-beams.
They still had 1/2 the steel that we had temp. installed under the bridge. He couldn't find anyone to drive down there and get it, and I had a truck and trailer there already, so I took the torch down and brought home some free I-beams.
crane operator
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Well I've been goofing off the last couple days. I buy a tag every year to deer hunt up in Iowa where I grew up. I go with a group that we've all hunted together for years, and I've missed it the last 4-5 years because I've been working. I had to go get the truck and beams back from ponca saturday, I took sunday off, and went up to iowa monday. I got to hunt tuesday and wednesday, and had a great time. I've got to quit skipping.
Anyways heres some pics of what the ground up there is like. We hunt small stands of timber, and switchgrass. We don't sit in any stands or blinds. We walk and drive the deer - kind of like pushing cattle.
I got a lot of ribbing, I've skipped several years, and I came up late this year (season opened on saturday). On my first drive, I parked my truck and walked about 50 yards, and posted a small creek and switchgrass patch. 10 minutes later I had a nice doe laying on the ground. It's nice to get lucky once in a while.
Anyways heres some pics of what the ground up there is like. We hunt small stands of timber, and switchgrass. We don't sit in any stands or blinds. We walk and drive the deer - kind of like pushing cattle.
I got a lot of ribbing, I've skipped several years, and I came up late this year (season opened on saturday). On my first drive, I parked my truck and walked about 50 yards, and posted a small creek and switchgrass patch. 10 minutes later I had a nice doe laying on the ground. It's nice to get lucky once in a while.
crane operator
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Back to work today though.
Temp. unit from a building here in town.
And then I went and got the galion put in front of a water park, to put a new water slide in. Part of it is inside the building, so we are going to put it in through the glass openings.
The little mechanics truck boom, is really nice for putting jib in the galion. Had to drive through the existing pool area to get in there.
Temp. unit from a building here in town.
And then I went and got the galion put in front of a water park, to put a new water slide in. Part of it is inside the building, so we are going to put it in through the glass openings.
The little mechanics truck boom, is really nice for putting jib in the galion. Had to drive through the existing pool area to get in there.
crane operator
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crane operator
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Been a little wet here today, and one of the local sign guys got a little too brave with his bucket truck. Its downhill all the way down in there, and I sure wouldn't have gone in there, but the wrecker guys have to make a living too.
Hank R
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That is why money is made to go around so people can screw up and pay for it.
Tugger2
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How much more capacity did you get with that intermediate boom support on the gallion?HaHa
crane operator
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They so nicely stood up the outside column's with their forklift before we got there, and they are both right in the way for working. And the one I'm right on top of- they actually put on the wrong base, so it has to come off anyways.