Things done at Work

[Tiny]

This is funny, we set some beams like this with our AC200 me and the guy I was with had never seen any beams like this either. Probably the same exact Kiewit crew and with the 222 Western Series crane. Same set up with having the truck drivers park parallel to the bridge on a temporary road. We were up in Princeton Missouri out in the middle of nowhere. I think some of the ironworkers that helped set the beams either had Wilkerson hardhat stickers or had said they worked with Wilkerson. Small world!

Our bridge side is about to start Tues doing the 1st of 30 KTU jobs for this year . Will have both 777s tied up all summer . That alone will keep us busy hopscotching them from job to job .

 

[Tiny]

I guess I just am not used to seeing a conventional setup unless its going to be there for a few years, one thing I have noticed over the last few years is that you guys seem to have alot more conventional cranes down there than we do in Canada. I guess we just like hydraulic machines up here more .

Company has 2 300 ton crawlers and both have been stuffed together in postage stamp spots for 1 pick and then torn right back down . The 3 day tower crane jobs are pretty normal .

Company has several hydros .Biggest is a 200 ton .

 

[Tiny]

The little jobs are the ones that will get you sometimes . Got a call to load out a generator set . Trouble is the cover that went over the top of the gen set made it Way to tall to haul .

After setting the cover / house on a lowboy it was still 15 feet tall . Also it's flimsy and to add to the troubles it has a huge muffler in the roof . A temporary support was built to hold it all up then the sides needed supported be cause it was flopping in and out badly .

Motor was suppose to be a V 12 cat of some sort the pipe stick up from the roof look at a glance to be 14 inches

 

[Tiny]

Draggin an rt around.....

 

[willie59]

At least you got smarts enough to put the side boards on the trailer.

 

[Tiny]

Those look pretty ugly with out the walk boards

 

[Tiny]

I guess I just am not used to seeing a conventional setup unless its going to be there for a few years, one thing I have noticed over the last few years is that you guys seem to have alot more conventional cranes down there than we do in Canada. I guess we just like hydraulic machines up here more .

Oh we like our hydros too , Company is not big but keeps me busy .



Rental Equipment

Crawler Cranes

Manitowoc M-250 ( 2 Units ) 300 Ton
Linkbelt LS-718 250 Ton
Manitowoc 777 ( 2 Units ) 200 Ton
Manitowoc 4100W S-1 200 Ton
Linkbelt LS-518 ( 4 Units ) 150 Ton
Manitowoc 3900W 140 Ton
Terex American HC-110 110 Ton
Linkbelt LS-418 110 Ton
Manitowoc 3900B 100 Ton
Linkbelt LS-338 100 Ton
Terex American HC-80 ( 2 Units ) 80 Ton
Linkbelt LS-118 60 Ton

Truck Cranes

Manitowoc 3900T 140 Ton
Linkbelt HC-218 ( 2 Units ) 82 Ton
Manitowoc 2900T 70 Ton
Linkbelt HC-138 65 Ton

Hydraulic Truck Cranes

Demag AC-180 200 Ton
Demag AC-160 180 Ton
Grove GMK-5150B 150 Ton
Grove GMK-5120B ( 2 Units ) 120 Ton
TMS-9000E 110 Ton
Krupp KMK-4085 85 Ton
P & H T-650 65 Ton
Linkbelt HTC-860 60 Ton
Grove GMK-3050 55 Ton

Hydraulic Rough Terrain Cranes

Terex RT-665 (3 Units) 65 Ton
Grove RT-700E 50 Ton
Terex RT-450 50 Ton
Grove RT-600E 50 Ton
Terex RT-335 35 Ton
P & H CN-128 28 Ton

Hydraulic Boom Trucks

National 18127 ( 2 Units ) 40 Ton
National 1195 27 Ton
Terex BT3400 ( 2 Units ) 17 Ton
RO-3067 15 Ton
Terex TM-3851 on KW tractor 18 Ton
TM-110 on Tandem Axle Tractor's ( 3 Units ) 11 Ton

 

[Tiny]

Todays deal, Not to bad . Pickup a vessel that pressure cures tires . Michelin tire is closing an aircraft tire plant in Kansas City and moving it to North Carolina . weighed 35,000 , also had to keep the boom under 80 feet KCI airport was close

 

[classictruckman]

So is your unit the 18 ton?

 

[Tiny]

So is your unit the 18 ton?

Sorry I took so long ,No sir mine is the 1987 model 11 ton . And the old stuff needs a little more looking after. Found this on my walk around . Boom cylinder pin broke found the broken part laying on top of the tool box .

 

[willie59]

Dang Tiny...that's just plain scary.

 

[k.key]

Tiny, if you found that before something bad happened I'd say you had a pretty good day at the office!!!!!

 

[Tiny]

Dang Tiny...that's just plain scary.

Tiny, if you found that before something bad happened I'd say you had a pretty good day at the office!!!!!

Atco , That made me shudder .

Key , I did thank my Creator . Yes Sir , Real Good Day

 

[grandpa]

For god's sakes how did you break that tiny?

 

[Tiny]

For god's sakes how did you break that tiny?

Years of work , Do You want me to tell you what thats like ???

 

[hvy 1ton]

Looks like it was hanging by a thread for a bit.

 

[tonka]

Might be a good idea to replace the other end too... glad ya caught that tiny.

 

[Tiny]

Today a water pump had to be replaced , However it was a little larger than most people are used to . Water intake pump for a power plant . Used to draw water from the Missouri river to run the plant .

Used a 200 ton rated Demag and a barefoot 5150 as a tail rig , Pump weighed 70,000 lbs

http://community.webshots.com/slideshow/579928926InKycm?mediaPosition=2

 

[mitch504]

neat pic, Tiny, what's it a pic of?

 

[willie59]

Vertical shaft impeller pump mitch.

Nice stuff Tiny. Only thing I'm uneasy about, not sure exactly why, but when they lay it down horizontal, the snatch blocks shift on the rope cables and land on the cable loop thimbles. Maybe that's nothing, but longer choker cables would have remedied that.