briscoetab
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2013
- Messages
- 56
- Location
- West Texas
- Occupation
- Mechanic Formen and Equipment operator
Don't know if this is the proper place to post this but I figured since this system is mainly used on excavators this was the best place for it. I was just wondering if anyone has experience using the vacuworx lifting system. The vacuworx system seems awesome but I haven't really talked to anyone who has one. The only person I have talked to it about was a truck driver delivering pipe to us on one of our jobs and he said they seemed very problematic and dangerous because when he delivered pipe to a job that had one they kept have to adjust the pad and they dropped a joint while taking it off his truck.
Is what this truck driver said normal for this system or was that just an occasion that those people didn't know what they were doing. We would really like to change the way we string pipe, right now we use stringing cables and it takes 6 guys to do it. Two guys on the truck to put stinging cables on pipe, two guys on the ground to hand stinging cables to guys on the truck, one more guy on the ground to help with skids and one operator to run trackhoe.
With the vacuworx you could cut it down to 3 guys or even two in a pinch. The vacuworx also would be way safer, I hate stinging pipe the way we do it now because it is so dangerous and stressful having to pay attention to everyone and make sure you don't hit them with the boom or the stringing cables or get somebody's fingers stuck between the pipe and the clamps.
We have thought about renting one and trying it out but don't know anyone around here who has one to rent. Also it is a lot of money to spend on something like this 80,000 dollars but if it works good it would be worth it. Here is the address for their website http://www.vacuworx.com/product_detail.html?product_id=7
Is what this truck driver said normal for this system or was that just an occasion that those people didn't know what they were doing. We would really like to change the way we string pipe, right now we use stringing cables and it takes 6 guys to do it. Two guys on the truck to put stinging cables on pipe, two guys on the ground to hand stinging cables to guys on the truck, one more guy on the ground to help with skids and one operator to run trackhoe.
With the vacuworx you could cut it down to 3 guys or even two in a pinch. The vacuworx also would be way safer, I hate stinging pipe the way we do it now because it is so dangerous and stressful having to pay attention to everyone and make sure you don't hit them with the boom or the stringing cables or get somebody's fingers stuck between the pipe and the clamps.
We have thought about renting one and trying it out but don't know anyone around here who has one to rent. Also it is a lot of money to spend on something like this 80,000 dollars but if it works good it would be worth it. Here is the address for their website http://www.vacuworx.com/product_detail.html?product_id=7