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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    After a 15 minute drive, involving several hard turns in both directions in town, and a 6 mile run on the freeway at 60 mph, after...
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    Working for a new precast company, setting up some 7,000 pound water gates on a new irrigation project, I helped set up their...
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    Natman reacted to DMiller's post in the thread Why I hate boom trucks with Like Like.
    Drive a Concrete wagon with 10 yards of water/rock in the drum and make a Left turn Drum Rolling to keep from damaging support roller...
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    Natman replied to the thread Why I hate boom trucks.
    I'm convinced! If I ever want to upgrade to a bigger rig than my 30 ton (but with a 1400 pound counter weight, giving it extra...
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    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    As I use the hook with more and more of my long time contractors who have not used it yet, it gets a universal thumbs up. I like not...
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    I did two shed moves yesterday, just lucky on the timing as they were unrelated, so I had all the needed rigging out already. Had some...
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    Natman reacted to crane operator's post in the thread Just some work pics with Like Like.
    no injuries, both sites empty overnight when they came over.
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    One thing to watch for...., I think I mentioned before that once when working totally blind, watching a sheeted gable move towards the...
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    Natman replied to the thread Just some work pics.
    Those building collapses, as an old carpenter, break my heart. On the other hand..., maybe they learned something from it and next time...
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    Natman reacted to Welder Dave's post in the thread Just some work pics with Like Like.
    That break looks like it could have been higher carbon steel, maybe a flaw in the steel. In another thread I mentioned grain structure...
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    I had to short jack that side to keep their driveway open for their own trucks, only after I asked what the vaporizers (you got it right...
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    Natman reacted to DMiller's post in the thread Working the National 1300A with Like Like.
    Little unit in foreground is a Vaporizer, takes a liquid COLD Supplied concentrated gas that is semi liquid turns into full gas with...
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    Argon concentrators I think they called these, the work being done by a special crew all the way from Arizona. All they do is travel...
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    I never did get a handle on the people building this place, in a very small rural town, not a high dollar neighborhood by any means...
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    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    My camera system has spoiled my long time customers, those sheeted gables would have totally screwed me sightwise pre camera, and the...
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