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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 pulling up to the job site I found the new unopened tube of grease I was looking for back in my crane shed. This may beat the time I drove clear across town, with my... -
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 equipment at their plant, run by the same big family that is also the biggest farming operation in my area, and who I bought my home 70 acres from, they have hired some... -
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 stability, or so it seems...) National, rather than a BIGGER boom truck, a truck crane, of 60 ton to 100 ton capacity, would be my choice, not a bigger boom truck. But... -
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 having to yell out "double wrap the the chain so it won't slip, or put a 16 penny nail in the bottom of the top chord", usually more than once, until they get it... -
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 wind and a very tight area on the second one to deal with. -
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 end wall, everything going good, my boom bottom contacted the framing on a 2 story home, didn't even scratch the paint luckily. It's a bit of a learning curve on... -
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 will brace them better. I think some don't get that going just a bit bigger span and a little higher walls, seems to expotentially increase the forces... -
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 DMILLER, monel also) weighed, not much. Everytime I do so, short jack one side, I appreciate not having the A frame types like on my previous 3 BTC boom... -
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 around the West doing gas supply work. Lot's of stainless steel and another metal I hadn't heard of, that is so expensive a few sticks on the pickup rack can cost... -
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. They were mid 30's in age, and took forever to pay me, THAT I clearly remember! The threat of a lien works really well on heavily financed/mortgaged properties... -
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 sharper builders would have left them off, but this crew knows it wouldn't be an issue for me. I can't imagine operating without it anymore, I'm spoiled too. -
Cam hook truss setter
Going into hangars on one end, working totally blind (the pic wasn't taken from the op seat) trusses much too big for one rigger to handle/prep, no room, were why. I can cycle them faster one at a time. Lots of vaults and different overhangs, unsorted stack, etc. If a crew want to set multiples... -
Working the National 1300A
My plane has been down due to installing a electronic fuel injection system, no more dual carbs. I knew I missed having it flyable but now that I'm flying again I'm using it several times a week checking out jobsites and paying attention to new work happening. Today I flew over this high dollar... -
Cam hook truss setter
My customers are liking the hook, these out of center point CG trusses are why. I could have used my hook, but no need for a nail (and a rigger that has a nail and hammer), and most of this job I was working blind, looking at sheeted gables, so setting them using my camera system, which I... -
Why I hate boom trucks
I was the first in my area to transition from a BTC/fixed operator station to a sit on your butt rotating cab type. Hard to believe, in Idaho's 4 th. largest city but true! When throwing the terms "boom truck" and "crane" around when talking to others not in the biz, I do often use the term... -
Cam hook truss setter
The little spikes on the bottom, they are not welded on near as I can tell, it almost looks like the entire piece was water jet or maybe CNC cut. -
Cam hook truss setter
I got it, used it yesterday, while not a total game changer it was pretty handy in use. The quality is top notch, and it's as well designed as it could be, down to the hardware having the proper amount of thread showing past the nylock nuts, but not too much (that's what we look for in building... -
Cam hook truss setter
I get maybe 25% needing a double rigging point on my residential work, the rest single. Just last week I finished up a 152' long by 81' wide horse arena, using my 16' spreader bar, and the ONLY reason just two pick points worked was because they were all doubled up, arrived that way, from the... -
Cam hook truss setter
When I had my 17 ton Terex boom truck, I was still building for others a bit, plus my own new shop and house as I had moved onto new property. The wireless remote I had then could be worn without interfering with my nailbelt, and it made me a superman, or at least a super carpenter! I also found... -
Cam hook truss setter
I think you hit the nail on the head! Having started construction doing formwork, before air nail guns were ever seen on any framing jobsite, I got into the habit of packing both 8 and 16 duplex nails in my nail belt, even after I got air upped and was framing houses (and yes, not 16's in the...