Just some work pics

[crane operator]

It was kind of a all day ordeal. Get there early, get all rigged up, pray that the crane doesn't let me down in front of a audience.

Wait around for 2 hours for all the people to show up, gave their speeches and PR.

Two minutes to set the box, then two hours for the fancy people to eat lunch and tour., They left around 2, and we could tie it down and cut loose.

But it's up, crane is torn down and back to the shop.

 

[Oxbow]

Made the news today, fortunately for all the right reasons.

Set the cupola on the new resort and they had a whole big event. Big wheels from the company, speeches, and even fireworks.

Silver Dollar City ‘crowns’ resort, unveils new details

Silver Dollar City celebrated a defining milestone for its developing resort on Friday.

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11K views · 2K reactions | The heartland’s FIRST theme park resort got its crown today. The Silver Dollar City Resort will open in 2027 with seamless access to America’s number 1 Theme Park, exclusive park privileges, full service dining, indoor &

The heartland’s FIRST theme park resort got its crown today. The Silver Dollar City Resort will open in 2027 with seamless access to America’s number 1 Theme Park, exclusive park privileges, full...

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Cool!

 

[crane operator]

Instead of concrete precast boxes, local road and bridge is trying out these.

1/2 round steel barrel, with steel floor. Going to put concrete on top. Supposed to be 1/2 the cost of precast concrete boxes.

I'm sure the bottom is going to rust out, but the barrel part essentially just becomes a form for the concrete. I'll ask them when they get done how they come out $.

 

[crane operator]

Apartment trusses. They said the pond was firmer than it looked, and I could set up anywhere in it , that I wanted to. Turns out, there wasn't anywhere in the pond that I wanted to set up in.

 

[Tags]

That’s like them saying “there’s a ton of traction in all that mud”. Unbelievable.

 

[crane operator]

Feed mill, got jib on and have alternated offset in and out. , trying to work around the downspouts. Got manbasket on the other end, welding patches on the wall of the mill hopper.

Last time we were here, one of my guys had to take some old spout out of this area, and we dropped the worst of the spouts that is in the way.

They didn't want to have to drop and reinstall that spout this time, and all we have to get in there is the basket, so we're fighting around it. I think I would have just rather dropped the spout down.

 

[Camshawn]

We had your basic 4’ galvanized steel culvert for a creek under the road just south of us that lasted about 50 years. The bottom was worn/rusted out when they finally replaced it. Those steel ones as a form covered in concrete should last a long, long time

 

[crane operator]

Well drilling rig caught on fire. They wanted me to just lay down the mast, and then they were going to drag it out with a couple track loaders.

I talked them into picking the frame, and pushing outriggers in, and lifting it and putting tires on it. I don't think they would have ever got it drug up the hill and through the trees dragging it like a boat anchor.

They are taking the remnants back to their yard as a parts machine.

 

[crane operator]

Culvert boxes. Had to drop one power line, and cover a second one. I just rubbed up against the phone and cable lines, because we crossed them.

 

[crane operator]

This foundation was put in the ground in 2008. Was supposed to be a winery, lost funding, and has set with nothing built on it since then.

It's finally sold, they are cutting off the top of the elevator shaft, taking some columns out of the basement, and cutting the top of the walls down.

Going to be a flooring sales company moving in.

Concrete saw is remote control.

 

[materthegreater]

Took this picture for you @crane operator

 

[crane operator]

I've never run pilings. @Tugger2 has spent a long time doing it. Looks like a railroad bridge?

 

[materthegreater]

Yep. I think they are working on the pier. It has had chains wrapped around it for several years.

 

[crane operator]

Was talking about not throwing out old parts on here in another thread, now I'm buying old parts and dragging them home.

This is a set of sisu planetaries I found for sale. I think they are the same, except for gear ratio, to the rears in my mack lowboy truck.

I bought them because we weren't totally happy with the carrier that we had cleaned up at the machine shop , that we tore up in the Titan. The carrier was some silly price and outrageous lead time from sisu.

I'm hoping this used set will give us spare axles/ planetaries and shafts, essentially a spare parts set up, just because they are kind of rare drive axles, with limited availability.

 

[JaredV]

I'm half Finn. I like to think those axles live up to the name.

 

[crane operator]

Rebuilding the lift cylinders on lowboy. Pulling pony motor off, to use the wet kits on the trucks. Also moving the 5th wheel pin back.

Pins on the top /rod were bent, so getting new pins made also. I prefer the way my talbert neck is made, over this trailking.

 

[crane operator]

90 ton working at the resort, and the 120 at the marina building.

My guy at the marina with the 120, said he was at 199' radius pulling the far lvl's off. I think he was good for 2,200lbs.

We've got some more to do at the marina, we may put a jib insert in, which would gain another 1,500 lbs of chart or so.

 

[couesaddict]

Great thread! I started on it a few weeks ago at the very beginning and having the weekend off recovering from the flu, or whatever this is that’s got me feeling like one of the cranes in the photos ran over me, gave me the time to finish it. It’s been very interesting. I come from a drill rig background and turned to yellow iron the last few years. I know nothing about cranes but I like to look at new stuff.

 

[couesaddict]

This was always my preferred type of crane back when I worked on drill rigs. Of course, I wasn’t paying the bill on it!

 

[crane operator]

Great thread! I started on it a few weeks ago at the very beginning and having the weekend off recovering from the flu, or whatever this is that’s got me feeling like one of the cranes in the photos ran over me, gave me the time to finish it. It’s been very interesting. I come from a drill rig background and turned to yellow iron the last few years. I know nothing about cranes but I like to look at new stuff.

Glad you enjoyed reading.

I'm pretty fortunate. I've got a great group of guys working with me, and good customers.