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looks like some competition....
More work pics - a positive note
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Those are super popular in Europe. They're making their way here. But the nacelles are pushing north of 220 tons now. It's crazy
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That's a crazy amount of weight hanging off one side I would think...
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Big toys for big boys!
Here the time-lapse video from IG
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Beginning in 2015, I've been reading news stories about the upcoming assembly in Los Angeles of the Endeavour stack and building a museum around it. I was pretty sure you would be involved, and have been intending to post in your thread to ask about your work in the action. Unsurprisingly, in my old age and diminishing brain capacity, I got distracted and forgot.
Moving the decommissioned external tank and solid rocket boosters to the museum site for mating with Endeavour has been extremely challenging, but so far it's all gone as planned.
For me, one of the more interesting aspects of the project has been examining the specialized structures that were built in the 1980s for moving and lifting the components of the stack. The tanks were built by Boeing at NASA's Michoud facility near New Orleans, and the SRB sections were fabricated in Utah by Orbital ATK, now owned by Northrup-Grumman.
Versions of those huge yellow devices were also built for use at Vandenberg AFB, assembling the stack for shuttle flights from the launch facility and mating the shuttle with the NASA 747 that moved shuttles post spaceflight to California to Florida. More copies were used at Kennedy Space Center for moving the new fuel tanks and refurbished SRB sections from barges to the Vehicle Assembly Building, and erection of the shuttle stack inside the building.
I look forward to you posting more photos and providing comments about it. This thread always delivers great content, and I appreciate your efforts in keeping it updated.
This is a recent photo of progress on museum construction and movement of the external tank into position between the SRBs. The building is going to be over 20 stories tall. I'm sure some RDP members are participating in this, and would welcome sharing of their comments and experiences.
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Appreciate the kind words. I'm lucky I get some cool customers that send me pics.Beginning in 2015, I've been reading news stories about the upcoming assembly in Los Angeles of the Endeavour stack and building a museum around it. I was pretty sure you would be involved, and have been intending to post in your thread to ask about your work in the action. Unsurprisingly, in my old age and diminishing brain capacity, I got distracted and forgot.
Moving the decommissioned external tank and solid rocket boosters to the museum site for mating with Endeavour has been extremely challenging, but so far it's all gone as planned.
For me, one of the more interesting aspects of the project has been examining the specialized structures that were built in the 1980s for moving and lifting the components of the stack. The tanks were built by Boeing at NASA's Michoud facility near New Orleans, and the SRB sections were fabricated in Utah by Orbital ATK, now owned by Northrup-Grumman.
Versions of those huge yellow devices were also built for use at Vandenberg AFB, assembling the stack for shuttle flights from the launch facility and mating the shuttle with the NASA 747 that moved shuttles post spaceflight to California to Florida. More copies were used at Kennedy Space Center for moving the new fuel tanks and refurbished SRB sections from barges to the Vehicle Assembly Building, and erection of the shuttle stack inside the building.
I look forward to you posting more photos and providing comments about it. This thread always delivers great content, and I appreciate your efforts in keeping it updated.
This is a recent photo of progress on museum construction and movement of the external tank into position between the SRBs. The building is going to be over 20 stories tall. I'm sure some RDP members participating in this, and would welcome sharing of their comments and experiences.
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Very cool pic. The long yellow bar in your pic is called a "spreader bar"
Lots of rigging involved that's not cheap.
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That's a really large and capable spreader too. I.can see itt's rigged at protrusions on the tank where the forward SRB connections are. There's a large transverse beam running through the tank at that location that connects the attachment points to each other.
It's a little larger than the four footer in my shop I fabricated for use with my forklift.
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Did you fab it up yourself?That's a really large and capable spreader too. I.can see itt's rigged at protrusions on the tank where the forward SRB connections are. There's a large transverse beam running through the tank at that location that connects the attachment points to each other.
It's a little larger than the four footer in my shop I fabricated for use with my forklift.
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Yes. There's a steel supply in Wylie, a few miles from me. It's handy to have. I think the heaviest load I've lifted with it was about 750 lbs.
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Great pics. I didn't know the museum was going up next to the Coliseum.
What's that area to the right that sorta looks like a park?
What's that area to the right that sorta looks like a park?
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Here is a little crane pron for @HBCraig that I saw the other day. This is at UH Manoa….
Oh also on the windmills. Was driving around the island and in Kahului there are a bunch of them. I was shocked to see how much flex there is in the blades under load. Let me post up a few pics to show how much they flex.
Stationary….
Rotating…..
Oh also on the windmills. Was driving around the island and in Kahului there are a bunch of them. I was shocked to see how much flex there is in the blades under load. Let me post up a few pics to show how much they flex.
Stationary….
Rotating…..
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Hey now!
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Cool, scary AF, but cool.
Yep. I've been out on a few of these lifts ans I don't like it
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In roofing, which is a scary job to most, I heard them called tombstones. There is no second chance
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would be interested to see what the price difference is from you guys to the china knockoffs making these monstrous cranes lol.
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I want to see the safety record difference
The equivalent size unit is about 35% less from what I am told.
It's scary AF. I see and hear a lot of accidents. Too bad actually.I want to see the safety record difference
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When I was an apprentice I worked on tilt ups for about 3 years straight, 30' wide by up to 54' tall panels for office buildings ( Quadrant Development), we always used a lattice boom NESS Crane rig with rolling out riggers = no suicide picks allowed! Nothing like watching the SOG crack when rolling in to position to set the panels, just about every step of erecting panels gets your adrenaline pumping and senses are heightened.
Ness Campbell is a top notch outfit
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That rigging looks like it weighs 15k lbs alone!
Probably every bit of that.
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We just had them bring out their old 30 ton crane truck to set a drilled shaft. I'm sure they had to blow the cobwebs off that old girl. I didn't even think to take a picture.
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Am I seeing that right.... the operator can increase the distance that rear counterweight is away from the pivot to increase the load capacity?
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I know someone was asking about the couplers. The bottom half of the cage got set in the hole, and we set the other half on top and coupled it together. We rattled over 2000 bolts that night.
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Damn you work with cool stuff!
Exactly. It's a cool feature if you're running out of capacity.
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That FAA permit had to be hell to get. lol!
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Damn, that wagon looks loaded down! Is that just there as a rest for the counter weights between picks? Doesn't look as if it turns/swivels with the boom.
The "tray" sits on the wheeled wagon. When working it lifts off the wagon so it's suspended. It's also there to get the boom off the ground. This unit has a little over 600' of boom
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Is this a "Leased" Machine, or are there Companies with the ability to purchase machinery this expensive?
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My property is 660ft on a side, an ¹/⁸ mile. Those operators are worth every penny. Running equipment that costs that much, and can wipe out a whole county if they screw up, better be good, or things can go south in a hurry.
Crane service companies buy these outright.
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Very nice Craig. This is one of my favorite threads on here keep it up
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Showed this thread to my 16yr old son. He's curious how one would get into this line of work? Where to start and way too many more questions..
