More work pics - a positive note

[Taboma]

Check out this Caterpillar rail charging system for its electric prototype mine haul truck.

Caterpillar Touts Mining Technology Prior to MINExpo

New technology highlights connectivity and sustainability.

www.constructionequipment.com

Damn, over 50 years of my life spent in the wide world of electrical construction, not even including the years growing up the child of a past President of the International Electrical Inspectors Association and co-author of the NEC --- and I didn't know jack-squat about this whole rabbit hole of the Power Infrastructure for electric mining. I recall we have a RDP member employed in this business way down-under, but I know almost nothing of what his job entails.

Started searching for and found a lot of pictures of various huge mining shovels and noticed something I'd never seen prior ------ high voltage (Well OK medium, depending on who yer chatting with ), black extension cords laying across the top of the dirt with obvious truck tracks across them. Those must be some bad-ass heavy duty cords.

While digging my way down the rabbit hole and still just scratching the surface of this new to me dimension, I did find an article I am fairly familiar with.
The often nasty side effect of VFD's resulting in premature and increased bearing wear. Did numerous small projects adding sine wave filters and other reactors to large VFD's, mostly ones involved in fluid pumping.

OK, new day and once again I'm reminded of even now, how many things around me I know very little about, but the learning, does keep life interesting.

 

[HBCraig]

400 ton setting pedestrian bridges for F1 in Vegas

 

[HBCraig]

Cool video on IG my customer put up with his new 800 ton unit

Mountain Crane & Transport on Instagram: "Everyone is into our 800 ton! #liebherr #liebherrusa #800ton #ltm1650 #tiltupconstruction #safteystrong #mountaincrane"

189 likes, 0 comments - mountaincrane on October 21, 2024: "Everyone is into our 800 ton! #liebherr #liebherrusa #800ton #ltm1650 #tiltupconstruction #safteystrong #mountaincrane".

www.instagram.com

 

[HBCraig]

660 ton in Texas

 

[FROGMAN524]

400 ton setting pedestrian bridges for F1 in Vegas

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There is one just like this for the last week working on an apartment building at 7th St and Camelback in Phoenix. Is that yours?

 

[HBCraig]

There is one just like this for the last week working on an apartment building at 7th St and Camelback in Phoenix. Is that yours?

Yes, I believe so

 

[Luvnlife]

Ran into some old pics, up in a tower crane

 

[Luvnlife]

Dismantling at Figueroa and 7th

 

[Luvnlife]

Metropolis downtown LA

 

[jailbird141]

Probably a dumb question, but the child in me is curious .... in the picture above, how do they build and tear down those cranes? They look like they are stacked on narrow square scaffolding? How do they raise and lower them? Sometimes they are taller than the building they are next to?

 

[Luvnlife]

 

[Luvnlife]

 

[Luvnlife]

Or another big ass crane, the from here he can jump himself

 

[HBCraig]

Pretty cool. Also, they are electric and you hear everything that's clanking and banging.

 

[HBCraig]

400 ton in Phoenix

 

[4Waters]

@HBCraig some friends of yours? Part of a Trump parade in Simi

 

[HBCraig]

@HBCraig some friends of yours? Part of a Trump parade in Simi

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That's General Crane Service. He's an immigrant from Romania and is a massive Maga guy
Awesome guy.

 

[Racer56]

@HBCraig some friends of yours? Part of a Trump parade in Simi

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He's a friend of mine and I also use him quite a bit. He bugs me almost everyday about buying or building a house in Havasu. Aurel is good dude.

 

[HBCraig]

He's a friend of mine and I also use him quite a bit. He bugs me almost everyday about buying or building a house in Havasu. Aurel is good dude.

As a guy from Romania, he's a patriotic American

 

[4Waters]

New guy?

 

[HBCraig]

New guy?

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Nope.

 

[4Waters]

Nope.

The guy that forgot he was supposed to bring the breakfast burritos?

 

[Nordie]

I've always wanted to ride the headache ball on a crane, evidently now a days that's frowned upon. Closest I got was a man basket at 250 feet in the air to drop us into an elevator core.

 

[Andy B.]

I've always wanted to ride the headache ball on a crane, evidently now a days that's frowned upon. Closest I got was a man basket at 250 feet in the air to drop us into an elevator core.

When I worked for CBI Na-Con I had that privilege many times, the highest was 180 feet.

 

[HBCraig]

When I worked for CBI Na-Con I had that privilege many times, the highest was 180 feet.

Chicago Bridge and Iron?

 

[Andy B.]

Chicago Bridge and Iron?

Yes back in late 80's very early 90's. Na-Con was the non-union side of CBI worked out of Fontana office traveling the western states. I was a Colorado resident.

 

[HBCraig]

In Miami doing some training. Self erecting construction crane

 

[Emac]

"In Miami doing some training. Self erecting construction crane"

That is bad ass. What's the max height for construction crane?

 

[FROGMAN524]

In Miami doing some training. Self erecting construction crane

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How much is that pile?

 

[HBCraig]

"In Miami doing some training. Self erecting construction crane"

That is bad ass. What's the max height for construction crane?

Max hook height is about 270'

It sets up in about 11 minutes

 

[HBCraig]

How much is that pile?

About 1.65M

 

[FROGMAN524]

About 1.65M

What could an operator charge per diem or pick typically?

 

[monkeyswrench]

First time I saw one of these was at a jobsite in Hollywood 10-12 years ago. Still impresses the hell out of me. Lots of engineering and math just to make it fold, let alone be of use when set, or go down the road. Really a modern marvel.

 

[HBCraig]

What could an operator charge per diem or pick typically?

That's a good question. All terrain cranes get rented at an hour and daily rate. I think this might be different as it's a full taxi crane. I would say per job.

 

[monkeyswrench]

That's a good question. All terrain cranes get rented at an hour and daily rate. I think this might be different as it's a full taxi crane. I would say per job.

Been one setup at the 17 and I-40 for the past 4-5 weeks. Looks like a hotel or apartment building. Pretty ideally suited for something like that. No super heavy picks, just a crap load of them in a confined area.

 

[Taboma]

How and when does the operator get in the cab ?

 

[monkeyswrench]

How and when does the operator get in the cab ?

Cab goes up like an elevator! Cool deal.

 

[rrrr]

Max hook height is about 270'

It sets up in about 11 minutes

Liebherr has been innovating for decades, this one is badass.

 

[Done-it-again]

About 1.65M

I would have thought more... does that include shipping? lol

 

[HBCraig]

Yes. All the way to Port Hueneme

 

[HBCraig]

500 ton lifting a fairly large Cat

 

[monkeyswrench]

I'm assuming someone got in trouble...and also shit themselves

 

[mash on it]

For some reason, reminds me of @Tractorsdontfloat

Dan'l

 

[Nordie]

Let's make sure this doesn't happen please

Rick Hess on Instagram: "#tower #crane #fail The guy on the tower probably 💩 himself"

104K likes, 2,424 comments - rick.reacts on November 22, 2024: "#tower #crane #fail The guy on the tower probably 💩 himself".

www.instagram.com

 

[monkeyswrench]

Let's make sure this doesn't happen please

Rick Hess on Instagram: "#tower #crane #fail The guy on the tower probably 💩 himself"

104K likes, 2,424 comments - rick.reacts on November 22, 2024: "#tower #crane #fail The guy on the tower probably 💩 himself".

www.instagram.com

They would have had to send someone up with a prybar to release my fingers. New meaning to "death grip" if I saw that happening

 

[Nordie]

They would have had to send someone up with a prybar to release my fingers. New meaning to "death grip" if I saw that happening

I had a rebar curtain come apart over my head once. The "Riggers" rigged it wrong and I was tied off to a wall form 30 feet in the air when it came apart. I was dodging #7 rebar as it was flying out of the sky with nowhere to go. If one of the chokers didn't wrap itself around a piece of vertical rebar I would not be here to tell the story. I was still an apprentice and chewed the guys asses for rigging it wrong, and then I got in trouble (always the apprentices fault) for their fuck up.

Now that I'm in a different role, when we have to do a technical pick, I personally rig everything, draw up a pick plan, and will not leave until everything is deemed safe.

 

[monkeyswrench]

Now that I'm in a different role, when we have to do a technical pick, I personally rig everything, draw up a pick plan, and will not leave until everything is deemed safe.

The apprentices probably don't know how much they should appreciate that. Nobody wants to be the one who makes that dreaded call to a family

 

[rrrr]

500 ton lifting a fairly large Cat

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I didn't know Caterpillar made a submersible excavator.

 

[monkeyswrench]

I didn't know Caterpillar made a submersible excavator.

This is a top secret prototype unit

I guess if there's a brightside, it was in fresh water not salt.

 

[HBCraig]

I had a rebar curtain come apart over my head once. The "Riggers" rigged it wrong and I was tied off to a wall form 30 feet in the air when it came apart. I was dodging #7 rebar as it was flying out of the sky with nowhere to go. If one of the chokers didn't wrap itself around a piece of vertical rebar I would not be here to tell the story. I was still an apprentice and chewed the guys asses for rigging it wrong, and then I got in trouble (always the apprentices fault) for their fuck up.

Now that I'm in a different role, when we have to do a technical pick, I personally rig everything, draw up a pick plan, and will not leave until everything is deemed safe.
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Manitowoc crawler?