My Real Job

[The WoodButcher]

Here's a few pix from today. I got the steel forman Nick to pop some pix fer me. In the third pic, you can see the connectors waiting for the steel. Each one of those beams weights right at 2000lbs. The Headache ball alone weights 1600lbs.

 

[treeman82]

One of my customers is a licensed Master Rigger. He's told me some stories before, really cool stuff. Another customer / wood dump guy is an engineer, and then one of them hooked me up with another guy who is a signal man. They all work down in the city. The first two make BIG bucks... the third guy is a newb, so I don't know how well he does just yet... but the first two have some really nice toys.

 

[The WoodButcher]

My Favorite Toy

Heres my Favorite toy.

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

That's pretty cool!

I remember being on a jobsite for one of my projects where the crane operator was working completely blind at the top of a slope, picking up steel from the bottom to set on columns mid slope. It was amazing!

The Ironworkers had some serious trust in the crane operator. They had nards "about that big around"...three of 'em at least!

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[spacemule]

They had nards "about that big around"...three of 'em at least!

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Three nards? I've never seen nuthin like that before!

 

[04superduty]

why is the tip of the crane on the ground? i think it is called a jib?

 

[The WoodButcher]

Quit'n Time

It's Quit'n time Dude. I always put it on the ground at night. I ain't real far from an airport so gotta, put it down. Also we have to call Tower Controle every morning to get clearance to raise it.

 

[nytreeman]

Very cool job,thats sure a big rig ya got there Wood!

 

[beowulf343]

Three nards? I've never seen nuthin like that before!

It worries me a bit that you are looking.

 

[spacemule]

It worries me a bit that you are looking.

Ha ha. I don't look. Guess that's why I ain't seen nothing. :monkey: :greenchainsaw:

 

[The WoodButcher]

Moving right along

Half way done with the seventh floor and we've only been on the job three weeks. Also, this is only half of the building.

 

[ropensaddle]

I would hate to be anywhere near that dude if them cables
snapped !!!!

 

[The WoodButcher]

Week 5

Here are some pix of the progress we made this week. Were half way with the 9th floor now. Count from the right side of the last pic.

 

[bigbadbob]

Great pictures. Any specifications on the crane.
Bob

 

[The WoodButcher]

Crane Specs

Hi bigbadbob, The crane is a 200 ton linkbelt. 140'main boom and 160' luffing boom. It's a man, with out a doubt. I like being able to do a building this size and never having to move the crane. Then when we get done with this one we swing around and do a sister building just like it. Not to mention it's only about 6 miles from the house.

 

[bigbadbob]

Thanks.
Guess that beats the 45 ft Altec I work with. Guess you gotta know what your doing eh!!!
Would be cool to play with for a day, or just sit with a cold one and watchopcorn: .

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Part of my "day job" involves erecting tiltwall panels using that same size crane but truck mounted. Sometimes we call in the big gun (300 ton) for some panels that weigh upwards of 140,000 lbs.

I have a lot of respect for a good crane operator. I certainly couldn't do it.

Here's one of me on the job running the crew.

 

[The WoodButcher]

We Do That Too

Hi aggiewoodbutchr, We do tiltwalls as well. I just don't have any pix of that on hand. Thats were we get the name Carolina Steel & Stone. Two different divisions. I like setting tiltwalls but that job requires alot more travel. The crane in the pix has been use for years for tiltwall erection untill we got the luffer attachment. Now we have a brand new 300 ton for the walls. SWEET MACHINE.

 

[Al Smith]

I worked as an ironworker permit man a few times "white ticket".You gotta have some trust for the operator,no doubt.

Later in life,as a card carrying IBEW journeyman electrician I was in Sarnia Ont in '77 working 150 foot up in a crane basket from a Lima crane that I might have actually welded the boom together on when I worked at Baldwin Lima Hamilton .That kind of brings it home when you have to trust your welds in a situation like that.

The operator of that Sarnia crane had eyes like an eagle and could likely have threaded a needle with it.I bought him a few beverages,after working hours of course.

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

I've designed quite a few tilt-ups over the years. I always kinda enjoyed it as they are such an efficient building system.

It's always funny on "lift day" when workers in neighboring buildings go inside in the morning with no building next door to them and then come out in the afternoon and ask where the building came from...

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