Courierguy
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- Location
- Idaho
Not tree related, but some hot crane action!
I've been doing the crane work at this electronic chip factory remodel, but when it came to these two 2500 lb. blowers, they called in this 70 ton. Keep in mind the safety guy at this plant (who knows enough to be dangerous) limits the crane work to 75% of capacity. I would have been 100% or 90, right in there somewhere, depending on where I set up.
They had some matting they drove in on, looked like some kind of composite material, not too heavy, two guys could easily handle one sheet. But it was diamond textured on both sides, making it a bitch to drag out of the pickup, it ALL wanted to come out. As you can see the setup was very tight, and much discussion was given to the outriggers close to the embankment. OSHA wants 1 to 1: 6' deep you stay 6' away. It was determined the wall had been there for 10 years, and was deemed stable. One guy eyeballed it the whole time and it never did move. If it had you'd been seeing this job on the evening news..... THEIR call, not mine, the plant safety guy didn't have a problem, go figure.
72' pin to load. Get this, I was just there to be the official OHSA certified signal person, what I didn't mention is that I have NEVER signaled a crane before, as usually I am the one running the crane. This being OSHA certified ain't all bad.
I've been doing the crane work at this electronic chip factory remodel, but when it came to these two 2500 lb. blowers, they called in this 70 ton. Keep in mind the safety guy at this plant (who knows enough to be dangerous) limits the crane work to 75% of capacity. I would have been 100% or 90, right in there somewhere, depending on where I set up.
They had some matting they drove in on, looked like some kind of composite material, not too heavy, two guys could easily handle one sheet. But it was diamond textured on both sides, making it a bitch to drag out of the pickup, it ALL wanted to come out. As you can see the setup was very tight, and much discussion was given to the outriggers close to the embankment. OSHA wants 1 to 1: 6' deep you stay 6' away. It was determined the wall had been there for 10 years, and was deemed stable. One guy eyeballed it the whole time and it never did move. If it had you'd been seeing this job on the evening news..... THEIR call, not mine, the plant safety guy didn't have a problem, go figure.
72' pin to load. Get this, I was just there to be the official OHSA certified signal person, what I didn't mention is that I have NEVER signaled a crane before, as usually I am the one running the crane. This being OSHA certified ain't all bad.
