Today's Job

[Tom F]

 

[Tom F]

Final cut measured just over 8ft. at the widest point.

 

[Courierguy]

Our local city water department has a UNIC, and I've talked with the guys that run it. They've had great service out of it for 10 years now.

 

[Courierguy]

A few recent jobs with the 1300A National: a 3800 lb fiberglass swimming pool, up and over a house. The manufacturer placed built in chain pick points, but transport grade/yellow chain, grade 70, not the grade 80/black stuff, which is approved for overhead lifting. After pointing this out to the pool guy I was working for, he gave me the go ahead. Just a feeble effort to cover my butt, though I had no real doubt it was plenty strong enough (3/8" =6600 lb working load, 26,400 breaking, and we were loading it around 1,200 lbs at most

 

[Courierguy]

Then the last few days, a big solar array about 55' high. This is for better or worse all my own design and fabrication, plus I do the finish wiring. Each 3060 watt array is grid tied and weighs about 1400 lbs. I pre build and wire them all in my shop and transport them with a wide load permit. That 36" pipe goes 10' into the ground, into a 10 yard pour, it ain't going anywhere! All the steel except the angle iron was bought used, at scrap prices. I've got about 25 of these installed, but most on 8" pipe maybe 10' high, this is some kind of record for most solar on a single pipe.