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Posted: 10/19/2014 7:03:00 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/19/2014 7:04:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/19/2014 7:06:43 PM EDT
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I remember my Dad getting permission to go out to the end of the tower crane being used to build the Hyatt in Rosemont, IL to take fisheye photos for the Chicago Tribune.
Dad wasn't a big fan of heights, but sucked it up to go take his pics. Getting back on the ground, he was excited about the photos he had taken...until he realized he had left the lens cap on. 
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Posted: 10/19/2014 9:15:23 PM EDT
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Erecting or operating? Neither, hooking up lights. <---Sparky So you don't help the guys with their erection? If they ask nicely I can hook them up with some wire lube.  Yellow 77? That shit is gross, has a tendency to grow nasty ass mold.  I usually try to get Ideal clear glide.
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Posted: 10/19/2014 9:17:16 PM EDT
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The crew assembling along 35 in Austin... Good work for a Sunday..  Just got home about an hour ago.
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Posted: 10/19/2014 9:40:02 PM EDT
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only issue with rope recovery type system is things that require an emergency type decent usually involve fire or high winds.
either make the rope decent "no bueno" |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 9:43:57 PM EDT
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only issue with rope recovery type system is things that require an emergency type decent usually involve fire or high winds. either make the rope decent "no bueno" As opposed to? There are a few videos of tower crane helicopter rescues but that isn't an asset on tap in many areas. High winds or fire (thermal updrafts) would make a helicopter rescue very dicey as well, so why not just repel? |
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Posted: 10/19/2014 11:11:36 PM EDT
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The crew assembling along 35 in Austin... Good work for a Sunday.. Just got home about an hour ago.
Drove by the second time right around 4:00 as the connections were being made on the load jib.. Looked like fun.. Nice hydraulic crane you guys used to assemble.. Was a gantry crane mechanic on the docks in LA before I moved out here. |
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Posted: 10/20/2014 12:24:07 AM EDT
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They make good sniper perches on BF3 and BF4. You just have to set some claymores at the top of the ladder....
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Posted: 10/20/2014 12:28:34 AM EDT
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Tell the truth the first thing you do is pee off of it once set up
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Posted: 10/20/2014 12:45:59 AM EDT
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When I was 19 I had to install a radio on a 250'ish tower crane that was being used to build the I-205 bridge between Vancouver and Portland. The operator lifted me up in a basket, and when I climbed into the cab he said "I'm just a n$&&er aviator". He was doing lifts the whole time. I had to hang on the outside of the cab with a harness to install some bolts, and got swarmed by a bunch of bees! I just pretended they weren't there and didn't get stung. The thing that I remember most about it is how much the tower would twist after swinging the boom.
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Posted: 10/20/2014 12:46:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI love that they used a crane to put up a crane. When I was on a job one time they use a crane to put up a crane to take down a tower crane. lol. |
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Posted: 10/20/2014 1:33:40 AM EDT
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I'd love to climb around on one.
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Posted: 10/20/2014 10:03:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: only issue with rope recovery type system is things that require an emergency type decent usually involve fire or high winds. either make the rope decent "no bueno" Boom usually extends farther than the building thus the fire. Wind? Climbing down would be the way. |
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Posted: 10/20/2014 10:33:07 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/20/2014 11:59:09 AM EDT
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Operators do a lot of fapping in the crane. They get bored
Also, if you are cool enough they will let you ride the man bucket and trolley out to the tip of the crane and then spin it 720 degrees That is a ride....usually vomit. |
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Posted: 10/20/2014 12:20:46 PM EDT
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Hotel Van Zandt for JMI? It's shocking the number of cranes working downtown now.
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Posted: 10/20/2014 10:10:16 PM EDT
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Hotel Van Zandt for JMI? It's shocking the number of cranes working downtown now. Close, the Van Zandt is the building in the first picture with the blue tower crane. I'm across the street. |
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Posted: 10/20/2014 10:12:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: http://www.jamesbondsuits.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/casino-royale.jpg I puckered up watching this scene  |
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Posted: 10/20/2014 10:15:31 PM EDT
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OP, the Austin skyline is changing by the day. We are working on the JW Marriott on Congress. Nice pics.
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Posted: 10/20/2014 10:18:09 PM EDT
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Awesome.
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Posted: 10/20/2014 10:29:12 PM EDT
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Girl I went to school with married a Houston Tower Crane Operator.
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