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A heavy lift for me anyway; 300,000 pounds, not really all that much.  I'd like to see some others if there are any out there.   Main lift crane was 500 ton with 2 tailing cranes at 250 ton.  Main crane had to walk a bit after vessel was in the air.Start of lift.  Main crane attached to top, tailing cranes are visible in background.  Main crane has following hydraulic counterweight.  Tailing cranes at mid lift.Main crane has the lift, tailing cranes disconnected.  About to start the walk and then boom over to place on top of the first section.PaulMiller Thunderbolt XLPraxair O/AOther stuff
Reply:Placing lift on first section.Welding.  And gouging out some bad ones!PaulMiller Thunderbolt XLPraxair O/AOther stuff
Reply:I always liked playing with cranes.  Attached ImagesDon’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:I don't know if my nerves could deal with doing stuff like that everyday.
Reply:Originally Posted by mikecwikI don't know if my nerves could deal with doing stuff like that everyday.
Reply:I always find threads like this to be interesting. Never seen a crane with the following counterweight before. I always found the old shipyard cranes on base to be fascinating..No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Originally Posted by DSWNever seen a crane with the following counterweight before.
Reply:The counterweight in my picture is on wheels.  It also has four outriggers to lift it slightly so the wheels can rotate so it can follow the crane in any direction.  The hydraulic drives are CNC controlled to be in sync with the crane drive.  Very smooth operation.PaulMiller Thunderbolt XLPraxair O/AOther stuff
Reply:StrandJack Heavy Lift system by Mammoet.  Best heavy lift contractor in the world.  Bar none.  See their maritime salvage at "Discovery is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought" - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
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Reply:Originally Posted by DSWNo I was talking about this one with the counterweight on the big tired 4x4 in the back that looks like it belongs in a monster truck show.
Reply:Amazing ... I've never had the opportunity and admire those of you that have.Located In SE OklahomaLincoln Mig 135Hobart Ironman 230 Mig5x10 CNC Table with DTHC & FTHypertherm PM65 on the tableMiller Bobcatwww.caneyagequipment.com
Reply:Originally Posted by mikecwikI don't know if my nerves could deal with doing stuff like that everyday.
Reply:WOW.....Clifton
Reply:Originally Posted by NorOntI don't think my nerves could deal with this on a daily basis.  I didn't sleep much on the night before this lift.  The lift plan was a full 11 x 17 binder and I was up more than a few times thinking I had forgotten something.  It all was ok in the end.
Reply:Originally Posted by DSW Never seen a crane with the following counterweight before. I always found the old shipyard cranes on base to be fascinating.
Reply:Manokai Thanks that vid link was very interesting. As a scuba diver licenced 30 years ago I was fasinated.Miller thunderbolt 250Decastar 135ERecovering tool-o-holic ESAB OAI have been interested or involved in Electrical, Fire Alarm, Auto, Marine, Welding, Electronics ETC to name a just a few. So YES you can own too many tools.
Reply:very cool pictures.i.u.o.e. # 15queens, ny and sunny fla
Reply:I thought I worked around some big cranes boy was I wrong. Very impressive pictures.
Reply:Originally Posted by Todd496I thought I worked around some big cranes boy was I wrong. Very impressive pictures.
Reply:The cranes I ran couldn't pick the block up!
Reply:I've done a few small picks on the water too....1963 SA 200 Redface, rebuilt by me, bodywork by CEP Everlast 255EXT w/W300 coolerMiller 212 AutosetMiller Xtreme 375Bridgeport MillSouth Bend 9" Lathe
Reply:1963 SA 200 Redface, rebuilt by me, bodywork by CEP Everlast 255EXT w/W300 coolerMiller 212 AutosetMiller Xtreme 375Bridgeport MillSouth Bend 9" Lathe
Reply:1963 SA 200 Redface, rebuilt by me, bodywork by CEP Everlast 255EXT w/W300 coolerMiller 212 AutosetMiller Xtreme 375Bridgeport MillSouth Bend 9" Lathe
Reply:This was a fun one.1963 SA 200 Redface, rebuilt by me, bodywork by CEP Everlast 255EXT w/W300 coolerMiller 212 AutosetMiller Xtreme 375Bridgeport MillSouth Bend 9" LatheHey JAS do you remember this?  Attached ImagesDon’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:Whats the matter? You told me you wanted me to wash out the truck when the pour was over. It's washed out. .No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! Ronald Reagan
Reply:Yard II1963 SA 200 Redface, rebuilt by me, bodywork by CEP Everlast 255EXT w/W300 coolerMiller 212 AutosetMiller Xtreme 375Bridgeport MillSouth Bend 9" Lathe
Reply:Originally Posted by DSWWhats the matter? You told me you wanted me to wash out the truck when the pour was over. It's washed out.
Reply:Originally Posted by JASYard II
Reply:No I don't have any pics of that. Remember that ELECTRIC vibro hammer we had there at the beginning?!1963 SA 200 Redface, rebuilt by me, bodywork by CEP Everlast 255EXT w/W300 coolerMiller 212 AutosetMiller Xtreme 375Bridgeport MillSouth Bend 9" Lathe
Reply:Originally Posted by JASRemember that ELECTRIC vibro hammer we had there at the beginning?!
Reply:that seems like a dumb spot to park a transit mixer but nothing suprises me with those guys anymoreVantage 500's LN-25's, VI-400's, cobramatics, Miller migs, synch 350 LX, Powcon inverters, XMT's, 250 Ton Acurrpress 12' brake, 1/4" 10' Atlantic shear,Koikie plasma table W/ esab plasmas. marvel & hyd-mech saws, pirrana & metal muncher punches.
Reply:Originally Posted by Dualiethat seems like a dumb spot to park a transit mixer but nothing suprises me with those guys anymore
Reply:Originally Posted by Dualiethat seems like a dumb spot to park a transit mixer but nothing suprises me with those guys anymore
Reply:Originally Posted by JASI think because of the location
Reply:Originally Posted by CEPOh that must be on your island! Isn't it a prerequisite on your island that all children learn to play the banjo by 8-years old?
Reply:Very cool cranes!Our shop completed parts of a crane which we are awaiting on install. The crane is going into a dam. The size?...   500 ton (or 1 million pound bridge crane)  If I'm allowed to post pictures of the installation, I will. Trucking the test weights calls for a convoy of semi trucks.
Reply:Originally Posted by oxygen454Very cool cranes!Our shop completed parts of a crane which we are awaiting on install. The crane is going into a dam. The size?...   500 ton (or 1 million pound bridge crane)  If I'm allowed to post pictures of the installation, I will. Trucking the test weights calls for a convoy of semi trucks.
Reply:Hello 12V71, Lampson now builds a 2500 series, 2,500 ton capacity. They had one at the Intel jobsite in Hillsboro, Ore. to take care of some of the lifts that were too far out, reach wise, for most conventional cranes. My memory probably isn't completely accurate but I believe one of the lifts was in the neighborhood of 350 to 400 tons and the crane was rigged with 1200 ft. of boom and picking pretty flat when they did that lift. For anyone who has more accurate information please don't hesitate to correct me on this. Best regards, Allanaevald
Reply:In 1983 I was working on the construction of River Bend Unit 1 near St. Francisville, LA.   They brought a Lampson Crane in (by barge on the Mississippi) to lift the top domes (which had been built on the ground) for the inner and outer reactor containment building in to place.   The first (and heaviest lift) of the inner dome went with out problem.   When they went to lift the outer dome 2 nights later they had a pretty catastrophic failure.
Reply:Hello HT2-4956, I believe that they have had 4 or 5 catastrophic lifts since they have been in business, but mostly because of human error and not understanding/ignoring ground support issues/geodesic reports or ignoring wind limitations. Your mention of reactor use brings up how Lampson got his start. He was involved a lot with Hanford in Washington State and the story goes that when they were constructing the containment buildings on the site they used to have to stop construction within the reactor area while the domes were constructed and assembled overhead. He was involved with building the domes on concrete pads outside of the containment structures and then lifting and lowering them into place instead, thus saving a whole lot of time and money.Some of these cranes would utilize concrete counterweights and in other cases they would ship components to make up metal boxes that pit rock would be filled into for weight and then after completion of the work the rock would be sold back to the yard. I have seen instances where both of these ballast techniques were used.  Best regards, Allanaevald
Reply:That's some beyond serious weights to lift!... And drop!
Reply:Originally Posted by aevaldHello HT2-4956, I believe that they have had 4 or 5 catastrophic lifts since they have been in business, but mostly because of human error and not understanding/ignoring ground support issues/geodesic reports or ignoring wind limitations. Your mention of reactor use brings up how Lampson got his start. He was involved a lot with Hanford in Washington State and the story goes that when they were constructing the containment buildings on the site they used to have to stop construction within the reactor area while the domes were constructed and assembled overhead. He was involved with building the domes on concrete pads outside of the containment structures and then lifting and lowering them into place instead, thus saving a whole lot of time and money.Some of these cranes would utilize concrete counterweights and in other cases they would ship components to make up metal boxes that pit rock would be filled into for weight and then after completion of the work the rock would be sold back to the yard. I have seen instances where both of these ballast techniques were used.  Best regards, Allan
Reply:Hello 12V71, it's been quite a while since I have been to their shops, but I have seen the cranes around various parts of the Portland area down near where I live on quite a few different occasions. I recall specifically the boring machine that they had for machining the pin connections on the boom sections. Bore all of the holes without a reset on each end of the boom, 11 foot square if my memory serves me correctly. I understand that there are bigger barge cranes and such, however it's hard to come up with anything that is "mobile" on land to compare them to. Would have been fun to have a run of that facility as a kid. Best regards, Allanaevald
Reply:never been on anything as big as the lifts pictured. doesn't mean i havn't had a few pucker moments though!my favorite was at the shop years ago, when it was common-place to lift giant air-handlers by rounding up all the forklifts and the best operators to run them. this is how we would load them on trucks.we were picking one up, one guy is on 1 end standing back as far as 30 yds to give signals and yell, and hopefully the 6 operators could hear and see him. well, down and up got confused between a few guys and signalman goes into a wild flailing and cursing fit when the screws and rivets started flying off the equipment! it came down in a bit of a twisted mess, no injuries other than the equipment. . . . . . .we own a crane now lolout at the airbase one time going to lift an airhandler onto one of the buildings out technically on the flightline. it was windy, it was foggy, not a comfortable lift. we finally decide (and "we" is a lot of different personel of various authorities at this point) its good to go and start the lift. control tower gives us a narrow window, we get the unit up, boomed down and over, and it stops 5' from the landing point. . . . . . .apparently the tower and the crane had a little fight as far as radio frequencies and software goes, and the tower won.. . . . .there were a lot of pissed off military people that daybosses stuff:trailblazer 325maxstar 200my stuff:sa 200fronius transpocket 180100 amp Lincoln w/f97 f350 DITKevin
Reply:Originally Posted by aevaldHello 12V71, it's been quite a while since I have been to their shops, but I have seen the cranes around various parts of the Portland area down near where I live on quite a few different occasions. I recall specifically the boring machine that they had for machining the pin connections on the boom sections. Bore all of the holes without a reset on each end of the boom, 11 foot square if my memory serves me correctly. I understand that there are bigger barge cranes and such, however it's hard to come up with anything that is "mobile" on land to compare them to. Would have been fun to have a run of that facility as a kid. Best regards, Allan
Reply:That is very cool, I grew up in Walla Walla as a kid, essentially just a hop, skip, and a jump from Pasco and the Tri Cities area. Ended up on the other side of the state though, Mount St. Helens is in my backyard, but my folks still live in Walla Walla. Best regards, Allanaevald
Reply:Originally Posted by aevaldThat is very cool, I grew up in Walla Walla as a kid, essentially just a hop, skip, and a jump from Pasco and the Tri Cities area. Ended up on the other side of the state though, Mount St. Helens is in my backyard, but my folks still live in Walla Walla. Best regards, Allan
Reply:I remember watching a show on Discovery about the Asian Hercules II. http://asianlift.com.sg/downloads/Asian_HerculesII.pdfLast edited by Welder Dave; 02-08-2015 at 02:33 AM.