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Posted: 3/19/2016 2:46:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Knuckle my ass i want the hole draw head. i am a yard dog so i do not give crap about tones or weight ill rip that bitch out of track and run with it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Let's see if Boomer contributes... I don't get much over 36,000,000 pounds or 8,000 feet long. A large ship easily surpasses that in weight and volume.  Knuckle my ass i want the hole draw head. i am a yard dog so i do not give crap about tones or weight ill rip that bitch out of track and run with it. I'm sure Boomers never got a knuckle.  |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 9:30:34 AM EDT
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I think boat driver is winning so far.
Do we have any mega crane operators here? These things blow my mind 
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Posted: 3/19/2016 9:49:04 AM EDT
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One of my jobs in the Navy was a helmsman (boatswain's mate) and "drove" an 8,600 ton destroyer.
Does that count?
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Posted: 3/19/2016 9:59:24 AM EDT
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A Freightliner W900. About 11,000 lbs empty. Most days I end up with about 3,000 lbs of freight in the thing. Not much but I like it. I think you're confused.... I agree. I'm guessing a t600 single axle with aluminum van body to get that light. The average 900 is gonna be around 20500depending on fuel. Eta...............lol just saw he said freightliner w900 shakes head and walks away. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:00:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Cat 797F. Got to pull one in the shop. But normally work on smaller equipment. Cat 980 loaders and D9 dozers. http://www.photogor.ru/photos/Caterpillar_/Samosval_Cat_797/Caterpillar__Samosval_Cat_797_id106883.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm here for the construction equipment pictures... Cat 797F. Got to pull one in the shop. But normally work on smaller equipment. Cat 980 loaders and D9 dozers. http://www.photogor.ru/photos/Caterpillar_/Samosval_Cat_797/Caterpillar__Samosval_Cat_797_id106883.jpg |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:02:42 AM EDT
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I agree. I'm guessing a t600 single axle with aluminum van body to get that light. The average 900 is gonna be around 20500depending on fuel. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A Freightliner W900. About 11,000 lbs empty. Most days I end up with about 3,000 lbs of freight in the thing. Not much but I like it. I think you're confused.... I agree. I'm guessing a t600 single axle with aluminum van body to get that light. The average 900 is gonna be around 20500depending on fuel. I meant the truck. The W900 is a Kenworth, not a freightshaker. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:10:13 AM EDT
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CAT D9R 116k lbs operating weight with single shank rock ripper 
OR lowboy hauling it = 175K I used to run D9G back when it was the latest greatest. It had a double bitted ripper on it and it was definitely the BOSS. 
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:21:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:28:48 AM EDT
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I some times push a cart at work with computers or servers on it.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:40:12 AM EDT
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Meh...70k or so:
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:42:51 AM EDT
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M88: 63 t M109A6: 27 t Helping the battery get through the wash rack the other day. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:44:30 AM EDT
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depends on what part you mean. sd-90's are pretty big. 6000 hp each, 415000 pounds each. i've run coal and potash trains regularly, over 21,000 tons, that are well over a mile and a half ;long.
piggybacks/double-stacks while much longer, are also much lighter. a dozen sd-40's and 45's, dp'ed for use on a single coal train, is a pretty epic adventure. i prefer tonnage to speed myself. just getting it done is a much more satisfying time, than getting there the fastest.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:46:46 AM EDT
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depends on what part you mean. sd-90's are pretty big. 6000 hp each, 415000 pounds each. i've run coal and potash trains regularly, over 21,000 tons, that are well over a mile and a half ;long. http://trn.trains.com/~/media/images/railroad-news/news-wire/2015/03/tnmr111.jpg piggybacks/double-stacks while much longer, are also much lighter. a dozen sd-40's and 45's, dp'ed for use on a single coal train, is a pretty epic adventure. i prefer tonnage to speed myself. just getting it done is a much more satisfying time, than getting there the fastest.
http://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/files/images/UFS%20Queenssm.preview.jpg winning |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:47:04 AM EDT
[#14]
I wasn't aware that people drove big machines on Arfcom. Is there an Arfcom road?
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:48:39 AM EDT
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I got to drive this once for a few feet. The angle is all wrong, but a 200 sized excavator fits in the bucket of this thing. http://s24.postimg.org/kq6dxycvp/Big_2.jpg http://s30.postimg.org/wv2ozdtwh/big_3.jpg i'm not going to doubt you, but you do know that most 200 class excavators are in the 35k lb range and are a LOT bigger than that pickup, right? |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:51:10 AM EDT
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I don't do it anymore, but I spent many hours in the seats of these once upon a time. The 2550 remains as the most expensive thing I have ever broken.
(Sorry for the crappy photos, this was just over 10 years ago. Camera phones have come a long way since then...) Bucyrus Erie 2550W 
Marion 8200W 
And your basic, run of the mill (except for the ballistic glass) D9R 
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Posted: 3/19/2016 10:51:25 AM EDT
[#17]
I don't drive them. But I fab and weld them.
This is our largest, will lift 160k pounds of logs at once. All wheel drive.  </a>" />
I have driven one of these around the lot. This is one of our smaller units. 
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:06:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One of these too. 199? Oshkosh snowblower. http://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/docviewer/aucdoc/W16036(2).jpg?auc=1442512&docid=14105512 Used to work on these with the AF. Really sucks when some rimjob takes out a chain link fence and it gets wound up in the augers. Or when the sheer bolts don't sheer because someone put in grade 8s  |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:08:59 AM EDT
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Does the largest crane in North America with the worlds largest claws count?
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:11:10 AM EDT
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<a href="http://s181.photobucket.com/user/KavonT/media/10574381_10100396961084112_1998896035256345844_n.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x109/KavonT/10574381_10100396961084112_1998896035256345844_n.jpg</a> M88: 63 t M109A6: 27 t Helping the battery get through the wash rack the other day. My wife used to drive M88s in GA |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:13:28 AM EDT
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Does the largest crane in North America with the worlds largest claws count? http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/smokiesmokie/IMG_0705_zpsc23eba7a.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/smokiesmokie/7532891b.jpg YES! I'll FINALLY be able to get that fucking Timex watch from the claw machine!! |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:19:32 AM EDT
[#22]
Retired now, but what do i win?
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:20:06 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
depends on what part you mean. sd-90's are pretty big. 6000 hp each, 415000 pounds each. i've run coal and potash trains regularly, over 21,000 tons, that are well over a mile and a half ;long. http://trn.trains.com/~/media/images/railroad-news/news-wire/2015/03/tnmr111.jpg piggybacks/double-stacks while much longer, are also much lighter. a dozen sd-40's and 45's, dp'ed for use on a single coal train, is a pretty epic adventure. i prefer tonnage to speed myself. just getting it done is a much more satisfying time, than getting there the fastest.
http://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/files/images/UFS%20Queenssm.preview.jpg That one engine weighs 415,000 lbs? Damn! |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:31:55 AM EDT
[#24]
Ametures
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:41:47 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryAmateur.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:50:26 AM EDT
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I thought I operated a big thing when I ran a 621B in the army.
Now I feel like I was a kid playing with my Tonkas. Another thing. All those guys claiming to have been Imperial ship drivers. We know you were really just the guys chasing thise damned little box droids around when they went crazy. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 11:58:54 AM EDT
[#27]
MD80. 150,000 lbs. Used to do 767's at 407k. MTOW.
TC |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:26:46 PM EDT
[#28]
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That one engine weighs 415,000 lbs? Damn! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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depends on what part you mean. sd-90's are pretty big. 6000 hp each, 415000 pounds each. i've run coal and potash trains regularly, over 21,000 tons, that are well over a mile and a half ;long. http://trn.trains.com/~/media/images/railroad-news/news-wire/2015/03/tnmr111.jpg piggybacks/double-stacks while much longer, are also much lighter. a dozen sd-40's and 45's, dp'ed for use on a single coal train, is a pretty epic adventure. i prefer tonnage to speed myself. just getting it done is a much more satisfying time, than getting there the fastest.
http://conrailphotos.thecrhs.org/files/images/UFS%20Queenssm.preview.jpg That one engine weighs 415,000 lbs? Damn! Sometimes I need to step back and remind myself of the scale of the equipment that I work with so as not get complacent while tossing thousands of tons back and forth. The moment when you realize how casually you are thinking "Meh, this cut of cars is only 4,000 tons. Kick 'em!" and send it flying down into a track can be a bit surreal. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:28:05 PM EDT
[#29]
Here is an example of what I drive. Its a mobile manipulator used to remove and return titanium ingots, plate, and billet from furnaces similar to the one pictured. The manipulator pictured is electric powered but ours are powered by either a cummins diesel or a detroit diesel.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:29:21 PM EDT
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Here is an example of what I drive. Its a mobile manipulator used to remove and return titanium ingots, plate, and billet from furnaces similar to the one pictured. The manipulator pictured is electric powered but ours are powered by either a cummins diesel or a detroit diesel. http://www.scotforge.com/Portals/0/ScotForgeImages/04-Products/[email protected] Does it get hot in there? |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:33:08 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryYou're still too light. The boomer I drove when I was an E1 weighed 3 times that. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:33:13 PM EDT
[#32]
This is the biggest vehicle I ever drove.
Some of you guys have operated some pretty cool stuff! |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:36:17 PM EDT
[#33]
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Does it get hot in there? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here is an example of what I drive. Its a mobile manipulator used to remove and return titanium ingots, plate, and billet from furnaces similar to the one pictured. The manipulator pictured is electric powered but ours are powered by either a cummins diesel or a detroit diesel. http://www.scotforge.com/Portals/0/ScotForgeImages/04-Products/[email protected] Does it get hot in there? Very! There are air conditioners but they rarely work. The entire cab is glass and the heat fills the cab. We will run the A/C in the dead of winter. Summers are a real bitch. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:40:38 PM EDT
[#34]
155,000 lbs MTOW
I miss my 12,500 lbs sports sedan. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:41:19 PM EDT
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Does the largest crane in North America with the worlds largest claws count? http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/smokiesmokie/IMG_0705_zpsc23eba7a.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/smokiesmokie/7532891b.jpg Details please. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 12:55:35 PM EDT
[#36]
66' with the bike rack deployed. Only run about 50k lbs when filled with passengers. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:02:46 PM EDT
[#37]
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I wasn't aware that people drove big machines on Arfcom. Is there an Arfcom road? Route 87
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:03:07 PM EDT
[#38]
M60a3
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:05:49 PM EDT
[#39]
Ahh worked on a few Wagner 3 wheelers in my days as a field mechanic.
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I don't drive them. But I fab and weld them. This is our largest, will lift 160k pounds of logs at once. All wheel drive. http://<a href=http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f267/jd19welder/l_21fe53df206d4a82b4445f3c1313aa35.jpg</a>" /> I have driven one of these around the lot. This is one of our smaller units. https://scontent.fsjc1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/554835_1001229433292165_208677328099500953_n.jpg?oh=3a728b4c47f3cf74a16ba9263bc0940e&oe=57895CCC https://scontent.fsjc1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1930588_1001229449958830_20855428732549811_n.jpg?oh=538804f444f14e6b19bf0ef500743037&oe=5756DCE5 |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:10:10 PM EDT
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800 ton yacht with two 3512 cats. Good for about 15 kts.
Largest was 2300 tons with two 3516 cats. Good for 18kts. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:11:08 PM EDT
[#41]
70,000lbs fully laden. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:12:05 PM EDT
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If it is a commercial vehicle and has a steering wheel I have probably driven it. From firetruck, garbage tucks, yard spotters, articulating buses, tractor trailers, even a couple of cranes. Max weight on any one of those items was 92k pounds.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:28:22 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryPfffft! The man asked for people who drive, You're just along for the ride.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qCTRnYZYGuw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGUh9ow65dM |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:30:36 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryI cruised by you this morning. But chief, you arent the guy driving.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:38:02 PM EDT
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Details please. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Does the largest crane in North America with the worlds largest claws count? http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/smokiesmokie/IMG_0705_zpsc23eba7a.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/smokiesmokie/7532891b.jpg Details please. It's name is the VB 10,000. It has 4 main hoist winches for the blocks, which are 14 parts of 3" cable each. 4 auxiliary blocks, with 10 parts of 2" cable. Total capacity as currently configured is a tested 7800 tons. Max lift height from water level is 180'. When outfitted with the claws, we can send them down, and grab items on the seafloor with no diver interaction. Each claw set weighs 1000 tons. Vessel is held on location via 8 1000 hp thruster engines via dp3 system with an acuuracy of +/- 1 foot. It is normally used for salvage of toppled oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, but is also being used for topside removals, jacket reefing operations, as well as new construction installs. The way it is built allows us to arrive on location, complete the lift, and head home often in less than a full day. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:41:38 PM EDT
[#46]
on second thought, it's to easy for someone to AROCK me.
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:42:36 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: i'm not going to doubt you, but you do know that most 200 class excavators are in the 35k lb range and are a LOT bigger than that pickup, right? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I got to drive this once for a few feet. The angle is all wrong, but a 200 sized excavator fits in the bucket of this thing. http://s24.postimg.org/kq6dxycvp/Big_2.jpg http://s30.postimg.org/wv2ozdtwh/big_3.jpg i'm not going to doubt you, but you do know that most 200 class excavators are in the 35k lb range and are a LOT bigger than that pickup, right? I mean just the tracks and the cab of a 200 sized machine -- not the boom and everything. The tracks would stick out maybe 3 or 4', but it would 'fit' (in the sense that it could be picked up). |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:44:30 PM EDT
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Used to work on these with the AF. Really sucks when some rimjob takes out a chain link fence and it gets wound up in the augers. Or when the sheer bolts don't sheer because someone put in grade 8s
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One of these too. 199? Oshkosh snowblower. http://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/docviewer/aucdoc/W16036(2).jpg?auc=1442512&docid=14105512 Used to work on these with the AF. Really sucks when some rimjob takes out a chain link fence and it gets wound up in the augers. Or when the sheer bolts don't sheer because someone put in grade 8s
I didn't drive it enough to hit anything. Plenty of taxi lights get run over but you usually don't even hear it when it happens. And there was never any real reason to get near a chain link fence with that where I worked. |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 1:54:02 PM EDT
[#49]
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I don't drive them. But I fab and weld them. This is our largest, will lift 160k pounds of logs at once. All wheel drive. http://<a href=http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f267/jd19welder/l_21fe53df206d4a82b4445f3c1313aa35.jpg</a>" /> I have driven one of these around the lot. This is one of our smaller units. https://scontent.fsjc1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/554835_1001229433292165_208677328099500953_n.jpg?oh=3a728b4c47f3cf74a16ba9263bc0940e&oe=57895CCC https://scontent.fsjc1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1930588_1001229449958830_20855428732549811_n.jpg?oh=538804f444f14e6b19bf0ef500743037&oe=5756DCE5 Small world! I drive one of your coal dozers on a daily basis. Approximately 50 tons empty, and ours are powered by a Cummins K-19 Sorta like this one, |
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Posted: 3/19/2016 2:51:15 PM EDT
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It's name is the VB 10,000. It has 4 main hoist winches for the blocks, which are 14 parts of 3" cable each. 4 auxiliary blocks, with 10 parts of 2" cable. Total capacity as currently configured is a tested 7800 tons. Max lift height from water level is 180'. When outfitted with the claws, we can send them down, and grab items on the seafloor with no diver interaction. Each claw set weighs 1000 tons. Vessel is held on location via 8 1000 hp thruster engines via dp3 system with an acuuracy of +/- 1 foot. It is normally used for salvage of toppled oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, but is also being used for topside removals, jacket reefing operations, as well as new construction installs. The way it is built allows us to arrive on location, complete the lift, and head home often in less than a full day. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Does the largest crane in North America with the worlds largest claws count? http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/smokiesmokie/IMG_0705_zpsc23eba7a.jpg http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/smokiesmokie/7532891b.jpg Details please. It's name is the VB 10,000. It has 4 main hoist winches for the blocks, which are 14 parts of 3" cable each. 4 auxiliary blocks, with 10 parts of 2" cable. Total capacity as currently configured is a tested 7800 tons. Max lift height from water level is 180'. When outfitted with the claws, we can send them down, and grab items on the seafloor with no diver interaction. Each claw set weighs 1000 tons. Vessel is held on location via 8 1000 hp thruster engines via dp3 system with an acuuracy of +/- 1 foot. It is normally used for salvage of toppled oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, but is also being used for topside removals, jacket reefing operations, as well as new construction installs. The way it is built allows us to arrive on location, complete the lift, and head home often in less than a full day. I came to this thread hoping you'd post. A capacity of 17 million pounds is an amazing feat. |
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