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Stonepicker good morning, l am assuming a I75 route back down to Florida from Michigan? What is the Date/ETA for I75 and Atlanta? Gimpy says you have the hammerdrill. I'll PM you my number
Maybe those that like the m100x series should buy and drive those and those that like civi vehicles should buy and drive those.
Makes sense to me?
Anyone with a 30 year old vehicle should also probably have a spare vehicle also if at all possible :)
What else would you do in your spare time...
P.s. Another reason for the height as you now have noted m73819 does not like to get wet and wanted extra height so we can do crane lifts under the cover and he not get wet.
To return our thoughts back to our regular programming.
Yes it was raining yesterday. Yes we got wet but we got it done. The frame is complete and on the blocks.
Now for those of you wondering why the blocks? Note now that 2 large trucks will fit side by side!!
The tricky part was...
Okay second row
Drop sides are priceless
The tractor started to become more practical. Had to move to a 6x6 to lift the opposite side on the blocks
Warning none of this is as easy as it looks
Gimpy they have a 3 inch deep by 1" diameter spike as you said on the feet. We are going to drill holes in the concrete to set the spike into that will provide additional rigidity and then also bolt each leg into the base.
M73819 ran signals all day on the lifts. It is good to have a 40 year plus crane operator helping when doing heavy lifts.
Each block is 2 tons.
Once the first wall was up the then the main lift pipe had to be moved to the offside to prepare for the lift to get the leg extensions on and then...
Okay long day today. I had my youngest and m73819 for help thank goodness. Started around 9:00 left around 7:00 pm
Last pickup Friday
Soldier b ran crane for 7 hours today
Blocks had to be dropped on side, chained up and then hoisted. The wrecker backed in place, left , drop and...
Yes We Need
NEED 809 STEERING COLUMN
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Okay more Legos needed, 73m819 is on another Lego run. Ask him about his Lego cranes at the rally. He builds amazing 1:10 scale fully operational Lego cranes from scratch.
Just picked up another load. These are weighing in at 2 tons each so we are limited to 6 at a time.
$25 dollars...
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