[Baileigh inc]

I live a couple blocks from The Manitowoc Crane company. I drive past there everyday on my way to work. I have not been around cranes too much in my life and am amazed at the size of some of these things. I bet the weld inspection is brutal in the factory.
I wonder what type of machine they use to cope that huge pipe or tube that they use? Laser? Plasma?
Here is what was going on there today at my lunch.

 

[Mark55]

I operated a 50 ton Manitowoc truck crane many years ago.
All mechanical. That job will make an old man out of you.
Had many a nervous time in that machine.

The new ones are all computer monitored so you can't overload them like the old ones.

 

[Stangman98]

Excuse me...where is the snow?

 

[Baileigh inc]

Excuse me...where is the snow?

It is a pic from this summer.

Here is what I'm looking at now

 

[Stangman98]

Much better! I know the feeling

 

[uliftulose99]

I work for a machine shop that makes some of there wire spools. Actually working on two right now!

 

[GKsGS400]

I used to work for Beyel Bros in West Palm/Cocoa Fla. They had a 250ton on a barge that built seawalls and drove pilings. I worked on it in Port Canaveral driving the pilings for the new terminals back in 92-93. Man you want to talk about having a headache. All fucking day that diesel driver running. wham wham wham wham wham..

But my everyday job was working on Mark's 100 ton Link belt. Now that crane was nice.

 

[95gts348]

The best cranes in the world are built right there, thanks for the pics