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353 N Clark - Chicago
Putting the cross piece on - really a big suspension bridge.
The pieces http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Tightening down the tower http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Hanging the back section http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 getting ready to string the suspension cable http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 Pulling it out http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 back section hung http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Front #1 http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Some perspective http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 Yes it is tall - aircraft warning light. http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Attaching the cable http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 Pulling another cable out http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 Front #2 http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 another pair of support cables http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 bolting it together first http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 Controlling the #2 section on the ground. http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 Pulling the cable out http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 attaching http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Very big pin http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 all done http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 counterweights http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 |
Awesome photo sequence- the detail shots are amazing.
You've got yourself a Pecco there- an SK 400, I believe. Sadly these cranes are no longer built, but many of them are still kicking ass and taking names on North American Jobsites. Here's a diagram naming the various parts of Tower crane anatomy: http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/2...14007kt.th.jpg |
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353 N Clark - Chicago
Operational
preparing the Trolley - the hook block is temporarily attached by a big pin http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 Cabling up the trolleys and hooks. http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Mobile crane leaving - telescoped down http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Extension leaves http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 Lunch with a view http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Hard to get good signal http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 One hook/trolley this gives a 2/1 reduction. http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 both hooks and trolleys in series gives a 4/1 reduction http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 looking big http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 |
wicked set...thank you
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Coming down
With the installation of the climbing crane this one was ready to be removed.
353 N Clark - March 6th Unplugging the crane http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=512 http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=512 http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=512 http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=512 Tidying up http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 Support cables removed, preparing to disconnect the front part of the Jib http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Unbolting http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Lowering the support cable for the front Jib section http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 1/2 Jib gone ( the counterweights were removed earlier ). http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 Up in the air http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 2nd 1/2 on the way down http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 Preparing the CounterJib http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 Unbolting the CounterJib http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Lifting http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 Off http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=720 On the way down ( Sidewalk Joe on the lower right ) http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 Picking off the Tower Peak ( as seen from lower Caroll ) http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 Removing the motors ( blue cylinders ) http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 Tower sections ( 2 at a time ) http://lh3.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=512 http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 http://lh6.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=512 Notice how 2 of the 3 visible bolts are gone http://lh5.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=640 http://lh4.google.com/harry.r.carmic...JPG?imgmax=800 |
Great thread! Thanks so much for taking those and posting them. Those mobile cranes really are huge. One project in Austin had one removing its tower crane, and I would say it was probably about 250 feet tall. It was a monster.
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Lots of tower cranes
There are so many tower cranes in Vancouver right now. I think there are about 10 alone working on the Olympic athletes village.
Bottom Left http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4...6794a1bkq7.jpg Source The photographer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bsoleil/ February 14th, 2008. http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4994/p1040849hg9.jpg SFUVancouver http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1341/p1050838vh6.jpg SFUVancouver |
That last shot in Vancouver is pretty intense, I count 12 in it alone.
Calgary has 56 up across the entire city, most on a single site is 5 currently (Centennial Place), and the Bow will have 5 eventually as well, currently two there. Bow also has the largest crane in the city, we believe its the largest luffing model that Potain makes (roughly 70k lbs max capacity). Its probably a good hundred feet above street level, and the base of it is 65 feet below the street, making it look quite impressive. |
Holy shit..Vancouver looks like a Pecco breeding ground in those pics! The things are everywhere! (Weeps softly, there's nothing like that here in Halifax)
And Calgary sounds like another Tower Crane nest- Good grief! It's always kind of sad to see a Tower crane come down. When they're up, they're such majestic things. Seeing one sitting on top of a building often reminds me of some huge bird in its nest, looking down on the city. |
GREAT THREAD! Just a general question...in the cabin of a tower crane are there any sort of TV screens so the operator can see what is below the pulley carriage?
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Generally no. The crane operator relies on their rigger for guidance, and uses a radio for communication when they can't see what's below them.
Needless to say, operators and riggers have to trust each other greatly, and some operators refuse to work when their favourite riggers are out sick! |
Thanks!
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Here are some of my tower crane shots from Vegas.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ings/jakes.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ngs/EastP3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ngs/EastP5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...darinCrane.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...nter/CC305.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...nter/CC311.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...nter/Erect.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/CCCranes.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...er/vdara-2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...n/cosmo2-5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...LuffingJib.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...n/Cosmo2-3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...n/IMGP1746.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...litan/cos1.jpg Are they flying balloons to check the final height? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lon/ech1-6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...lon/Ech1-5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...elon/Ech-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../encore1-3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ncore/e1-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../Encore/e6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...core/Enc10.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...u/font11-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...au/font5-3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...au/FONT4-5.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...au/Font3-4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...au/FONT4-2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...leau/FONT6.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...leau/FONT4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...au/Font2-3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...au/Font6-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...au/font1-1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...craneparts.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...leau/Font4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...leau/Font1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ngs/cranes.jpg |
Ho-Lee Crap!! That's a LOT of Tower cranes!
The things are breeding!! -Weeps softly at Halifax's depleted crane population..Why can't we get something crazy like that going here!? |
Forest of Cranes - Vancouver's Olympic Athlete's Village under construction. Originaly posted by SFUVancouver in Vancouver Olympic Village
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/4237/p1050820pq9.jpg http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/5561/p1050843sc0.jpg |
Even in Salt Lake City, we are getting some Tower Cranes erected. Here are some photos from recent weeks.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/...888f56cc_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/...af8f71f8_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2290/...9d0f20c6_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/...9dea2513_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2410/...f8dba0ce_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/...3feff4f2_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/...d4df176e_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2010/...b1f7493a_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2118/...a77e2a3e_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/...238fe4b1_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/...2c034808_b.jpg |
Wow .... Mdiederi those are some supurb shots - I will be spending some time at my favorite game - just how does that work ....
I love the Canadian crane olympics. And the T-mac shot with the temple in the backgorund. |
Ok - so how much does a crane operator make these days?
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