Few pics from Friday at work.

[bauer4567]

Had some pictures on the camera from work on Friday, we were setting some beams for a project in Montgomery County. After unloading the camera to send some pictures to the design engineer, I noticed some nice shots of my relatively clean Denali.

 

[Garmoe]

looking good.. how close was the beam to over hanging your truck? id be kind of nervous with it that close

 

[fire730]

It would be like the episode of "Home Improvement" when Tim dropped the huge I beam on his wife's Nomad.

 

[Garmoe]

thats what i was thinking..

 

[bauer4567]

Each beam was over the truck for a minute or two as it swung by. If the beam would have fallen, my truck would be the least of what I was worried about... Although our insurance covers the accident, we would be un-insurable after that... That being said, I put a whole lot of planning, engineering, and quality control into these high risk / high dollar days!

Tim's beam was also about 15 feet long, 3' high, and 8" wide... those in the pictures are 130' long, 7' high, and 22" wide. The beams weighed in at 49,172 lbs...

I dont think you would be able to identify many parts of the truck if the same happened!

 

[Garmoe]

how were the beams brought to the site at 130' long? or were the assembled to be that size on site?

 

[bauer4567]

how were the beams brought to the site at 130' long? or were the assembled to be that size on site?

Nope. They were built in Lancaster, PA, and installed in Harleysville, PA. It is about an hour by car, about 2.5 hours with a beam like that. The trailers they use are more of a large dolly that disconnects from the front part of the trailer. Those go at about 100 feet leaving 25 or 30' hanging off the back of the trailer. The drop trailers also have all wheel hydraulic steer... sort of like the big ladder trucks. The drivers are really good at what they do, and can put those trailers right where you need them on site... They also have 2 ****** vehicles with them to shut down lanes / intersections to allow them to turn. Each turn is measured by the shipping company ahead of time, so there really is no question that it is impossible for them to make the turns. Drivers know ahead of time where in the intersection they should begin their turns. Drives me crazy planning each aspect of the ******** process, down to the size of the wrenches my guys will have on them to install/remove the rigging, but when everyone goes home safely, and the job is done, it is very satisfying, and I slept like a baby friday night!

 

[Garmoe]

i would love to watch the being transported and taking turns etc etc. and makign sure everyone goes home safe is the most important thing at the end of the day.