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AWESOME shots!! What size steel are they going to lift there?
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If you look at the pics there are large round white tubes, these are the main support for the bridge. they are going to make a large upside down U shape. I hope t be there for at least one of the large lifts JAson
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Nice pics and one cool crane !How long to set it up from delivery to erection anybody know well go find out ? Chet 
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LatticeCraneMan wrote:Nice pics and one cool crane !How long to set it up from delivery to erection anybody know well go find out ? Chet Well it tok them this whole week to get to this. But when I first saw it the whole crane body was assembled. I have emailed Gulf to see if I could get special access to this crane, We'll see what they say, my fingers are crossed they will answer  Jason
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OK sounds good to me !  Chet
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Went by today to check out the site. Was driving thru downtown and a huge boom in the air caught my eye. They finally got her boomed up.You can actually see the boom from north dallas which is several, several miles away. Walked down and got some good photos. It's in a heavy lift config. No jib. I'll wait for Jason to post some since it is his topic. If he has not posted any by sat morning, I'll put a couple up. Damn what a big crane.
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we want pics, we want pics  , cant wait to see them
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Go a head post the pics I will not get there for a week or so.
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These are not with the same camera I had before. They are not quite as clear. Jason and I are planning to head down next weekend to get some good close-ups. Until then this should give you an idea of the final configuration. I'm guessing it's the final? Anyway, here ya go.   Iv'e never paid much attention to the counterweight setup on one of these. No Maxer, looks like some sort of floating tray? This camera does not zoom as much as the other. Maybe someone else has an idea?
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great pics, its a hanging counterweight tray, that is alot of boom in her, guess shes going to be reaching far out, i want a model of this so bad keep em coming
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yeah, just a hanging CW tray.... thats a ton of boom, thing sure is impressive and jaw dropping
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from that perspective it looks quite small.
BUT IT ISN'T!
that this is a BEAST!
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Formu1fan wrote:from that perspective it looks quite small.
BUT IT ISN'T!
that this is a BEAST! It sure does,to bad they did not have the 1280 closer by to see a good prespective. I can not wait to get over to see this crane again. can not waait til next Sunday when we are taking a small hike down into the site, hopfully no security is there, maybe I can sweet talk them alittle Jason
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Well the wife dragged me to her family reunion so on the way back into town I made her stop to get some pics of the beasts inDallas. She did not want to walk so I took my little crane model We got some great shots All I can say is Wow this thing is huge when you get up onto it. I need to get a better camera with a wide angle lens Here is what everyone is waiting for Doing a drive by over the bridge looking for security, and there was non  These counter weights are huge  Here is the serial number for the guys who like those  
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And the pics keep getting better    Here is where that wide angle would have come in handy 
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the last few the sucky thing I had plenty of memory space but the battery was about to die  so I had to call it quits with the pics. I plan to head back to here with Plumber next weekend and get some more.   one of my favorite pics, the boom heading up into the heavens  Here are some sections they will be lifting. The top of the arch is supossed to be 400 feet I do not think they can reach that in this configuration, hopfully they will need to bring in the luffer   Can not wait til next week to go see this again enjoy the pics there are a few I did not post check them out here 21000Jason
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Excellent shots Jason,,Kinda gets the spirits in gear to build one of these..
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wow, amazing shots,  its not everyday you get to see a 1000 ton crane up close and personal, keep em coming
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wow that thing is incredible!! great pictures man, i really like that shot looking straight at the front of the crane.... very cool pictures
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