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More pics     Ok so I was just about out of battery in the camera so I decided I would push my boundries alittle and try for some close ups     Last pic before I was told to back up    What an awesome night, I was so close on not going but I was thinking when am I ever going to see something like this again? So I told the wife and she said just go so I did. I also took video of this I am just waiting on Youtube to down load I will post links later once they are complete. Hope you enjoyed this as much as I have Jason
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That's a once in a life time chance. Unless you live in TX... TFS
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I dont know if it has been discussed (I have not read the whole thread) but are they having to keep that thing grounded with them being so close to those high tension lines?? I have done some work near those dang things, and just being within 100 feet of them you can feel the static flowing through your body... just curious -Alvin. btw, GREAT PICS! Too bad they dont make Lego in that color 
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AlvinB wrote:I dont know if it has been discussed (I have not read the whole thread) but are they having to keep that thing grounded with them being so close to those high tension lines?? I have done some work near those dang things, and just being within 100 feet of them you can feel the static flowing through your body... just curious -Alvin. btw, GREAT PICS! Too bad they dont make Lego in that color i am sure that is one reason, they have it grounded, We also have pop up storms in the evening here some get pretty bad with A LOT of lightning. The power in the lines was turned off for the night and a few roads were shut down. Maybe you will need to make a versa in legos after the 6800 is done? Jason
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One of the best threads of the year - sensational stuff! 
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Here are the video links, I do not have a HD camea unfortunatley. there is 5 videos moving the beamI broke up the beam lift into different parts because I was taking stills with the same camera Part 1 part 2Part 3 Part 4I thought I had another vid of the second weight being put on I guess I never took it?  must have been the lack of sleep Quote:One of the best threads of the year - sensational stuff! Thanks Ulf means a lot, I do this for everyone here to get to see something pretty rare to see. Jason
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Randal wrote:Great shots of a very elusive machine. Congratulations.
It would also be interesting to see how the lower cwts attach to the crawlers and carbody.
Randal
Well me and the P man also went back to the Versa, hard not to go see it while it is still here I got some pics people were asking about     Here is 2 pics of the underside of the crawler and house. Had t use the night vision setting to get them, looks cool as well  
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A few more The cab is pretty bare not a whole lot of luxuries, no cameras nothingbut a few joy sticks and gaugues  I got up on the engine cover to get a few other angles     They have 1 more beam to lift and this will be heading out to its next job. what an amazing crane to see I hope everyone has enjoyed the pics myself and Sean have taken. I know he got a great shot today he will have to post a few of the pics he got. Jason
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Here are a few more shots before it is taken down. I probably wont get a chance to make it back over before they take it down. Here is yours truly. I'm a shade over 6'2" and the track assembly is nearly as tall as I am. Pretty good size crane.  Here is Jason taking a few requested photos.  And now for that "Sweet shot of the day". A shot of the local wildlife. She had copped a squat in the shade, and before I knew it she had a shoe and a sock off scratching her foot and smelling her fingers. I swear Jason had a crush on her. I could tell by the way he was looking at her  We didn't have time for him to get her number, we had to get down to the big Manitowoc. Just kidding! Jason is a stand up dude. For those of you who don't know him he is a pleasure to be around.  You guys have a good one. Plumber
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Looking at some of the earlier photos, the cord that raised a question looked a lot like a welding ground. It may be part of the ground system that is being raised as a question.
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Bravo. Finding a Deep South CC9600 in the wild where you can actually take pictures. Congratulation on a great catch. And thank you for the lower cwt and carbody shots.
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Well I did my last drive of the good old Versa. I took a few pics of her    This was the last one I took on the way down the road   This was a awesome craneto have watch for the past 3 weeks Jason
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Jason, I; for one, would like to thank you for the time and effort you put into getting the photos! Even though I'm not much of a crane guy, the design of this unit being from the "norm" was really cool. Well done, sir. Well done.
Please use this before clicking "post"??? You may be surprised with what you see!
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Shovelman wrote:Jason,
I; for one, would like to thank you for the time and effort you put into getting the photos! Even though I'm not much of a crane guy, the design of this unit being from the "norm" was really cool.
Well done, sir. Well done. Thanks I have really enjoyed following this crane and sharing it with everyone. This was the first crane I have actually spent this much time photographing and watching. Jason
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