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awesome pics vinny, man the 18000 is a beast, i love that crane 
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Wow, great pictures! Especially of the 18000, its massive!
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Great shots of the big Manitowoc. I realize that site is pretty busy and good clean equipment shots are probably pretty tough to get. The men and the tiny skid steers sure give you an idea of the size. Still a great looking crane. Thanks for sharing.
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wow that 18000 is huge... i mean that tracked skidder next to it is just dwarfed in size compared to it.... awesome pics
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Great pictures, how deep is that hole below street level? Such a massive project, thanks for the post.
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Thanks guys, its a monster At the deepest point (18000 pad) its 93 feet below street level. if your wondering what it will be lifting:  16'x6' feet. it is the supercolum to hold up the #1 subway box. 93 feet tall, filled with concrete and assembled in 2 parts with over 200 bolts. the red is the steel on the freedom tower now, the blue is the hub steel  
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Great looking pictures......
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Nice drawings kid... 
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I received the latest Toy Trucker & Contractor issue couple days ago. I was impressed by the article they did on you and Sal. Didn't realize how young you guys were. I hope you never lose interest in the hobby. I was into it way back when I was your age and i never did. I'm sure your folks are pretty proud. Keep the shots comin'.
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plumber wrote:I received the latest Toy Trucker & Contractor issue couple days ago. I was impressed by the article they did on you and Sal. Didn't realize how young you guys were. I hope you never lose interest in the hobby. I was into it way back when I was your age and i never did. I'm sure your folks are pretty proud. Keep the shots comin'.
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thanks, i just renewed my subscription so i should get it soon. I cant wait to see it
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Terrific pics, Vinny. That must be one of the original retaining walls built during the tower construction. I wonder if they're actually working at the original WTC excavation depth? I would think the Path subway tube has to be the lowest point. Glad to finally see the construction activity.
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ulf wrote:Terrific pics, Vinny. That must be one of the original retaining walls built during the tower construction. I wonder if they're actually working at the original WTC excavation depth? I would think the Path subway tube has to be the lowest point. Glad to finally see the construction activity. Ulf, Yep, that's the original retaining wall. The original path station was at the bottom of the excavation. The 1 & 9 subway is directly behind that wall, if my memory serves me correctly. It is not as deep as the path - closer street level. Te path station was deep enough that is was mostly intact. Creepy. The 1 & 9 line had a lot of collapse & punch through of falling columns. The retaining walls were braced on the inside by the basement level floors. After 9/11, when the towers came down, the basement level floors collapsed partially. Now there was a lot of debris still providing bracing, but there were some voids. In the south west corner, they backed filled the void with sand & gravel to keep the walls braced. As they excavated the debris & sand down to the bottom, they replaced the floor bracing with tie-backs.....
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What timewere you there on Sat. Vinny? We lowered that PC800 down that morning about 8:30 with the 14000. I'm pretty sure its Halmar's Machine
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Excellent pictures of all the work going on.....
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Leave it to the crane guys to make a 385 look small. Great shots, love the grafitti way up high on the wall where somebody got in and painted then the bottom dropped out.
Also enjoyed the article in that toy mag.
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