Thank you and many thanks for watching! 🏗

Hey Andy, how you been?

@@MuddyfeetConcretePumping I'm walking on my own now. It's been a hard 4 months. I've been meaning to reply on your channel but haven't been on much. Merry Christmas to ya Jeff

Andy B merry Christmas to you andy and your family. I’m glad your doing better. Keep up the fight.

Thank you! Many thanks for watching! 🏗

Thank you! Many thanks for watching! 🏗

Hello from Missouri, USA. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours! Many thanks for watching! 🏗

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well! Many thanks for watching! 🏗

There are many "REAL" crane operators out there. Lots of them, much better than myself. But, I do appreciate the compliment and kind words 🙂. It was indeed a drone flying around. Many thanks for watching! 🏗

@@ToTheTopCrane I was working at a soybean processing plant during an upgrade on the rail dump. During an install of precast funnels under the track the crane operator was swinging in a spout over people waiting in the pit to receive it while talking on his cellphone. Pointed this out to a company bigwig and he just turned away. The company is one of the big ag company's and was always about safety until the plant went down.

Best of luck to you in your endeavor! Crane operation is very rewarding and sometimes stressful at the same time. If I can help with your quest, let me know. Many thanks for watching! 🏗

@@ToTheTopCrane will do, thanks

To The Top Crane I think it’s more stressful when you own thee equipment and are liable for the damages if anything goes sideways....

I know it's been a while since I posted last. Thanks for being patient. That is not my drone. But, I might have access to the drones sd card. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well! Many thanks for watching! 🏗

Hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well! Many thanks for watching! 🏗

That I don't know. From the cab, it looks like fractions of inches. They are typically pretty precise when I set them. I've had to pick them back up at times, just so they could move them almost not at all. Many thanks for watching! 🏗

I think they live by the adage "measure twice, cut once". Lol. The water tower video will be up this weekend. I'm guessing you may have been one who was welding on the water tower? Many thanks for watching! 🏗

We engineers get it right occasionally with diligent work and communication with the construction crews. I was never involved in bridgework but I did steel detailing in college and I've been involved with designing and installing large machine tools that need a base that was 2 stories deep. It's very satisfying when everything drops together perfectly with no shims or rework.

My hats off to you engineers! I trust engineers with my life everytime I sit in the seat of that crane. 🏗

@@ToTheTopCrane nope the only welding I do is when a live wire touches something it’s not supposed to ⚡️⚡️💥. Just fascinated with water tower construction!

That doesn't sound like a very good kind of welding. 😂

This bridge is replacing a very old, 8 ton capacity, iron bridge. Nothing flood related. The bottom ground around the rivers is definitely fertile and productive. But, risky as well. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you and yours as well! Many thanks for watching! 🏗

@@ToTheTopCrane The flats around a river risky? Naturally, they are also known as the flood plains. As much as the people living in those areas hate the floods, those same floods are why the soil is so fertile. The Ashwan Dam in Egypt showed how the natural flooding cycle is what made Egypt a food exporter in the times of the Pharaohs. The chemical fertilizers used after the floods were controlled hurt the soil.

A few clips I sped up. Most of them are actual speed. Many thanks for watching! 🏗

OK, On the 2nd lift I see the guys moving real fast.

Thank you! It is a replacement. The old bridge was a VERY old, iron bridge with an 8 ton capacity. Many thanks for watching! 🏗

Many thanks for watching! 🏗

We don't own the Liebherr. But, the different manufacturer conversations happen a lot across the industry. Really, it's like the Ford, Chevy, Dodge debates. Everyone seems to have their own opinions. Tadano and Liebherr both build great machines. Many thanks for watching! 🏗

You have good eyes! There may indeed be some drone footage of this job. Many thanks for watching! 🏗

@@ToTheTopCrane some of us watch the whole video lol.

Thank you! It definitely helps the channel when the whole video is viewed.

I'm just watching cranes. I'm sure you've been on jobs that look worse than this with way smaller canes doing the job.

@@williamrosenow6176 I think we know each other. I was one of the foreman (now retired) with Hi-Boom Erecting. You're right about the under-craned part; Lunda was by far the worst offender, often supplying a pair of clanky old 5299s to do a job that should have been equipped with two of their Terexs or even something bigger. We spent countless hours mucking around, filling, cribbing, etc., getting those old junkers close enough to do the job. Tripping over a dollar to save a dime, it looked like to me. Yet they were fanatic about hard hats, tie-off, etc.

@@ckuehncnwhsyt I saw your name and profession and figured it was you. Last company I worked for was new to the union in 2013 when I started but Lunda was the safest company I worked for. Seems weird but formans call the shots. I should have went to a company like the guy in this video. Before the moratorium on 82W girders me and the other operator had to sign papers saying we knew saftey factors could not be maintained and we took responsibility. We did it like idiots but it worked out. 200,000 girders with 2 110 terex's. I have never heard tracks pop and creak that bad on pick and carry.

@@williamrosenow6176 Bill, I disagree about Lunda being the safest. Kramer and ZT had them beat all to hell in every aspect of safety. Lunda talked a good safety game, and I'll admit they were hell on hardhats, tie-off, hi-viz, life jackets, etc. - stuff that was highly visible to the casual bystander or even a mildly astute observer But they were abysmal when it came to adequately and safely equipping jobs. Unbelievable, some of the junk equipment, including and especially cranes, with which we had to make do. And everything was always in a huge hurry - no time for any difficulties that might arise - which regularly resulted in some unsafe practices.

They did indeed. Rumor has it that I may have access to the SD card that was in the drone. Many thanks for watching! 🏗