i work gas and oil new construction and i don't care if your building houses, water treatment facilities, nuclear power plants or a greenhouse, people need to watch these videos and learn a thing or about a thing or two. this channel provides a wealth of knowledge and i tell many many people to watch these videos to gain a better perspective of how to be a better tradesman/craftsman. thanks you for sharing your experience and knowledge to the world.

I got a HUGE laugh from "uh....a rough and earthy world" 😂😂 Thank you for that, EC.

A modern crane rigger educated me on the difference. Said shackles have threaded pins and clevises have smooth pins with a hole for a cotter/other type of retaining pin. 2 cents shared

*long deliberate pause* "a rough and earthy world" I just about died from laughter.

Hello Scott, my name is Paul and I’ve been watching your videos for sometime now And I wanted to thank you for being a good teacher and someone that is easy to listen to, knowledgeable, and seems to be humble and still ready to learn. When I was younger a good friend of mine‘s father was very much like you are and you remind me of him. his name is Skip and he was an aquacultural researcher and like you very willing to share. At the time I remember feeling that if I could pick a father I would want it to be him. well as things turned out I sadly lost that friendship and Subsequently haven’t seen Skip for many many years but I look back on that time fondly. Thank you again for sharing your knowledge and experience with us.

We homeschool our son and have him watch a few of your videos every week as part of his school.

Hands down, best KZfaqr I’ve found. Keep up the good work sir. If it is in your bank of knowledge, we are up for watching. Carpentry, tool review, the spec house build, blacksmithing, etc. I love it all!

I work building rigging from chokers to splicing eyes for skylines and everything in between its truly one of the most satisfying jobs I've had.

A ruff and earthy world. AvE was right about this man. Keep up the good work!

More times than I can count, I find my self staring , dumbfounded at these tips and tricks. The wisdom and sheer prowess you old salts have in your mental toolkits is just incredible. The old adage about having forgotten more about a subject than a young man has learned his whole life is neither facetious nor is it arrogance. If you spend a day working with a seasoned hand and you don't learn something, you're not paying attention. Thanks for the wisdom, and the techniques. Keep 'em coming!

"A rough and earthy world..." Just love your descriptive turns of phrase Scott. Keep the videos coming please.

I've never done logging work, but I've pulled trucks out of mud and snow and been pulled out of places we had no place being, and those forces are scary. I can barely comprehend the forces exerted every day across the world by giant machines most people never even think about. As a young guy, it's always nice to see your videos, they are packed full of more knowledge than just about anything I've ever witnessed. You have such a way with words, and a complete understanding of the topic that it's always a treat when you upload.

First off, love all of the information you share with us. I am always learning something new when you sit down at that table and do a video. Today I learned some new things and new terms, but what really stuck out to me is that little picture of a hammer that was sent to you by a young man who is an aspiring carpenter. Today you showed me an even greater glimpse at your character, which I have never questioned, but is now even more reinforced and who you are as a man. I hope that young man watches your videos and sees his hammer picture still hanging in your shop. Thank you for showing honor and being honorable in all areas of life. Have a blessed day Scott!

7:45 those words gave mi chills, i love you man, you are so down to earth, wish my generation had more people like you. i dont know around the world but here in México, young people is just useless, maybe because i live in the middle class in one of the big cities, but i dont know, i dont like my peers, they are super distracted on whats going on with other lifes or worse with famous lifes.

That farmers eye went together like it was meant to be. I expected it to look really bad. Cool trick. Thanks for sharing.

Nice video Scott. As an apprentice rigger at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard back in 1968, I learned all kinds of splicing. Wire rope, braided nylon, hemp, etc. Your video brought back memories. Thanks for sharing.

as a crane technician a clevis and a saddle are close.A shackle pin should not be tighten just snug so when the shackle does deform the pin can still be removed . But a cable carries electricity a wire rope carries a load. I do love your videos and have learnt a lot though them .please keep them coming.

What was said about working in the woods as a young man really touched home with me. During, warm winter and spring days I find myself as well yearning for the forest. I was able to experience a small scale harvesting and on site saw-milling operation as a saw-hand in Colorado post university. And subsequently worked as a forestry tech felling trees and in the winter burning the slash piles, hard work, long days and fulfilling experiences. I fully agree that my experiences during this type of work changed me. Now working at a desk job whenever I'm having a bad day I just think back to the few times a tree sat back on my saw; removing the power head, get the other saw, pound the wedges, hope the wind dies down, heart pounding the whole time, scared and just knowing I can handle this. You can't control nature but you can work with it and learn from it. Thank you for the content the Essential Craftsman channel is producing.

What's not to like about anything Scott does. Love the stories. Thanks for the video.

"it's something that a young man is made for". Great video EC.

I love your videos. As an old millwright, I’ve used a lot of clevises and cables when securing or rigging steel structure. As a young man, I always enjoyed those times when the cranes would come in and we would be doing the high structure. I thank you for what you do. You bring back so many memories for me and those amazing times when a 14-16 hour work day was typical.

This guy knows his trade!! Its about time someone does!!

It never ceases to amaze me at all the knowledge you have, its astounding. You are a true student of life. Thank you for all your videos and sharing all this information!

Internal core has an opposing twist to help hold the rope together and so that the cable doesn't twist and stretch under tension, since the internal core would want to twist in the opposing direction. Its the same with rope! Thanks for sharing with us again!

Thank's for showing this video - as a old timer once told me " Every day is a learning day "

It is almost unbelievable how a relatively young guy could know so much about that rough and earthy world. I enjoy every second of these videos. Unfortunate is that my handyman father (91 year old today) does not understand sufficient English to enjoy these videos. I cannot stop thinking about all those craftsman stories I heard from him or skills I learned from him. I am pleased to find that craftsmans/teachers/speakers like Scott Wadsworth (did I get your name right?) exist and they can pass down the knowledge to future generations. Great content. Addictive to watch. Thank you.

Love your beautiful vocabulary and accent. Original American accent. Words are not enough to appreciate the value of your useful programs. Lots of appreciations, thankyou.

Sir, when I was a whippersnapper being taught rope-craft by my betters, I was advised that the lay of the wires in a strand and then the lay of the strands around the core, influenced the strength, the elasticity and wear resistance of the rope/cable. Laying the wires and the strands in “Lang’s Lay” was best for resisting damage. As was explained to me, the wires of a strand were not always on the outside, in this method. So rust and other damage was ‘spread’ across its diameter and length, making the cable wear resistant. Finally, I’d like to mention some great advice I received at this time. Never step over a cable, even one at rest. Always walk around, no matter how long that may take. And related to that was never stand behind/in front of a cable under strain. Made very good sense to me, having later, seen first hand the damage done when a cable failed under strain. Greatly enjoy your channel. Thank you.

Hi Scott, In recreating a rope walk (rope making machine), I found that the reason for opposite twist in different parts is to fight the rope from unwinding itself. The two twists (clockwise and counterclockwise) fight each other to keep the rope stable.

Hard work wears the roughness in a young man, but not the toughness. Yes, indeed, they are made for that. They are made for all kinds of education. Essential Craftsman is definitely the best out there. Many thanks! ★★★★★

Drinking Coffee and watched you build a 1400 foot long wall and now I learned the Farmers EYE. I have a mast antenna I am going to guy wire in place, I was going to wrap the SS 1/4 wire around a thimble and line clamp it. Thank you ! Now I will do the Farmers Eye. I have carried a Buck Yachtsman SSFolding Knife with a folding Marlin Spike on it for about 38 years now. Working in some construction,a Yacht/Boat yard, a lumber yard where I rope tied and untied loads all day lone and working in TV and Film Studio, Mobile Production Trucks for sports and live events and on sets. In Rigging to haul, hoist and hold, I learned early on a "hand" that can make it so, quickly and safely is a valuable man on a crew and you would get called back for more work. Thank you. I enjoy your videos and wisdom.

Like you videos. I hauled logs off the Washington coast back in the 80's. Hauled logs out from under a lot of big yarders...saw some nasty wrecks too..like all your videos. Thank you for your time.

I knew there was a timber beast in there 😀. 2 points I'de like to bring up for those who will try these. Molly Hogan. She kept things from coming apart. When someone rolls a Molly. , a Molly needs to finish out in a circle, Not a square. A square molly will come in wound real quick. Round Molly stays the way you made it. Farmer's Eye. If someone chooses to use (swifter) cable clamps. NEVER SADDLE A DEAD HORSE ! Meaning . the 2 hole saddle part of the clamp goes on the working side . The U bolt goes on the bitter end (tail) side. This is a most excellent vid !!! Thank you very much ! Your even wearing White Ox !

I enjoy it when you dig out the old work tools to illustrate a point and they are all rusted. Not as visually appealing as patina for sure, but it adds a lot of character.

"Clevis" is still correct terminology in our aviation vocabulary in it's proper application. Great video even if I'm a year or so late.👍🙂

I had a job at one time that give me a lot of downtime and it would drive me crazy to just sit and do nothing, so I started to bring rope and cable to work with me ! By experimenting with these I was able to come up with some new arrangements ( well, new to me ) that really come in handy later many times ! Most of my coworkers couldn't understand why I would waste my time doing this and not just take a nap, but I've always enjoyed learning something new so it's not wasted time to me ! Thanks Scott for reminding me of this ! Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍

Love your comments about work for a young man. Still fondly remember my framing days.

In my experience as a forklift technician, a clevis attaches to the rod end of a hydraulic cylinder via threads, its pin and pin bore are machined to tolerance and have grease fittings. a shackle is the horseshoe shaped device with a threaded pin.

In the plumbing world we still use the term clevis to refer to the type of “U” shaped hangars we use to suspend steel and cast piping. Great video once again. Thank you sir.

That farmers eye is legit. Thanks!

At the moment I am writing this, I have not watched the entire video. Yet I cannot get over what I perceive to be perfection in lighting, focus and depth of field in the video. Really, really amazing. It feels like you and I are in the same room, just a few feet apart. I'm certain the contents of your message are spot-on and entertaining, as always, but whatever you did with the camera is simply just right.

EVERY video teaches me things that I have experienced in varying number of years ago but back they were not taught, just shiwen & experienced. These are wonderful.

I love your videos like the alot of useful knowledge that alot of people would otherwise never know and we always call it a Clevis.

Your wealth of knowledge is amazing not to be repetitive, just mind boggling and your humility is refreshing. When you wondered why the two sections were twisted in opposite directions, it is because when those two sections are put together to make a larger diameter cable they then naturally want to twist and stay together, as in when you retwisted them to make the eye in the farmers eye. The groves in one cable section lie perfectly in the groves of the other cable section and the opposing forces keep the cable from untwisting as the actually put pressure towards one another. That is as you showed if you twist them together in the proper direction. Otherwise you can have a catastrophic failure. Thanks for another great lesson that even though I already knew about how to make a farmers eye, you made a great refresher course.

Forty + years a carpenter. Now, I find myself on 40 acres of mountain side and Douglas Fir. You've contributed immensely. Thank you

The way you explain the love of certain crafts and skills is exceptional. Listening to you talk about logging made me think about my years as a distribution lineman and the love of the work I had back then. The work was hard and dangerous at times but it was very satisfying. Thanks for bringing back good memories of my trade. I miss the work on sunny days ( not the sub zero temps and snow).

I really love your videos. I watch them every night--you have a great understanding of not only the work involved--but the deeper philosophy of doing it which I find absolutely fascinating! I did two university degrees and tried being a corporate and felt lost until I did labouring for a friend once and realised that physical work is the closest thing I've ever come to zen! Now I have been a chippy for just about 6 years now and everyone now and again I like to think I know everything but then I watch your videos and your humility and humbleness and willingness not only to teach but to remind us that we all have to keep learning and getting better helps me be a better tradesperson and just a better person in general, so I thank you for that :)

Hi, enjoyed the video, will look for more. Learned to form those eyes while working on the barges used on the big rivers. They called it 'rolling an eye'. The big flotillas of barges seen on the Mississippi are lashed together with wire rope. Ran wreckers off & on, more wire. Later found myself line skidding in the Bitterroots, Mt/Id divide. Lots of wire there too. Spent awhile running a dragline, more wire. Found many occasions to use the eye trick. I was taught that a clevis is the forked piece of hardware threaded onto a rod. As in some linkage arrangement. Found on clutches, throttles, governors, bellcranks. Re. cable clamps, I was always told 'don't saddle a dead horse'. Meaning the saddle goes on the working part, the U-bolt on the standing part.

beeeee-yu-tee-full work with that cable at 9:40 - 11:00 Fantastic demo and narration. As always, Thank you Scott!

Another quick and easy way to tidy up the end of that splice is whipping it with bailing wire or other soft wire. Wire rope is pretty interesting stuff, 7x7 cable is regarded as a good all round, semi flexible cable, 7x19 is a super flexible cable, ideal for running through a lot of blocks (pulleys) for mechanical advantage systems and 1x19 is a very inflexible (but very low stetch) cable, for making permanent, loaded support type cables. The downside to the less flexible cables is they are much more easily crippled (permanent bend either a single strand or the entire cable) and damaged when forming eyes in the ends and it takes much more care not to cripple the wire. As a cable gets less internal strands (first number), it becomes less flexible, but stronger in tension, due to the individual strands being less distorted when wound up, thus ensuring the individual wires aren't having to straighten out as much when the load comes on. When a cable (or even a yarn rope) is stretched, the individual strands want to become straight again, the less bent or twisted they are to start with, the less stretch occurs. It is actually the process of the cables wanting to straighten out that is what makes a splice in rope or cable work- as the strands try to straighten, they interlock with each other even tighter, creating a massive amount of friction as they settle in between each other adjacent strand in the splice. Years ago I used to work in an industry where I made cables (out of 316 stainless steel) several times a week, typically using a hand swager and thimbles. Thimbles act to strengthen the eye of a wire, and prevent crippling the loop when a load comes on it, which significantly weakens the cable. Thimbles also prevent chafe damage to the eye. An interesting little thing to remember about cables is that a badly crippled cable has lost as much as 50% of it's strength, that's why so many cables are discarded. Think very carefully about using damaged cables! And that's about all I know about cables!

I was given an ingot of Socket Metal, melted and poured to hold terminal fittings on wire. While researching that, I found this. I travel with shackles as a part of my kit all the time. I just this week used a handful of them to recover a very nice piece of Jadite Jade (A purple colored piece, thus not nephrite) from the Illinois River area of Josephine County. I have made "mollys" out of rope for decades, but now I have ideas on how to use your wire versions too. Thank you! PS _ learned rigging on fishing boats and as a merchant marine, it is a skill that stands me well. It is literally knowing the ropes.

That pause at 7:46 has 1000's of wistful memories in it... we feel it too! Thanks for the words!

You my friend have made me one handy man to have around. I’m younger and the old timers tell me how do you know how to braid cable? I just smile

I use to run Heavy Equipment, an Ole Operater taught me how to make a loop at the end of cable and weave it together again, it's been yrs ago, can't remember how to do again, thanks for sharing

As a logger myself i can attest to the many uses of cable. Very informative man...do not take his words for granted...he knows what he is talking about.

The world of work is beautiful

I bet you’re a hoot to be around. Once again, my friend you’ve illustrated the depth of your knowledge. I appreciate your ability to use your body as part of your work. Sometimes, every part of you is required to get the job done.

I'm 48 & I kinda know the terms your using but not enough to be confident using them. Without content like this the younger gens will have no chance. So thanks & keep it up.

The swager of an old logger. And I'll show myself out now.

I’m glad you mentioned forging with the cable...that’s great stock!

Your farmer's eye tutorial answered something that had aggravated me to no end years ago. As a kid, I found some cable (much thinner than yours), and for the heck of it, I decided to put a loop on one end. It wouldn't work no matter what. Now I finally know that if I'd just woven it the other way, it would have come together. Now I'll be on the lookout for some scrap cable just to try it. It had always bothered me that the thing hadn't cooperated.

Rough and Earthy. Well put, Sir.

Thanks for that. When you spoke about growing up around logging it echoed my experience growing up in a Pennsylvania oilfield. Wire rope was everything. The 'Farmer's Eye' you mentioned was taught to my Dad and me by a power company lineman.

Wow, Scott. I can't imagine that I'll ever use one, but I'm glad that you showed me how to put together a Farmer's Eye none-the-less.

talking about exhilarating trades such as loggers and oil field workers, I am a lineman and I feel like the trade is right up there with the others, and shares many of the same components, including tools and materials used, lots of heavy materials and rigging/lifting, working conditions, and danger. I love it.

LOL a "rough and earthl world". I love it! I grew up around boilermakers similar people.

You make it look so easy.

Thanks for sharing this. napped the winch cable on my ATV, when I just started plowing after a big dump of snow. You saved my bacon! Driveway is clear!

Watching this guy teach makes me feel all warm inside.

Back in the '70's there was a drilling rig that was moved into the Belize jungle with helicopters. As you can imagine they needed many slings. What they did was send cable cutters (like the one in the video), sledge hammers, hacksaws, spools of wire rope, and galvanized pipe. They cut a piece of pipe 6"-8" long & slipped it on the wire, and made a farmer's eye. Then they slid the end into the pipe and crimped it shut with 2 sledge hammers. All this done in the bush with very unskilled workmen.

Bravo best description of this on you tube and i know. I worked over 20 years as a old style cable tool driller in the oilfields deep as 6,500 feet with cable tools and i also worked a number of years in the logging industry. I am fully versed in all types of cable repair and work it was a big part of my living. Getting too old now but from what i can see on the internet the art of cable is a lost art and i am probably one of very few that still knows how to lay and weave splices.

Totally brilliant teacher and lesson

I always learn something on every one of your videos!

Good video the technical name for that splice is a Flemish eye. It is used all the time in the marine construction world. Also in that environment using the molly to secure the pin of a shackle or securing the latch closed on a hook is commonly referred to as “mousing” the shackle or hook. I have worked with many pile bucks up here in the pacific north west (in the old days were loggers in the summer and pile drivers in the winter).

I thoroughly enjoy your videos, they are very informative and you’ve taught this old dog a few tricks. As a power lineman for 43 years I’ve used a clevis thousands of times. Perhaps it may be an east coast thing, here a clevis has an unthreaded pin kept with a cotter pin, a shackle has a threaded pin. Also shackles are used on prisoners...... I’ve also weaved pulling eyes in steel cable many times but rather than use cable clamps, which hang up in running blocks, we served the end of the eye with serving wire. Again, thank you for this very informative channel! Never heard of a Molly before....

On a farm in Louisiana a clevis has a pin and keeper in it and a shackle has a threaded bolt.

Your KZfaq channel will be a awesome thing for your grandchildren and there children, you able to give your knowledge into something they can reference long after you are gone(not to sound negative about being gone). My grandfather was a very knowledgeable man when it come to working with his hand and boy I wish I could remember some of the things that he told me when I was you and didn’t know to really absorb it. I enjoy your videos and wish I knew half the things you know.

I work in the oil patch of the Cook Inlet as a commercial diver and when that’s slow I Pilebuck building piers and bridges. We use Molly hogans a whole lot. When we use cable or wire to secure a screw-pin shackle we call it “mousing” the shackle. Excellent channel sir! I like what your doing in educating the common person.

My grandfather worked in the woods back before WW2. He past some of his knowledge on to me. Watching you put the eye in the line end brought back memories...He also talked about line clamps or as I have known them as "crosbee clamps". The #1 rule he talked about was never saddle a dead horse. Put the saddle of the clamp on the line side not tag end.Thanks for the vid.

that was fascinating. I have some old rusty line out back, I'll try making a farmers eye, just for the practice.

The wealth of knowledge shared on this channel is amazing. I back in my better years grew up in the oilfields. I am probably likely the last living generation to have actually worked as a driller on cable tool drilling. From that I went into the timber buisness so spent most of my life making a living working with steel cable. I miss those days and wish they was a way I could demonstrate how to splice 2 lengths of cable to form one longer cable. As for the eyes we always called it weaving a deadmans loop. Yeah I was taught old school as I was 3rd generation in family to take up the drilling trade.

did this on a 1/4" wire rope to drag logs up from a hill. so satisfying to make

Growing up on a farm, under the collective thumbs of Dad and Grandpa, there were lots of eloquent words used to name and describe various items and ideas. Working as a toolmaker to make enough money to keep farming, the difference between a clevis and a shackle seemed to be as you had mentioned, the screw pin on a shackle, and a crooked rusty(nice patina) square head bolt in a clevis. To confuzicate things a bit more, tell the folks about a twisted clevis. On the subject of “line”. There was a situation written about in an older magazine that told of a dozer operator in a big woods that over stressed a heavy cable. When it broke, the stretch in the line created two lethal entities. One supposedly removed the operator’s head, while the other did some damage to things and persons behind the break. Your presentation of useful things and methods that a seventy year old man can remember is greatly appreciated. Keep on keepin’ on.

I was rigger in the navy that's were the weight is loved that I was on a tender our ship could repair anything pearl harbor shipyard could rigging 10s of thousands of pounds through compartments over machinery down passageways or through a hole cut in the side of a ship always keeping the load suspended with chain falls welding cleats were needed sometimes having 6 or more points of contact for maneuvering what a great time learned so much that has helped me in my professional life love these videos never quit learning they cant take away what you know

Hi Scott, i also know a molly to be a short, heavy piece of cable with an eye braided or swaged on each end. we'd usually use them to pull trucks off of greasy landings with the cat or skidder..... and a clevis as a clevis... a shackle is something used to restrain people with... instead of using a cable clamp, you could show how to back braid the tails of the eye using that marlin spike.. another good trick to keeping the end of the cable from fraying is to melt some babbitt using doug fir bark and dipping the ends in it.. cheers mike

6000' 2" skyline on a slackline machine flying an iron bird with an 1-1/4 drop line. Parted the line and had to splice a new section in. 4 men 8 hours to splice it together. What a learning experience. Back logging the next morning.

I work on the oil rigs for 8 year and ran a 627G scraper now a days I’m back in my home town on the coast of Oregon and now I’m a tree climber and tree faller and yes everything is heavy lol climbing trees and setting up rigging it’s nice to know this stuff

This video reminds me of an advertising campaign put out by Firestone years ago bragging about their steel belted radial tires. The 721 radial tire. The slogan went " 7 around 2 wrapped by 1" - it simply described the wire configuration used in their steel belting wire rope.

haha the clevis and shackle debate right off the bat! My line crew went up to the home of potholes and trash (Detroit, MI) from the home of potholes and trash (Springfield, IL) and we kept asking for shackles with confused looks. Long story short, the Detroit Edison boys only know them as clevises and we only know them as shackles.

Learn something new every day. To me a "Molly" was just a molly bolt - used to fasten to gypsum board. Your splicing demonstration took my back in time to when I was in the Navy! Thanks for sharing.

Learned something new today .... mission accomplished

Some other names for a 'molly' -- becket, grommet, quoit. About why the twist alternates - at about 7:34 when you set that huge section of cable down note that the smaller strands are running in line with the axis of the cable. That gives us a stronger cable and if we took that cable and use it as strands for a bigger one the twist would be in the opposite direction and again we would have wire running along the main axis of the cable. Thanks for a great little lesson!

Thanks Craftman Dad! Great videos!

Hadn't learned one new thing today until I watched your video. Thanks for teaching me something new.

Never saddle a dead horse. Nicely done.

In reference to your comment of different words and dialect, i've heard of the "farmer's eye" referred to as a "flemmish eye". Easy to make and strong!

Glad to see other people have been doing this😎 - I started tying variations of "molies" bc thin cable is cheap, very strong (20X much thicker nylon rope) which makes it ideal for budget shelf hanging if you have decently strong and high beams. UNFORTUNATELY the cable hardware is extremely expensive, and must be used multiply redundant at each end of every piece of cable. Thus the Molly knot (I called them Olympic knots bc they look like the symbol) and a drill bit are all the extras you need. You can start on either end but it helps to suspend the shelf at the right height however. Drill through the reinforced corners and run your cable through the hole on one end, with the molly on the bottom to suspend it. On the beam go around once or twice as you like, and then tie a molly at the other end, around the vertical part of the same cable. To adjust height with a load on the shelf, just brace and retie the lower knot, or cut a few slotted spacers to keep on hand. This bc the cables do tighten a bit with weight. I managed 10x3 shelves across three beams with 6 3/16 cables, max 700# load, with spaced 2x4 construction. It's been 5 years or so - never a problem. FYI CIRCUS TENT CREWS use this technique - as do stage riggers. That's where I checked my thinking. THE SECRET with that woven knot is that it NEVER BENDS THE CABLE SHARPLY - which would weaken the steel.

Love learning from your extensive knowledge. Enjoy your videos very much.

Yet again, content that I will probably never have a real world practical need for, but this channel is just so good and your such a good teacher. This I one of my favorite KZfaq channels hands down. Great educational content that is entertaining at the same time.

Oh man you brought me back, I spent my summers with my uncle who was in forestry and forest management. So I spent a lot of time in the cut in Northern California learning learning from both sides of the fence. That's another story. I worked 12 yrs. In the oil fields on the rigs pulling core and welding. And I also worked for 16 years on conventional cranes for a pile driving company putting cofferdamns in and driving pile. The video brought back great memories. REMEMBER! NEVER SADDLE A DEAD HORSE!!!