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P.s. Another reason for the height as you now have noted m73819 does not like to get wet and wanted extra height so we can do crane lifts under the cover and he not get wet.

To return our thoughts back to our regular programming. Yes it was raining yesterday. Yes we got wet but we got it done. The frame is complete and on the blocks. Now for those of you wondering why the blocks? Note now that 2 large trucks will fit side by side!! The tricky part was...

WTB Looking for a 8 foot extension assembly, a 16 foot extension or full assembly if anyone is selling :) ps: a little rain never hurt anyone m73819

Okay second row Drop sides are priceless The tractor started to become more practical. Had to move to a 6x6 to lift the opposite side on the blocks Warning none of this is as easy as it looks

Who has the magnesium and flares this year :)

PC I am taking donations for the donations :)

We had about 4 hours run time at a burn rate of 1.5 to 2 gallons per hour not bad, lift rpm of 1200

Joe everything is always for sale but with all the money I have invested in it to get operational the price gets pretty high quickly :)

Is stone picker up there? Saw he was road tripping again!! Yes that would be helpful. I can take care of shipping

Gimpy they have a 3 inch deep by 1" diameter spike as you said on the feet. We are going to drill holes in the concrete to set the spike into that will provide additional rigidity and then also bolt each leg into the base.

M73819 ran signals all day on the lifts. It is good to have a 40 year plus crane operator helping when doing heavy lifts. Each block is 2 tons. Once the first wall was up the then the main lift pipe had to be moved to the offside to prepare for the lift to get the leg extensions on and then...

Okay long day today. I had my youngest and m73819 for help thank goodness. Started around 9:00 left around 7:00 pm Last pickup Friday Soldier b ran crane for 7 hours today Blocks had to be dropped on side, chained up and then hoisted. The wrecker backed in place, left , drop and...

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Okay more Legos needed, 73m819 is on another Lego run. Ask him about his Lego cranes at the rally. He builds amazing 1:10 scale fully operational Lego cranes from scratch. Just picked up another load. These are weighing in at 2 tons each so we are limited to 6 at a time. $25 dollars...

Joe put swiss down for a set please

Okay made more headway yesterday. 73m819 made a Lego run yesterday to get some adult Legos. So with a pile of sand and adult Legos what are we up to? More details of where the frame is at the moment. There is still the leg extensions and another 8 foot section to install on the frame

So the plan was to lift one side and insert another side!! Then I would lift up the collapsed side Wahoo

Maybe we got too many posts :)

Ignorance is displayed by those who chose not to understand history. Only by studying history can we improve on the future. For it is only by experiences can we strive to be better. Thank you commander Zout for all the history lessons and sharing your experiences!

So I started to build frame assemblies and was trying to figure out how to put the sides together without dragging the frame all over the rocks. Ultimately had to unhinge one side and lower like the tm said. Then rigged up a harness that was hooked up to wrecker boom from rope but that...