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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    Argon concentrators I think they called these, the work being done by a special crew all the way from Arizona. All they do is travel...
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    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    I never did get a handle on the people building this place, in a very small rural town, not a high dollar neighborhood by any means...
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    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    My camera system has spoiled my long time customers, those sheeted gables would have totally screwed me sightwise pre camera, and the...
  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    Going into hangars on one end, working totally blind (the pic wasn't taken from the op seat) trusses much too big for one rigger to...
  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    My plane has been down due to installing a electronic fuel injection system, no more dual carbs. I knew I missed having it flyable but...
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    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    My customers are liking the hook, these out of center point CG trusses are why. I could have used my hook, but no need for a nail (and...
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    Natman replied to the thread Why I hate boom trucks.
    I was the first in my area to transition from a BTC/fixed operator station to a sit on your butt rotating cab type. Hard to believe...
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    Natman reacted to Truck Shop's post in the thread Why I hate boom trucks with Like Like.
    Ah found a photo of Crane Op Jr years ago. Been crane'n long he asks. *
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    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    The little spikes on the bottom, they are not welded on near as I can tell, it almost looks like the entire piece was water jet or...
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  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    I got it, used it yesterday, while not a total game changer it was pretty handy in use. The quality is top notch, and it's as well...
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  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    I get maybe 25% needing a double rigging point on my residential work, the rest single. Just last week I finished up a 152' long by 81'...
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  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    When I had my 17 ton Terex boom truck, I was still building for others a bit, plus my own new shop and house as I had moved onto new...
  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Cam hook truss setter.
    I think you hit the nail on the head! Having started construction doing formwork, before air nail guns were ever seen on any framing...
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    Natman posted the thread Cam hook truss setter in Cranes.
    I got a suggestion to try one of these, from a guy I do enough work for, and have done for a while, to give it a shot. Today we were...
  • Natman
    Natman replied to the thread Working the National 1300A.
    I had a coolant leak on the Mack, looked like a plastic fitting on the plastic coolant tank, that had a brass fitting on it, with a...
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