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Impact's "Things Done at Work"
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willie59
Administrator
What causes a grain bin to bust open like that?
willie59
Administrator
Agreed. What a mess. 
Tiny
Senior Member
Holy Smoke , Never seen one do that unless some sort of explosion was involved .
lowbed driver
Well-Known Member
Tiny's thread has a lot more pictures less reading!!! LOL . I like these 'things done at work' threads. Lets see more pictures please. LB
That's cuz I'm lazy as a pet coon
Tiny
Senior Member
You have to remember Me and Impact are in two very different positions . I am in a unique position . As a truck driver and I spend at lot of time waiting to move the rigs to the next job . That affords me time to snap pics . It also helps that the boss promotes it .
LOL , Have a little insight into what it takes to keep a rig busy and lazy is no part of it .
Besides it's hard to hold a camera and pull levers at the same time .
willie59
Administrator
Tiny
Senior Member
Dang it Willie , No one was suppose to know
willie59
Administrator
Just thought I'd put it in plain Anglish for ya.
We're starting a new project in West Tennessee. Thought I'd take a few photos for anyone interested as the job progresses. It's a grain storage tank and material handling equipment. Two things unique about the project is the size of the tank, and the speed the material handling equipment moves the product. The tank is 156' in diameter, 69' 6" at the eave, and a peak height of 112'. It holds 1.3 million bushels. There's only one corrugated steel tank in the United states any bigger.
Another unique thing on this project is the ground. It's in the Mississippi River basin. There's almost no support from th ground. I think if just placed a normal foundation, the entire structure will sink into the ground. 1.3 million bushels of grain weighs about 72 million pounds. over the last month we sunk 550 or so 18" auger casts 80' deep into the ground. Last night we poured the pile cap which is basically just a 2' thick slab 160' in diameter (1500 yards of concrete.). We'll place 8' walls on top of the pile cap around the perimeter. There will also be tunnel walls placed on top. The forms will be stripped, sand or rock back fill put in 8' high, and a concrete cap placed on top for the floor. You can walk right under the tank when we're finished.
We're filling this tank from three elevators at the same time. Elevator #1 can move 20,000 BPH. #2 also moves 20,000 BPH. A third elevator moves grain from a dryer at 6,000 BPH. All three will feed into a unit that blends from all three elevators into one belt conveyor moving 46,000 BPH. That's a 1,000 bushel truck in less than a minute and a half. The conveyors feeding the new tank start 200-300' away at a height of 80' or so, and incline the distance until the discharge of the last conveyor is above the new tank.
A couple photos to follow.
Another unique thing on this project is the ground. It's in the Mississippi River basin. There's almost no support from th ground. I think if just placed a normal foundation, the entire structure will sink into the ground. 1.3 million bushels of grain weighs about 72 million pounds. over the last month we sunk 550 or so 18" auger casts 80' deep into the ground. Last night we poured the pile cap which is basically just a 2' thick slab 160' in diameter (1500 yards of concrete.). We'll place 8' walls on top of the pile cap around the perimeter. There will also be tunnel walls placed on top. The forms will be stripped, sand or rock back fill put in 8' high, and a concrete cap placed on top for the floor. You can walk right under the tank when we're finished.
We're filling this tank from three elevators at the same time. Elevator #1 can move 20,000 BPH. #2 also moves 20,000 BPH. A third elevator moves grain from a dryer at 6,000 BPH. All three will feed into a unit that blends from all three elevators into one belt conveyor moving 46,000 BPH. That's a 1,000 bushel truck in less than a minute and a half. The conveyors feeding the new tank start 200-300' away at a height of 80' or so, and incline the distance until the discharge of the last conveyor is above the new tank.
A couple photos to follow.
Tiny
Senior Member
I haven't seen Berkle in our part of the country for a long while . They did auger pile under one of the casinos in KC last I saw them . How much of the work belongs to you and your crew?
I'm the GC on the job, so all of it except electrical
Tiny
Senior Member
1,500 yards is a tall order . How long did that take to get poured out ? 3 pumps would make it faster but that's still a lotta mud
willie59
Administrator
That's a bunch of concrete. :yup
Meant to post photos of the job progress..but, like always, I'm to dang lazy. There are some thing to post on though.
The tank foundation is complete. It's be tough with all the rain We logged 15 inches of rain since starting this project, and another one close by.
I've got lots of work between now and corn harvest, so I invested...Well, more like borrowed a chitload of mola geetus and added another crane to the fleet. It's a 2006 Grove GMK5165. 197' live boom, 33 (I think) -59' hydraulic luffer and 46' of inserts. Used the luffer but not the inserts yet. Alls I know is the hydraulic luffer is sweet...At 20-40 degrees, and as long as all the boom's not poked out, I was still rated at over 15K. Not used to having that sort of capacity, especially at that height and radius. Wanted a 200 ton crane, but, just more than I felt like I could justify at this time.
Have managed to get a little seat time. Hard not to compare the liebherr to the grove. The Liebherr is sweet to operate...no doubt. But, so is the Grove.
The liebherr is heavier. Not sure of that's a good or bad thing.
The liebherr seems to be more...hi tech maybe? But, the grove's operating system seems to more forgiving. Not sure that makes sense.
The grove has 88K of CW, the liebherr 36K or so. So far we're running the Grove with 68,000 pounds. Haven't had the need for all of it.
Also bought the guy's tri axle trailer. It was already rigged for this crane. By leaving a bit of CW on the rig, and the tri axle, I can get 68K to the site with one semi.
The grove four wheel steers all the time. The liebherr (at least the way I'm running it) only four wheel steers if you steer the rears in low range, and you steer with push buttons. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong..Makes me wonder if the Liebherr shouldn't have a 4 wheel steering mode at lowers speeds.
Sold the old 76 model TMS300LP. I am sooooooooooooooo glad that is gone. Gave $45K for it, kept it 5-6 years, spent 60-75K on it, and sold it for 45K. Most expensive piece of equipment I've ever owned.
I'll need to buy a second home before buying another crane. If I by one more, I think the locks on the house will be changed and my clothes in the yard.
The tank foundation is complete. It's be tough with all the rain We logged 15 inches of rain since starting this project, and another one close by.
I've got lots of work between now and corn harvest, so I invested...Well, more like borrowed a chitload of mola geetus and added another crane to the fleet. It's a 2006 Grove GMK5165. 197' live boom, 33 (I think) -59' hydraulic luffer and 46' of inserts. Used the luffer but not the inserts yet. Alls I know is the hydraulic luffer is sweet...At 20-40 degrees, and as long as all the boom's not poked out, I was still rated at over 15K. Not used to having that sort of capacity, especially at that height and radius. Wanted a 200 ton crane, but, just more than I felt like I could justify at this time.
Have managed to get a little seat time. Hard not to compare the liebherr to the grove. The Liebherr is sweet to operate...no doubt. But, so is the Grove.
The liebherr is heavier. Not sure of that's a good or bad thing.
The liebherr seems to be more...hi tech maybe? But, the grove's operating system seems to more forgiving. Not sure that makes sense.
The grove has 88K of CW, the liebherr 36K or so. So far we're running the Grove with 68,000 pounds. Haven't had the need for all of it.
Also bought the guy's tri axle trailer. It was already rigged for this crane. By leaving a bit of CW on the rig, and the tri axle, I can get 68K to the site with one semi.
The grove four wheel steers all the time. The liebherr (at least the way I'm running it) only four wheel steers if you steer the rears in low range, and you steer with push buttons. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong..Makes me wonder if the Liebherr shouldn't have a 4 wheel steering mode at lowers speeds.
Sold the old 76 model TMS300LP. I am sooooooooooooooo glad that is gone. Gave $45K for it, kept it 5-6 years, spent 60-75K on it, and sold it for 45K. Most expensive piece of equipment I've ever owned.
I'll need to buy a second home before buying another crane. If I by one more, I think the locks on the house will be changed and my clothes in the yard.