Views from a crane

manoz · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:18

^The cranes build themselves, they jack themselves up, well that's the jist of it.

indyskyz · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:25

NicktheNorse · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:31

I can see my old flat

TheCrow · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:32

Killa_ken said:
picture wasnt rite for my style of chop shop

Packet of oreos to the person who can spot the stickman

On the roof. RHS of the roof bottom left of the picture.

E-mail in trust for my address to send my oreos to. - i think you'll find your post was llegally binding.

edit: i should read more posts - Evil-Penguin beat me to it!

ReeceKB · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:33

ZOMG

Thats high.

PhilthyPhil · 26 Nov 2006 at 20:34

Mundu said:
1. How the hell do you put the things up? surely you need a crane to build a crane?

http://science.howstuffworks.com/tower-crane4.htm

Freefaller said:
Without wanting to be tactless - does it pay well? I heard it wasn't a wage to be sniffed at...?

I heard some of the most skilled crane operators, able to unload something like 50 containers an hour, earn in the region of $250k pa.

jamoor · 26 Nov 2006 at 21:29

norm said:
That crane looks a bit battered.

You want to move to Dubai, crane capital at the moment.

Doubt that, take a look at how much they are paid :eek:

Oblivious · 26 Nov 2006 at 21:47

I would love to hear some stories Ferret, of things that have happened at work. Must be something interesting.

Need more threads like this on OcUK, 5 stars.

Deadly Ferret · 21 Dec 2006 at 03:20

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Glaucus · 21 Dec 2006 at 18:46

Thanks Deadly Ferret some more to think about..

moss · 21 Dec 2006 at 20:44

Will it not get cold up there in winter? Or is the cab heated somehow?

Ricochet J · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:22

Ferret where abouts in London are you?

Mundu · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:33

I saw a crane in the process of being built when walking past Twickenham Stadium the other day. There was a massive extending arm truck thing helping it along.

There are a fair amount of cranes around the Stadium. On a busy day I've seen up to six cranes there but they seem to appear and disappear on a daily basis.

Here are some pictures of those cranes I took on my daily commute home.

VaderDSL · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:43

at everyone posting pics of the crane itself ... ... I mean, we need pics of the office birds!!!!

i know nothing · 16 Jan 2007 at 10:06

Dangerous occupation!

Visage · 16 Jan 2007 at 10:54

Deadly Ferret said:
I'm a month into my new career now, and still really happy with it. I get a bit bored sometimes as I'm on a slow site, but I can always occupy the time whether with exercising, reading, napping, waffling or sharedealing on the phone, 'binocularising' the local office birds, taking pictures, or daydreaming.

Exercising can be interesting. I haven't got any of the right sort of bars to do pull-ups from, so I position the back jib over the roof of the building we're making and hang over the side to do them. Bit dodgy, but it's only a 25' drop if I fall.

Here are a few photos I've taken, in case anyone's curious.

http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1364.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1365.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1366.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1369.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1370.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1378.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1379.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1385.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1386.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1387.JPG
http://www.djdf.f2s.com/PICS/CRANE/DSCN1394.JPG

Is that Wandsworth, just off Putney Bridge road?

Deadly Ferret · 24 Jan 2007 at 18:53