Here is a picture of a crane at Industry Day in front of the library. I talked to a guy from Kiewit, I think his name was John, about the crane. He said that it cost $300,000. He also said that he wanted to put water balloons on the end of the crane and put a trip wire under it so when people walked under the crane the balloons would fall on them.
This is me operating the crane. There are two levers in the cab, one on each side of the seat. The one on the right operates the telescopic part of the crane and the boom. The one on the left works the swing of the crane. The controls are sensitive a little move of the sticks will make the crane move. If you put your thumb on top of the stick and pull back you can fell it vibrating, which tells you the crane is moving. This is done to allow the operator to watch the guy directing the crane instead of the crane itself.
My roommate Charlie operating the crane.
This piece of equipment is a track carrier drill. It is used for things such as soil boring. The guy said its goes 1.63 mph and 150ft is about the maximum distance it can go on one tank of fuel. The guy said he bought it for $162,000 from Central Mine Equipment. It has a three cylinder diesel engine.
A Caterpillar grader from American Infrastructure and a cement truck
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