Setting bridge beams | Two crane pick | Building a bridge

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Nice work! It’s really cool seeing two cranes work together! Also at least you were the first crane over the bridge 😉 thanks for sharing

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Elite Earthworks LLC, I was the guinea pig. Lol.

[@eliteearthworksllc]

To The Top Crane someone has to be! Great stuff as usual

[@Nudnik1]

wow two railroad flat car for a bridge Good idea!

[@ToTheTopCrane]

james norse, I know. Who would've thought. Someone was very innovative. Lol

[@arkansas1336]

Very well done! "Just like my paycheck, nothing to it!" Bridges on those "little narrow gravel roads" were some of my best money makers! ....13

[@ToTheTopCrane]

arkansas13, hahaha! They are some good jobs. Occasionally we'll get one that makes me question what I got myself into. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@hfdzl]

Did a bunch of these in my area. Million dollar bridge with sidewalk in the middle of nowhere on 1 lane gravel road. Makes you wonder what is in the future.

[@sandy1653]

For what it's worth, the load rating on that bridge doesn't seem too far out of line. A lot of those flatbed cars would have a gross weight in the 260k lbs range, and modern ones have a gross weight up in the 315k lbs range. And most of that is down to the track structures anymore.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Sandy, this one was made from two flat cars side by side, welded together and a poured concrete deck on top. I did some research before I agreed to cross it. Had I been in doubt, I would've told them no. Thanks for sharing the info! Also, thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@sandy1653]

I just noticed a silly omission, those numbers I quoted are the max gross weights, not necessarily the ones they're normally loaded to. Anyhow, I figured you wouldn't have risked your neck on a bridge you didn't figure would hold up. Just thought I'd share one of those random factoids I pick up floating about the internet. A quick question: the hooks (or whatever you might call them) that the lifting straps are fixed into on those bridge beams. Are they cast into the concrete, or do they fix in and then get pulled out before the bridge deck gets put on? Anyway, thanks for taking us along.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Sandy, the pick points are cast into the concrete. They are actually cable that is wrapped around the reinforcing steel inside the beam. After the beams are set, those get cut off.

[@waltermattson5566]

Those beams look a lot bigger when someone is right next to them. Nice video.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

walter mattson, they were pretty good sized beams. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@markmortensen4341]

When you look at those beams, the first looks level but the second and third makes it look like they are lower on the left side. I know they aren't but the camera sure makes it look awkward. Thanks again for your video even if you get a little forgetful about turning the camera on. lol 🤪🤪🤪🤣‼️

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Mark Mortensen, I think it was an optical illusion caused by the skew of the bridge foundation. Sometimes, I get caught up in work and it interferes with my footage gathering. Lol! Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@mallanyrios]

all bridges have a crown last right and last left are youre lowest ones next one raise up about 3 1/2 inches middle one is youre highest one

[@g4outdoors]

Each one of those flat cars are capable of holding 150+ tons each./////// In tight situations like your last pick (thanks for slowing down the vid and showing how delicate you were), do you ever do watch what needs to be done and do accordingly, or do you solely look at and do what the signalman says?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

G4 Outdoors, that's alot of weight those little cars can handle! When it comes to signals, it just depends. If I see something safety related, I will ignore the signal and stop. Otherwise, I pretty much just follow the signals. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@motercycles6]

i have always thought its cool to see two cranes working together and just an update we now finally have air conditioning again

[@ToTheTopCrane]

James Bergeron, glad you got your A/C fixed! Louisiana is no place to be without it! Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@motercycles6]

no it is not was miserable with out it

[@porkchop5389]

I am new to the channel, and love the videos. I know you have probable explained it all ready but what is the clicking I keep hearing thanks

[@ToTheTopCrane]

The clicking is an indicator that tells me that the winch is turning, and how fast.

[@JasonWorksAlot]

What looks to be smoking by the other crane? Can't tell if it's some kind of reflection or not. Good video thanks for sharing

[@ToTheTopCrane]

JasonWorksAlot, there is a brush pile being burned on the other side of the truck. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@JasonWorksAlot]

To The Top Crane must be letsdig18 protesting chippers again.

[@jonathandalton5534]

Great video, love the music !!

[@ToTheTopCrane]

jonathan dalton, thank you! Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@waynetharp]

This is something new for Missouri??? The last time I spent some time down there in the early-mid 90s. We had to drive across most creeks and the bars still had dirt floors. Missouri is going 21st century!

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Wayne Tharp, LOL! We still have some oak planked bridges in places. I don't know that I've been in a bar with a dirt floor, yet. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@63256325N]

Thanks for the video.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Duncan MacKenzie, thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@richardsavaglio661]

Nice job. I hate tandem picks. Even as a lowly Oiler your stress level skyrockets.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Richard Savaglio, I don't mind them when everyone is on the same page. It also helps when you are sitting in the bigger crane. Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@ericgately6373]

Do you own the company or do you just work there and nice work by the way man

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Eric Gately, I don't own the company. Thanks for the compliment and for watching! 🙂👍

[@ericgately6373]

Any time man love the videos you put out man that crane is like a third hand when you operate it very talented for sure

[@Nudnik1]

My GMK 5120 b could handle 50k at 50 ft...what can this rig do at 50ft?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

james norse, it will pick 75,400 lbs at a 53 foot radius with 110,000 lbs of counterweight. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@Mary-tr3vd]

That's the second time on a bridge job the truck got stuck. It didn't look muddy this time. I guess it's the weight and not mud huh?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Mary Feiden, it was the weight and incline. Bridge jobs are notorious for getting trucks stuck. Thanks for watching, mom! 🙂👍

[@lwilton]

I wonder why they had that smoking truck sitting there running in the background? Seems they could have shut it down until they had a use for it.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

l wilton, there was a pile of bush burning a few hundred feet beyond the truck. It just looks like the smoke is coming from the truck. If you go back and watch the video when I first pulled up to the site, you may see the bush pile burning before the truck gets backed in there. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@lwilton]

Ah, thanks. That does make a good bit more sense. I saw the smoke in the first scenes and at first thought the other crane was smoking, but that just didn't seem real likely. Then I saw the truck and it looked like it was smoking. Didn't realize it wasn't there in the first shots.

[@richwielechowski5191]

How long did the whole process take?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Rich Wielechowski, from the time we picked the first beam, to the time we set the last one, was only about an hour. The drive time and set up time made for a 10 or so hour day. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@MrSea2river]

Two different guys signaling you on beam 3’s placement? What’s up with that?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

MrSea2river, Mike (the one in the gray shirt) is my dedicated signal person. I'm not sure why the other person started signaling me. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

Is your destination in England, cause your in the wrong side of the road! 😂

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Elite Earthworks LLC, given the size of the crane, I will drive on whichever side I want to. LOL. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@eliteearthworksllc]

To The Top Crane I can see some Amish guy on a wagon now trying to pass! 😳😆

[@richardsavaglio661]

Elite Earthworks LLC a lot of pits and quarries are left hand driving. That’s mostly for safety reasons though.

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Turk 317, thank you! I'll wear one of your shirts in a livestream. 🙂👍

[@richardsavaglio661]

Turk 317 nice videos dude!!!!! I just subscribed to your channel!!!

[@asconstruction4146]

Doesn’t it seem like every bridge is getting rebuilt 2 over o we rebuilt that 10 years ago rebuild again

[@mattvega6941]

do you own the company??

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Matt Vega, I don't own the company. I just work for the company. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@Victor_Victory]

Nice

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Victor K, thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@RHales-vu2ie]

Also when you make a rigging videos can you try to show actual examples because a hitch or a double wrap is easy to show an example of. But when i watch your videos and wonder how the crew actually rigged the things your lifting.

[@TXCowboy35]

it just wouldn't be a bridge job unless at least one truck gets stuck

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Patrick Gage, that's a fact! Lol. Thanks for watching! 🙂👍

[@dougsmith1166]

👍👍

[@ToTheTopCrane]

Doug Smith, thanks for watching! 🙂👍