A joy to watch your video.. Great attitude and easy to listen to.. Would make an excellent teacher.. Lord knows we need guys like you to pass the trade on.. Thanks for the good work your doing, makes us all shine like a new pennies!!
Hats off to you brother, i’m a tower operator myself from Maxim Crane a Local 302 out of Seattle. I’m a hammerhead guy, never been up that high but hope to someday! Keep it safe
@@WoodCutr1 I'm trying to get more money somewhere in the 30 an hour I'm almost there. But I want to go to a trade school. And earn a good amount of money.
I was a roofer moat of my life, 3to 4 stories is the highest i went, this is a whole new ballgame, i get nervous just looking through a camera, it takes nerves of steel 😃 to do this work, hard hats of to them.
Worked with the Leibherr 550s back in the 90s as a signalman... They were all electric but they were super smooth.... it always astonished me when they jumped them.... always expected them to break but they never did... thankfully
That crane is a TG2300-B. Its a diesel powered hydraulic crane. Most cranes are electric. However, because of this ones set up, it can lift a substantially greater weight than any electric crane. There are about 3 in North America right now. I'm currently working on one in Canada.
You should have mentioned your other Brothers and Sisters that turned the hook over to you when we are finished with the Structural Concrete. LIUNA Laborers Local 242 Seattle Washington retired hand. We are all family. I give a shout out to all the trades and all the hands I ever worked with all over America. Build America Strong.
@@jonathanaldana4941 I have trouble 90 percent of the time when I deliver machinery. Its always a pissing match on the union thinking they're going to run a machine on and off my trailer
The only construction job I have no interest in ...... I hang iron walk beams and hang off buildings welding but tower crane operators are crazy ones holy fuck 1000 plus feet hanging and if anything goes wrong you go with it I’m good but good to ya dudes out there . Where is the other cab for your guys big ass balls though?
@@In_Rem Twenty five year member of the I.U.O.E., four different locals. So try again. The Operating Engineers is a labor company, not a labor union. Wake up and smell the coffee.
Hi, Any chance you can let us know how this crane operate swing with the feet what are the hand stick's for left and right? Hoist and jib up/down? Thanks we don't see this cranes a lot ;)
Two pedals on the floor for feet left right swing, left lever is boom up or down, Right lever is hoist up or down, left switch is brake, right side also has throttle for the engine, it really takes four hands to run, linkbelt tg1900
It's usually disassembled into pieces that can be hoisted by smaller cranes or with the use of gin-poles, structures attached to the side of the structure being built. After construction, those gin-poles are removed and the building's outside is completed. I would not rule out the use of a helicopter to transport the biggest parts.
I've run this same crane once in a while filling in for Brothers, it will definitely separate the men from the boys, equipment number 2507 Linkbelt tg 1900
not exactly, crane operators are in high demand. i'm becoming tower crane operator and there's schools and unions around here in florida that'll teach you for free. i love tower cranes and know this is the career for me.
@@magnarvasiliev5292 good luck to you, I sincerely hope it works out for you. Trust me though, it's 10x harder than it looks. Some people just dont have the touch. Sounds corny, but I'm serious.
A joy to watch your video.. Great attitude and easy to listen to.. Would make an excellent teacher.. Lord knows we need guys like you to pass the trade on.. Thanks for the good work your doing, makes us all shine like a new pennies!!
Hats off to you brother, i’m a tower operator myself from Maxim Crane a Local 302 out of Seattle. I’m a hammerhead guy, never been up that high but hope to someday!
Keep it safe
Is work steady throughout the year?
@@DaBank most definitely, there is so much work, and so many projects that are going to be running for years and years to come.
Hats off to these guys. I'm scared of heights so wouldnt even last a minute working that high up.
@cm. CG never done this, but I climb trees. and I agree, you get used to it, and going down is worse than going up
@cm. CG looks fun, seems like a job id get, but I think ill stick to climbing trees, atleast I can become an arborist and make some good money
@@WoodCutr1 hows the pay
@@cheeto408 I am a rec climber, all I do is spend money to climb lol, ask around, you will find some good answers for your area
@@WoodCutr1 I'm trying to get more money somewhere in the 30 an hour I'm almost there. But I want to go to a trade school. And earn a good amount of money.
I was a Union Iron Worker..Connected in L.A. nothing was better than working with a good operator. They are special...
I was a roofer moat of my life, 3to 4 stories is the highest i went, this is a whole new ballgame, i get nervous just looking through a camera, it takes nerves of steel 😃 to do this work, hard hats of to them.
40ft or 1100...a fall from either equal the same results. Anything over 30 doesnt really matter if you fall
Absolute legend. Hats off to these men, especially the operator.
Thanks, that means a lot to me as a hoisting engineer :)
Worked with the Leibherr 550s back in the 90s as a signalman... They were all electric but they were super smooth.... it always astonished me when they jumped them.... always expected them to break but they never did... thankfully
Thanks for keepin us Ironworkers safe brother
My father, local86 out of s attle 35years of ironworking, loved mom and his whole family, worked for us all GOD how I miss hm
That crane is a TG2300-B. Its a diesel powered hydraulic crane. Most cranes are electric. However, because of this ones set up, it can lift a substantially greater weight than any electric crane. There are about 3 in North America right now. I'm currently working on one in Canada.
Never worked around a tower crane but i like when the operating engineers call in our lift when necessary
Beautiful footage and fantastic interview. -IUOE Local 9 😎
You should have mentioned your other Brothers and Sisters that turned the hook over to you when we are finished with the Structural Concrete. LIUNA Laborers Local 242 Seattle Washington retired hand. We are all family. I give a shout out to all the trades and all the hands I ever worked with all over America. Build America Strong.
That was cool, what a nice guy! hope all the best for him and his family!
Local 12 baby. As soon as I get on the A List I’m going to crane school in Crosby.
I’m starting my apprenticeship with the local 387 as a future iron worker and I can’t wait to go up and build America one structure at a time ❤
Nicely done operating engineer , great video and explanation!
wigs me out with his mobile and glasses sitting soo close to the window lol.
How much money u think these guys make?
@@garrettgermany3155 100k+ surely
I was a Local 25 Ironworker a long time ago. I'm in my 60's now. Iron workers are great people to work with.
All the ones I ever met were crybabies and big time diva complainers.
Correct me if I'm wrong Local 25 covers Eastern Michigan, Detroit area?
Interesting job
Interesting dude
Keep the pieces coming man!!!
Ive walked that boom before. Nice Crane. I believe it is on top of a building in Boston right now
Heck of a responsibility, I like operators they are some of easiest guys on the job to get along with
Much appreciation from a glazier local 636
The hell they are
pa heavyhauler I never had a problem with one lol
@@jonathanaldana4941 I have trouble 90 percent of the time when I deliver machinery. Its always a pissing match on the union thinking they're going to run a machine on and off my trailer
@@brandonharris9237 you're just mad because we always ask you to get closer.
My father was a 40 year member of I.U.O.E. local 4 in Boston.
The IUOE is a fucking joke, at least local 542 is
You got have balls I’m freaking out in my bed lol
Retired rigger enjoyed this clip...
Great video, IW Local 397 !
So interesting.... great Men the steel workers and such a proad crane driver who’s so passionate about his job.
we r not steel workers we r IRONWORKERS, get it right
A steel worker either makes the alloy that is steel, or works in a shipyard.
These guys are Structural Iron Workers.
Local 440 just called me for an apprenticeship I’m going this is the career for me
How do you like it, considering being an iron worker.
@@Itz_littlebear He never got off the couch.
Tony Botchagaloop 😂😂😂
Tony Botchagaloop that’s what you do?
Check out local 12 as well 440 and 12 are close
True american heroes, not criminals fighting the cops and dying.
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Cornell had the the highest crane on the east coast and West coast at the same time
They're out of buisness now.
@@AndyB718 no… they aren’t.
Great job 👍🏽
OE LOCAL 955 HERE !! Keep up the good work !
Building America. Awesome.
I get Vertigo Just Hearing him Talk about this stuff
My late father retired from IUOE Local 12 in 1976. He worked for Granite Construction
Props to you guys. I’d shit my pants just from looking down let alone trying to work from up there.
😊 It's great to be a hoisting engineer 🇨🇦
Local 150 operators engineer Chicago Illinois
I need some oxygen just looking at this !!!
Most badass people on the planet 🤟🏾
Ahh nothing like a good crane operator. Good attitude to.
we do stil have skilled people today,be safe
Does he keep a parachute in that thing?
Chicago Slabs and Stuff damn
By by by
Good work brother, local 181
I like you'r job sir..
Local 15 NYC saying 👋 !
Is the work steady year round ?
25 year operator and electrician IBEW local 32. Great vid.
UNION YES.
Will this job be automated anytime soon? Say like 15-20 years from now?
Nice job
My father operates the crane local 14B in nyc
Is it steady work?
Nice video
These guys really are a breed apart from us ordinary mortals,,,,I got a nose bleed watching this!
How do they make it to the restroom 🤔
@BlackMinkCoat idk bput that 1 chief lol. I'll use a mini porta potty
Where's the restroom up there in case you have an emergency?
The last bottle of whatever you drank
lean into a column lol Not really they have santy cans cut in half they haul up n down in the cargo elevator usually at least one on every floor
Good working engineer
Camera on the ball of the hook? Good idea to me
Is this a link belt? Samuel Grossi Steel has a few also. But all parts go through Cronell
All my respect you need steal bolas to do this job
The only construction job I have no interest in ...... I hang iron walk beams and hang off buildings welding but tower crane operators are crazy ones holy fuck 1000 plus feet hanging and if anything goes wrong you go with it I’m good but good to ya dudes out there . Where is the other cab for your guys big ass balls though?
Respect to all the skywalkers
including Luke!
Hey I'm a 10 year veteran and a CCO certified operator. I'm trying to get into another crane company but I keep hitting dead ends. Any advice?
10 year veteran? Not getting another job. You must be not that good.
Bribe your dispatcher.
@@bluehand9631 obviously he is non union
join the Union
@@In_Rem Twenty five year member of the I.U.O.E., four different locals. So try again. The Operating Engineers is a labor company, not a labor union. Wake up and smell the coffee.
Nice job brother. OE 181
Bakersfield Ca shirt on??
Cool job
I have run a lot of tower cranes to... 👀
Hi, Any chance you can let us know how this crane operate swing with the feet what are the hand stick's for left and right? Hoist and jib up/down? Thanks we don't see this cranes a lot ;)
Two pedals on the floor for feet left right swing, left lever is boom up or down, Right lever is hoist up or down, left switch is brake, right side also has throttle for the engine, it really takes four hands to run, linkbelt tg1900
Very very good
I allways loved high buildings, but never go up, maybe in next life
Proud to be Union!!
He's a good man.
is that an old favco 1000
No its either a TG 1900 or TG 2300 Cornell bought nearly all existing ones and custom modified them. TG 2300 I think lifts 230 Tons.
The good ol Favco 1000 🖒
@@jamesberlo4298 230 Tons??? Not sure they got tower cranes doing that type of weight.
Connectors are only few to say im a conector
🤙🏻good job from local 487
I guess what it was at Burj Al Arab in Dubai
How do you get the crane back on the ground when job is finished ?
It's usually disassembled into pieces that can be hoisted by smaller cranes or with the use of gin-poles, structures attached to the side of the structure being built. After construction, those gin-poles are removed and the building's outside is completed.
I would not rule out the use of a helicopter to transport the biggest parts.
The crane lowers itself with a hydraulic climber you can see the climber right under the cab.
Big construction
No wonder photographers get paid so much lol
hey nice watch
How much he making like 80/hr$ ?
How do i apply?
Join OE apprenticeship
Buddy of mine is a crane operator he averages over 200 grand a year
I got a chance to work with these cranes in downtown san Francisco local 34 piledrivers
Hundra tusen änglar må vaka över er 👋❤️👀
I've run this same crane once in a while filling in for Brothers, it will definitely separate the men from the boys, equipment number 2507
Linkbelt tg 1900
Never mentioned the pay rate to us!
sean williams It all depends on the state and county but i would say they bring a lot of money. Like $80-$100/hr
California union rate is around 53 per hour plus benefits, we make our good money on overtime and double time
I want to do this. How do I get started?
Mucho cojones
@Chicago Slabs and Stuff thank you
Was a non hacker i quit !
❤
Thats how its done jak
He working with a Rolex on ??? Lol
Extremely well paying job but almost impossible to get into.
not exactly, crane operators are in high demand. i'm becoming tower crane operator and there's schools and unions around here in florida that'll teach you for free. i love tower cranes and know this is the career for me.
@@magnarvasiliev5292 I am a Tower crane operator, and promise you it's not for everyone. Alot of people come out and end up doing something else.
@@rigging1377 That sum bitch looks alot diff when you get there. Yeah ,NAH.
@@magnarvasiliev5292 good luck to you, I sincerely hope it works out for you. Trust me though, it's 10x harder than it looks. Some people just dont have the touch. Sounds corny, but I'm serious.
Hi sir im Pipefitter
38 year old crane!
Local 12 baby concrete boom operator $$$$$
Hoist & Rigging Laborer... union ! Indiana
Live better work Union !
I don’t even like being this tall, so that’s not the best career path.
I"LL PASS !
Believe or not these guys don’t make much $$ 😞😞
works out to $90 an hour when you include benefits - most people would not think this is "not much"
@@kellycandaelefilms first someone told they only make $40 an hour... I said WTF!!! Lol...