@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 Stay away from the New International Version. It’s a bad version to read from, because it’s missing a lot of scriptures! Seek other versions to help you understand His Word! But keep doing the LORD’s work! Selah 🕎🕊💟
Retired IW out of Local 387. You guys were smooth. Last year here in Atlanta some guys were taking one down here and screwed up. Evacuated buildings around it, blocked off a major street, genuine cluster. $$$$, all fine and dandy till it goes south. I worked with some solid guys over the years. Certainly not a easy profession, a rewarding one for sure.
I watched this with a real sense of pleasure at watching true professionals at work. My absolute respect to all involved. Genuinely a really professional operation involving people that take pride in their work and take even greater pride in their consideration of others safety. People like these build our world : )
The beginning of this video reminded me of Jackass beginning with Johnny Knoxville saying "Hi I'm Johnny Knoxville, welcome to Jackass then he proceeds to getting the f*£k kicked out of him by something or someone, but instead this video shows the very best highly trained skilled men risking their lives to improve our world. Mega respect.
I just love the whole, "we found a Krull 10000 on the internet".. I was expecting them to say "we won it on Ebay!" But I have to give it to them, that's one HELL of a project in what looks like a very tight work space, well done to a safe and successful project.
I worked in a maximum security prison for 6 years with some of worst people alive. Did multiple cell entries when the inmate had a weapon and id do it again if I had to. Your job you couldn't pay me enough to do that. Hell no. That is where my cowardice would show. Respect gentlemen. That's something I could never ever do.
I mean operator is making probably north of 200+ a hour and the crew taking this baby down is probably also at least north of 40-60 a hour if I would guess. Sooo almost a mill a year would definitely make me want to do this lol
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! I have such mad respect for all of you Men, that assemble, operate and then, tear these Cranes down. My Father ran Cranes to 150 tons, for 30 years, until he retired, and my greatest memories were of him, loading our crew boats and Offshore Supply boats in Port, where I worked, and before that, rigging for him in the summers and on weekends. I have an abject fear of heights, so I DOUBLE respect you all, for working so high up, and riding the baskets. You are all awesome.
As a retired industrial Pattern Maker of 42 years, I find this very fascinating , wonderful engineering and men and women so dedicated to their job and to the safety of all.Thanks for sharing.
As a former Union Ironworker I never had the opportunity to erect or breakdown of a tower crane. One regret I do have. Great job guys, you made me proud! Razor!
I do safety here in southeast texas , that was one of the best dissasimblies i have seen, the safety aspect of this job is the key to a better day, and a day you go home safe, great job hands.
I worked as a crane coordinator for Syncrude for a couple of years... was always curious to see this done but was stuck in the office!! Really great video!!
I worked at Syncrude in 1986 and remember they had the largest lathe on the planet at that time (another lathe, it's brother was in Russia). Oh, and the highest I ever had to work at was Petrosar refinery in the late 70's and early 80's. I worked in utilities and had to issue permits during the shutdown in 79 or 80 (don't remember which) and I had to climb the (about) 356 ft to the top of the flare and conduct gas meter testing for LEL's, O2 etc. for entry into the flare stack for inspection and repairs. I think I still have a Syncrude jacket and a Petrosar work shirt. Also I remember working at Suncor the night of the massive Syncrude fluid coker fire in late 1984 (as I recall)
We had a girl do that here in Toronto recently. It took a special team of trained firefighters several ours to go up, go to the end of the boom and down the cable to the 6 inch wide cable jib (terminolgy?).They then put her in a ling and lowered her down where she was arrested, had a mental health assessment and then went to jail. She is now facing trespassing charges as well as charges related to having to call the fire department and police out. She also is facing a civil suit from the contraction company for lost time and wages for the construction crew and is being billed for the police, security company and fire crew. Totals cost is estimated to be $200 to $300 thousand Dollars. All this because she was bored and wanted to see a thrill. She is likely going to get a sentence of two years less a day in jail.
Glad there are guys with the balls to do this kind of work. Lots of negative comments from people who would more than likely shit their pants doing work half as dangerous.
@@thatduderemi6377 Just saw a video where 5 men fell to their death erecting antenna tower. They was hoisting final section and bolts broke. 3 of them was inside the section being lifted. It fell cutting the tension cables releasing the energy which in turn brought the whole tower down. Horrible to watch. Its on youtube
I like this work,iam pilipino tower crane erector, working liebherr and ueg Qatar.. and doosan company terex and comodel..always God bless you to all...
@@memyself1176 Kim...........you want respect. Feed your people. Release the innocent prisoners. Open your border to allow N. Koreans to leave, if they choose. Have the UN to validate your elections. Oh. Your nukes have no range. Or accuracy.
as an electrician I have worked on many projects where these cranes were used. Usually by the time i arrived at the site the crane was already erected, and i often wondered how these beasts were assembled and disassembled......questions answered thanks for the video, and much respect to these professionals
I take off my hat to these MEN who perform such dangerous and essential work.The button pushers who send billions around the world in seconds should be introduced to some real productive labour.This is what makes the human world function!
Squarerig ...Button pushers, cube farm whiteshirt workers who are obese or milktoast need a workout everyday before work...including a 1 mile run...They would feel very good about themselves..oh...And a Wes Watson video...lol...
My fear of heights has me feeling like puking just watching this, and it's like some form of energy is being sucked through the soles of my feet, and my legs feel like they're no longer mine. Great clip. I just watch it with my eyes closed, and listen to the soundtrack.
I worked with Assembling and disassembling tower cranes for almost 5 years mostly Liebherr and Linden Comamsa. Best job i ever had. Working in a crew like those guys is special. It look easy but trust me, it's NOT. There's allot to consider when you assemble or disassemble a tower crane, one single mistake can be catastrophic.
The best part is that if you make a critical life altering mistake you only have a brief period of time to reconsider your course of action that led to the unfortunate outcome you are about to face!
@@davidm3maniac201 One answer is that it’s usually a young mans job. Crane work is sporadic so you are doing other Ironworking jobs. Good $$$, it’s seven days a week till it’s off site
WOW!! WHAT A BUNCH OF PROFESSIONALS ,REAL TEAM WORKERS. MADE MY BUTT HOLE CLOSE UP AND I WAS SITTING IN EASY CHAIR JUST WATCHING VIDEO. THANKS TO ALL GREAT JOB AND WONDERFUL VIDEO. NOT SOMETHING I COULD OR WOULD DO. AMAZING! THANKS AGAIN.
Absolutely awesome. There is no room for cowboys in the crew - quite different than many oil drilling/pumping rigs. Every move ya'all made was deliberate, patient, and necessary. Thanks for sharing a glimpse into what it takes to safely disassemble one of these monster tools. Much respect.
Amazing work, well produced video. I respect these Iron Workers and there skills. Congratulation on a successful, installation, and removal of the Huge piece of equipment.
Pandayotegoog Leintheass its not so bad when you ease into the sky u work ur way up so it kinda feels lile u never left the ground,,,, its when u been off for 5 months and hire in and get thrown into the middle of a project takin place at 400 ft in the air with the wind howling,,,yea it will knock your rockss off for sure! At rush so intense your forget what time it is! Pretty cool shit
i was there the week they took the more difficult section down they sent most workers home but i was fortunate enough to work through and watch it coming down.I was also fortunate enough to get onto the mast and inspect a scaffold up there
thanks so much for this really great and teaching video where everything is about why and where and when etc. i really like that, it is so great to get a "inside" look to this kind of work we normally never hear about
I watched a tower crane being assembled and dismantled near my house last year,and I have a great deal of respect and admiration for the courageous men who work on cranes. I watched one guy walking along the jib while it was slewing,and I recalled my days building scaffolding. No comparison! These guys have real guts!
I was up at Ft Mackay picking up a pipelayer and saw the K-10,000 while it stood there. Like a sentinel. I had no idea it was dismantled til I went past mid sept to Firebag and saw it missing. That's why I searched for this. Very interesting the amount of work involved.
That is a Monster Tower Crane! I don't think you can appreciate just how big that thing is unless you have been around some normal towers. The tip being 28,000 lbs is insane. Great Video!
amazing to watch ...true professionals who have respect for the dangers of this work...not a bunch of dumb , no problem here , let's knock this out....guys......this is why steel workers ..riggers.. crane operators earn what they do
+Sign in Here .......from what i've heard in the past...union steel workers are $100+ an hour....and crane operators easily double that, here in NYC anyway......
Back in the 60's in the UK, I was on a team building a Picon tower crane 100 foot tower, 100 foot jib. No other cranes on site as it built itself. After the base was constructed, the jib was built [about 15 feet off the ground] then the tower was constructed using a small jib. Then the cable drum on the jib was used to haul itself up using a long wire cable. About 40 feet up the cable snapped and the jib dropped back down breaking its self in half. Luckily I was a it fleeter in foot those days, because where I was standing holding a rope to stop the jib from revolving, was a heap of concrete from the ballast weight box!
Hats off to the man smart enough to design this system! And damn fellas to the workers doing it! Balls of steel on a bunch of hard workers,! You guys are bad asses
That's pretty amazing. I would wet myself if I was inside one of those baskets way up there. Morning meeting: "Don't drop any tools or bolts, okay?" Long way down!
@Mark Jacobs alberta goin for shit now the political bullshit from everywhere all decided to fuck everything and there not done yet,running the province and the country right off the tracks
Watching this video has really showed how much work goes into dismantling these huge cranes, it's a highly skilled job done by real professionals, these men deserve huge pay checks for that work
That's one big ass problem elbow walkers think they Luke and pretend to understand guess know much about much in life pathological lying refuse correction refuse truth refuse to question any pretend to understand run mouth like saying something ego arrogant jackass never been we the people's anti justice anti truth anti freedom to ego arrogant jackass to know it
I have the utmost respect for the ironworks, but what about us crane operator. We keep us all safe too. I know we have our own videos. Great job guys. RC
Hello I rigged for the boilermakers in Houston and was involved on manny rigging jobs for over 25 years.you get to love this kind of job..no mistakes not one is the rule I miss it .And the cash was great .
Ive worked around this stuff and It's always amazed me the thought that goes into these structures. "We're going to get her to the ground and box her up". Awesome!!!
You fellows got very dangious job and my thumb goes up for each one of you guys,hope the pay is great cause I got good idea what you all deal with cause I been steel fitter and erector about 15 years,great job may God keep you all safe and God Bless each one of you guys keeping you all safe an going home each day
I got into the crane driver gig by accident on my OE. Said I could control one as a casual labourer and up I went and learnt on the fly. All in Germany. Home to NZ eventually with crane XP. Crane driver for life.
to put this in perspective for some people, at 11:05 he says it took 43 days to get close to the end. A typical dismantle job is like 2-5 days. 5 days and management gets mad
Try climbing to the top of a radio-telescope! Electronics doesn't mean you don't get to go up in the air... troubleshoot problems at the top of the silo, you get way up there!
It’s the portable cranes that take down these monsters that really blow my mind. Watching mutilple semi trucks show up to set up a single crane is amazing
Jntterminx, you only need “40 foot square area.” (a square about 6 1/2 feet on each side) actually, that is what the guy said in the video, but the specifications I looked up say it sits on a 40 foot diameter concrete pad (which is an area of about 1256 square feet) still, that is an incredibly small footprint for such a massive and capable machine!
Jorgie Vencez, I don’t really know what you are trying to say, but I do know anything that “inhibits” pedophilia is a good thing! Anything, (including a bullet to the head, or castration of pedophiles, if neccessary, etc.) that allows a child to grow up innocent and prevents the torment of any child is a good thing!
These construction cranes are something that many people take for granted. However as we just learned there are great trained professionals that are as cool as can be about setting up and taking down these monsters. All in a days work…
This is the reason we will always need professional union tradesmen. Easy to see someone untrained for this work would cost his and other lives. As a life time retired union member I've seen many different accidents when cranes topple or lost loads because of neglect of one person. Best wishes to all who work on high iron!
some people give unions way too much credit. There are a lot of us non-union workers that can handle the jobs just fine. Complete safety and excellent knowledge. Abilities equal to any union worker
For any non-union working who works on high iron similar to the above. Respectfully; I only hope your paid the State Prevailing Wage That is your wage and benefits allotted for State and Government contracts. The contractor who wins the bid by law must pay the worker the wage defined to his/her trade that is all benefit pertaining to the union pay package. If one isn't receiving the same money that a union worker would be paid. The contractor is breaking the federal law. However: If one must work in some Sothern States like Fl. I feel empathy for them. My Best wishers. Lowdog
dave Drolett I am very picky about who I work for. I always make sure they have a good safety program and are taking care of the employees as they should be, not putting profit before safety. I am grateful to the unions for all they do for us and I do support them fully. My sons are both pipe fitters. Does this video give you butterflies also or is it just me?
Thehoelogdog Logdog : To answer your question about butterflies, Not at all. From when I was a teen I've started my apprenticeship working on the 52 story Prudential Building in Boston.. Walking structural steel beams. while spacing out where I would place the Richmond hangers. Those day no one ever used safety belts, We never know they existed until the mid 1960's just before new safety laws was initiated by the Gov. Sadly I've seen many coworkers fall to their death. Worker blown off the steel by the wind while carrying a piece of plywood or laying down metal Q-Decking panels across the steel beams. For me this work was a rush, just the same as sky-diver enjoys the challenge. Watching this video made me wish I was still younger and could take this challenge again. Let me tell you this, I've never believed in a million years that I would survive this kind of work ( bridge Build ) etc., of all of my 39 year working coria. Retired at the end of 1999 in one piece. However: Welding is another health problem I wasn't prepared for. As a pipe fitter you know what I'm talking about. Thank for your reply. .
Glad they put that "don't do this at home" disclaimer I almost got my tower crane out
Hello, I am a tower driver with an international license. Is there any work for me? Can you help me?
@@hghbn7760 ?
"Tower crane not to be taken internally"
Same here
I know right......me and my tower crane thought our time had come until that warning on the beginning.
The world would be a very different place without these incredibly brave and talented people.
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 Stay away from the New International Version. It’s a bad version to read from, because it’s missing a lot of scriptures! Seek other versions to help you understand His Word! But keep doing the LORD’s work!
Selah 🕎🕊💟
Completely disassembled in 43 days
And no injuries
Well done men
Well done
Really impressive
@@isaacrayburn969 if I was only younger
Didn't think it would take that long..
@@mesofummylol6004 What? Did you not see the environment they were working in? I thought it would take a lot longer.
wonder what the bill was :P
From a commercial carpenter 30 yrs , thanks for all the lifts. 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The guy running the take-down crane deserves a bit of credit. Theres's some large lifts way high.
Believe me. He was getting $300 - $500 credits a day back then
32 YEARS AS A CARPENTER, WAS ALWAYS TO BUSY TO WATCH THEM TAKE ONE OF THESE BABIES DOWN. THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!! KUDOS!
Kudos? You are old! ;-)
Local 15 IUOE NYC 🤘
@@testaccount-lt2vqtakes what?
Yep.Drywall mechanic here.Don't even notice this stuff from inside. lol. Sometimes,the hardest part of the day was just getting to and from your spot.
Great respect for the workers and not forgetting the designers of these cranes. Brilliant engineering.
Amazing to watch them
Retired IW out of Local 387. You guys were smooth. Last year here in Atlanta some guys were taking one down here and screwed up. Evacuated buildings around it, blocked off a major street, genuine cluster. $$$$, all fine and dandy till it goes south. I worked with some solid guys over the years. Certainly not a easy profession, a rewarding one for sure.
Good work guys. Construction workers are the true heroes if you ask me. I envy your bravery and knowledge.
@Bob hello,how are you doing
I watched this with a real sense of pleasure at watching true professionals at work. My absolute respect to all involved. Genuinely a really professional operation involving people that take pride in their work and take even greater pride in their consideration of others safety. People like these build our world : )
The beginning of this video reminded me of Jackass beginning with Johnny Knoxville saying "Hi I'm Johnny Knoxville, welcome to Jackass then he proceeds to getting the f*£k kicked out of him by something or someone, but instead this video shows the very best highly trained skilled men risking their lives to improve our world. Mega respect.
I just love the whole, "we found a Krull 10000 on the internet".. I was expecting them to say "we won it on Ebay!" But I have to give it to them, that's one HELL of a project in what looks like a very tight work space, well done to a safe and successful project.
I worked in a maximum security prison for 6 years with some of worst people alive. Did multiple cell entries when the inmate had a weapon and id do it again if I had to.
Your job you couldn't pay me enough to do that. Hell no. That is where my cowardice would show. Respect gentlemen. That's something I could never ever do.
You learn to trust your safety gear and get used to the height. Ive done some high lift steel fabrication and I actually like the thrill of it.
I mean operator is making probably north of 200+ a hour and the crew taking this baby down is probably also at least north of 40-60 a hour if I would guess. Sooo almost a mill a year would definitely make me want to do this lol
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! I have such mad respect for all of you Men, that assemble, operate and then, tear these Cranes down.
My Father ran Cranes to 150 tons, for 30 years, until he retired, and my greatest memories were of him, loading our crew boats and Offshore Supply boats in Port, where I worked, and before that, rigging for him in the summers and on weekends.
I have an abject fear of heights, so I DOUBLE respect you all, for working so high up, and riding the baskets.
You are all awesome.
Grand Negus what do u do
Mary is the Mother of god....
Skilled work is never cheap , cheap workers are never skilled … ! Fascinating to look at it .
As a retired industrial Pattern Maker of 42 years, I find this very fascinating , wonderful engineering and men and women so dedicated to their job and to the safety of all.Thanks for sharing.
I don’t think I saw a single women there.
As a former Union Ironworker I never had the opportunity to erect or breakdown of a tower crane. One regret I do have.
Great job guys, you made me proud!
Razor!
I didn't try this at home, but I tried it at my grandmas house. She wasn't very happy!
I do safety here in southeast texas , that was one of the best dissasimblies i have seen, the safety aspect of this job is the key to a better day, and a day you go home safe, great job hands.
Nope....not enough money in the world...I can barely watch the video!
These guys are superheroes! Amazing...
I worked as a crane coordinator for Syncrude for a couple of years... was always curious to see this done but was stuck in the office!! Really great video!!
I worked at Syncrude in 1986 and remember they had the largest lathe on the planet at that time (another lathe, it's brother was in Russia). Oh, and the highest I ever had to work at was Petrosar refinery in the late 70's and early 80's. I worked in utilities and had to issue permits during the shutdown in 79 or 80 (don't remember which) and I had to climb the (about) 356 ft to the top of the flare and conduct gas meter testing for LEL's, O2 etc. for entry into the flare stack for inspection and repairs. I think I still have a Syncrude jacket and a Petrosar work shirt. Also I remember working at Suncor the night of the massive Syncrude fluid coker fire in late 1984 (as I recall)
Thank you for your service
Thank you very much. I still have some manuals and even my field jacket (at least until the last few years).
Interesting video spoilt by the annoying music (noise)..
I don't have a crane at home. So I won't try this at home. Don't worry…
lol
Andreas Hoppe how to tile over
I have one at home. Would you like it?
Andreas Hoppe Lmao actually kids climb cranes all the time without safety equipment. You can look it up on TH-cam haha
We had a girl do that here in Toronto recently. It took a special team of trained firefighters several ours to go up, go to the end of the boom and down the cable to the 6 inch wide cable jib (terminolgy?).They then put her in a ling and lowered her down where she was arrested, had a mental health assessment and then went to jail. She is now facing trespassing charges as well as charges related to having to call the fire department and police out. She also is facing a civil suit from the contraction company for lost time and wages for the construction crew and is being billed for the police, security company and fire crew. Totals cost is estimated to be $200 to $300 thousand Dollars. All this because she was bored and wanted to see a thrill. She is likely going to get a sentence of two years less a day in jail.
Ironworkers you have my utmost respect for what you do, but more importantly, where you do your work! God Bless all of you & may all stay safe.
Like a wug woman, I put my vest on yeah
these guys rank up there with the best of the best that make this country great!!
I’m in awe of those fellas working up there,very brave
Glad there are guys with the balls to do this kind of work. Lots of negative comments from people who would more than likely shit their pants doing work half as dangerous.
Naw. I do this work. I can talk all the shit I want
I don’t build cranes or dismantle cranes but I build cell towers
@@thatduderemi6377 Just saw a video where 5 men fell to their death erecting antenna tower. They was hoisting final section and bolts broke. 3 of them was inside the section being lifted. It fell cutting the tension cables releasing the energy which in turn brought the whole tower down. Horrible to watch. Its on youtube
I could never do it.I can also imagine numerous health conditions would preclude many potential applications for the job right in their application.
I like this work,iam pilipino tower crane erector, working liebherr and ueg Qatar.. and doosan company terex and comodel..always God bless you to all...
risky work lots of things can go wrong respect for the workers
Respect my ballistic missiles program 🚀
@@memyself1176 Kim...........you want respect.
Feed your people.
Release the innocent prisoners.
Open your border to allow N. Koreans to leave, if they choose.
Have the UN to validate your elections.
Oh. Your nukes have no range.
Or accuracy.
Kim Jong-un ...fuck destruction.....This is Construction...
@@wms1650 Fuck the UN, they are full of globalist and child rapists. If you don't believe me, research it.
These guys have balls of steel, no way could I do that.
as an electrician I have worked on many projects where these cranes were used. Usually by the time i arrived at the site the crane was already erected, and i often wondered how these beasts were assembled and disassembled......questions answered thanks for the video, and much respect to these professionals
So interesting! Love this kind of stuff...1000 different streaming services and I find myself on YT watching documentaries 90% of the time
As a guy, I love watching stuff about cool equipment and especially monster sized equipment
I take off my hat to these MEN who perform such dangerous and essential work.The button pushers who send billions around the world in seconds should be introduced to some real productive labour.This is what makes the human world function!
wrong
to be fare, without the button pushers the gdp wouldnt be available for infrastructure at this scale. all industries depend on eachother in some way
Both of you snowflakes totally missed his point. I get ya bud.This is real mens work, not for everyone thats for sure.
Why can't we need BOTH 🤦🏾♂️😂
Squarerig ...Button pushers, cube farm whiteshirt workers who are obese or milktoast need a workout everyday before work...including a 1 mile run...They would feel very good about themselves..oh...And a Wes Watson video...lol...
"Don't try this at home." Ferb, I know what we are going to do today!
7 years ago and this is still an underrated comment
7 years ago, and no other comments about succeeding.... he died trying this at home.
Quality comment
I don't know why or how this got into my recommendation page...but gosh darn, am I glad to have watched that. Absolutely amazing!
My fear of heights has me feeling like puking just watching this, and it's like some form of energy is being sucked through the soles of my feet, and my legs feel like they're no longer mine.
Great clip.
I just watch it with my eyes closed, and listen to the soundtrack.
I worked with Assembling and disassembling tower cranes for almost 5 years mostly Liebherr and Linden Comamsa. Best job i ever had. Working in a crew like those guys is special.
It look easy but trust me, it's NOT. There's allot to consider when you assemble or disassemble a tower crane, one single mistake can be catastrophic.
The best part is that if you make a critical life altering mistake you only have a brief period of time to reconsider your course of action that led to the unfortunate outcome you are about to face!
It doesn't look easy. I don't think anyone else watching this thinks it looks easy.
Yeah the amount of focus needed at every moment. Yikes.
Why did you stop
@@davidm3maniac201 One answer is that it’s usually a young mans job. Crane work is sporadic so you are doing other Ironworking jobs. Good $$$, it’s seven days a week till it’s off site
Nice work, and i am always proud of, that the biggest tower-crane are made in Denmark.
WOW!! WHAT A BUNCH OF PROFESSIONALS ,REAL TEAM WORKERS. MADE MY BUTT HOLE CLOSE UP AND I WAS SITTING IN EASY CHAIR JUST WATCHING VIDEO. THANKS TO ALL GREAT JOB AND WONDERFUL VIDEO. NOT SOMETHING I COULD OR WOULD DO. AMAZING! THANKS AGAIN.
So impressed with their organisation of the job. High quality organisation.
Edited this as a kid out of NAIT nearly a decade ago. Can't believe how many views it has now!
Why? It is an amazing job and well done on editing it. I enjoyed it very much, and those lads did a great job. Cheers from Australia.
Absolutely awesome. There is no room for cowboys in the crew - quite different than many oil drilling/pumping rigs. Every move ya'all made was deliberate, patient, and necessary. Thanks for sharing a glimpse into what it takes to safely disassemble one of these monster tools. Much respect.
Canadians are the corniest people Happy Monday aaaa
Man I love watching these cranes. Like a grown mans deadly "Erector Set". Just amazing what a group of solid professionals can do.
5:00 I love his reaction lol it’s so honest, he’s like... ugh.. excited?!
Long way to go to finish up
Thanks for posting. This video was "uplifting!"
Amazing work, well produced video.
I respect these Iron Workers and there skills.
Congratulation on a successful, installation, and removal of the Huge piece of equipment.
Theses guys make it look easy, good job gents.
These guys really earned their money on this job. A huge effort to bring that baby down. Mad respect for all of them.
the higher you are up, the comfort level is actually pleasant.
Pandayotegoog Leintheass its not so bad when you ease into the sky u work ur way up so it kinda feels lile u never left the ground,,,, its when u been off for 5 months and hire in and get thrown into the middle of a project takin place at 400 ft in the air with the wind howling,,,yea it will knock your rockss off for sure! At rush so intense your forget what time it is! Pretty cool shit
simple man I could do this but not if the wind is crazy like 50mph nopeeeee
i was there the week they took the more difficult section down they sent most workers home but i was fortunate enough to work through and watch it coming down.I was also fortunate enough to get onto the mast and inspect a scaffold up there
John Millett,, cheers! And I was fortunate to NOT be on the scaffold!
Remember Earnie Sheaves from Club Champion Championship golf tournament in Ottawa in 97!! A fine gentleman!
thanks so much for this really great and teaching video where everything is about why and where and when etc. i really like that, it is so great to get a "inside" look to this kind of work we normally never hear about
"Don't try this at home"! Sure, I will try to dismantle the K-10000 I've got standing in my backyard.
Great respect to those men. An incredible job.
That was AMAZINGLY AWESOME👍👍WELL DONE MEN, WELL DONE👍
I watched a tower crane being assembled and dismantled near my house last year,and I have a great deal of respect and admiration for the courageous men who work on cranes. I watched one guy walking along the jib while it was slewing,and I recalled my days building scaffolding. No comparison! These guys have real guts!
I was up at Ft Mackay picking up a pipelayer and saw the K-10,000 while it stood there. Like a sentinel. I had no idea it was dismantled til I went past mid sept to Firebag and saw it missing. That's why I searched for this. Very interesting the amount of work involved.
Calmargarita
Emile Verheecke
No way !
@@wil7228 Way!
That is a Monster Tower Crane! I don't think you can appreciate just how big that thing is unless you have been around some normal towers. The tip being 28,000 lbs is insane. Great Video!
TOTALLY fascinating. I've never seen anything like this in my life. I wish I had been part of something this special.
interesting to watch and get this view. I have previously hauled this type of crane and watched the dismantling from the ground
@John hello,how are you doing
I find this stuff infinitely fascinating...
amazing to watch ...true professionals who have respect for the dangers of this work...not a bunch of dumb , no problem here , let's knock this out....guys......this is why steel workers ..riggers.. crane operators earn what they do
+Michael Bonade So, what sort of money do they make? Serious question. Ball park.
+Sign in Here .......from what i've heard in the past...union steel workers are $100+ an hour....and crane operators easily double that, here in NYC anyway......
you guys need way more than 45 an hour i get that stayin on the ground changing septic tanks shitty job but it has to be done lol
ROBIN BREWER very good video.
Michael Bonade 10$ an hour???
Makes me want to go back to work.......naw!!!! Ill enjoy my retirement. Great job fellas!! Good to see quality skilled hands at work.
Brilliant careful expertise gleaned over many years. 10,000 thumbs up from me bud! Pete 379
'Kids, don't try this at home'
Yeah, because kids just so happen to have one of these in their back yard...
woman they don't know nothing right
Balls of steel! Respect!
Back in the 60's in the UK, I was on a team building a Picon tower crane 100 foot tower, 100 foot jib. No other cranes on site as it built itself. After the base was constructed, the jib was built [about 15 feet off the ground] then the tower was constructed using a small jib. Then the cable drum on the jib was used to haul itself up using a long wire cable. About 40 feet up the cable snapped and the jib dropped back down breaking its self in half. Luckily I was a it fleeter in foot those days, because where I was standing holding a rope to stop the jib from revolving, was a heap of concrete from the ballast weight box!
@Robin hello,how are you doing
@@yvonnebraun7 I am fine thanks email me at rzholland@gmail.com
Hats off to the man smart enough to design this system! And damn fellas to the workers doing it! Balls of steel on a bunch of hard workers,! You guys are bad asses
That's pretty amazing. I would wet myself if I was inside one of those baskets way up there.
Morning meeting: "Don't drop any tools or bolts, okay?" Long way down!
Nice to see workers who know what they are doing. A great video. Thanks for sharing.
They don't know what they're doing. That's why they have a boss!!!
@Mark Jacobs alberta goin for shit now the political bullshit from everywhere all decided to fuck everything and there not done yet,running the province and the country right off the tracks
These people are awesome. Dad worked at Syncrude for years (many moons ago). Thank you.
I love dad
Watching this video has really showed how much work goes into dismantling these huge cranes, it's a highly skilled job done by real professionals, these men deserve huge pay checks for that work
That's one big ass problem elbow walkers think they Luke and pretend to understand guess know much about much in life pathological lying refuse correction refuse truth refuse to question any pretend to understand run mouth like saying something ego arrogant jackass never been we the people's anti justice anti truth anti freedom to ego arrogant jackass to know it
I have the utmost respect for the ironworks, but what about us crane operator. We keep us all safe too. I know we have our own videos. Great job guys. RC
@Rob hello,how are you doing
I can tell you that any Ironworker worth his salt respects crane operators. If a operator screws up people get hurt
I admire these workers more than spoiled brat athletes. Great job!
Hello I rigged for the boilermakers in Houston and was involved on manny rigging jobs for over 25 years.you get to love this kind of job..no mistakes not one is the rule I miss it .And the cash was great .
Ive worked around this stuff and It's always amazed me the thought that goes into these structures. "We're going to get her to the ground and box her up". Awesome!!!
You fellows got very dangious job and my thumb goes up for each one of you guys,hope the pay is great cause I got good idea what you all deal with cause I been steel fitter and erector about 15 years,great job may God keep you all safe and God Bless each one of you guys keeping you all safe an going home each day
Great job, very well executed and safe!!
Very interesting and impressive. Every one has to know what he is doing, thoroughly. Great video.
operations in the sky. it takes a special cut of person to do this kind of work. these workers are heroes.
this crane was setup at the Syncrude oil sand extraction site in Fort Mcmurray Alberta. Canada
These guys have not only nerves of steel. They are also some of the smartest guys on site.
Great work 👏.
What do these guys get paid? Wow huge responsibility and education. Good job!
I got into the crane driver gig by accident on my OE. Said I could control one as a casual labourer and up I went and learnt on the fly. All in Germany. Home to NZ eventually with crane XP. Crane driver for life.
When I was 21 was accepted at the local Iron Worker Union for apprenticeship. Thankfully I realized I had acrophobia and went on to study Radiology.
@Grand Negus wrong but it doesn't hurt to leave your biased shit at home
how do tear down the worlds largest crane?
step 1: get a crane
Largest tower crane
Always bigger mobiles around
Don't worry I won't be trying this at home I disassembled the crane in my backyard last month with instructions from this video 😏
to put this in perspective for some people, at 11:05 he says it took 43 days to get close to the end. A typical dismantle job is like 2-5 days. 5 days and management gets mad
Awesome work guys
I'm glad I did Electronics for a living and never had to deal with situations like this!
Joey Jamison
Try climbing to the top of a radio-telescope! Electronics doesn't mean you don't get to go up in the air... troubleshoot problems at the top of the silo, you get way up there!
Joey Jamison The lads seem to enjoy their job and take pride in what they do. Different strokes for different folks 😎🍺🇮🇪
Amazing workers. And they work at such dizzying heights!
Amazing! Can't believe that takes over 43 days to dismantle. What a feat of engineering
Gives you the size of this monster
Normally average size can be taken down in 2 -3 days depending on height.
After they finished dismantling entire crane, come to find out they still had 3 days of high work left. Damn 😳
Makes my glass installation look like child's play. I'll quit bitchin about my profession now..
I don't know man glaziers do some pretty crazy stuff.
It’s the portable cranes that take down these monsters that really blow my mind. Watching mutilple semi trucks show up to set up a single crane is amazing
Crawler’s ?
Respect to the Iron workers, Im an Union Electrician so I've always wondered how they build/disassemble these cranes
Canadian crane professionals are the best in the world. Yes I said it.
ovid4 I'd say Germans.
Shut up stupid
Kids don't try this at home XD I totally have a crane in my house
Jntterminx,
you only need “40 foot square area.” (a square about 6 1/2 feet on each side)
actually, that is what the guy said in the video, but the specifications I looked up say it sits on a 40 foot diameter concrete pad (which is an area of about 1256 square feet)
still, that is an incredibly small footprint for such a massive and capable machine!
Jorgie Vencez,
I don’t really know what you are trying to say, but I do know anything that “inhibits” pedophilia is a good thing!
Anything, (including a bullet to the head, or castration of pedophiles, if neccessary, etc.) that allows a child to grow up innocent and prevents the torment of any child is a good thing!
@@jorgevencespizzakiller933 Why don't you tell him how you really feel!
These construction cranes are something that many people take for granted. However as we just learned there are great trained professionals that are as cool as can be about setting up and taking down these monsters. All in a days work…
This is the reason we will always need professional union tradesmen. Easy to see someone untrained for this work would cost his and other lives. As a life time retired union member I've seen many different accidents when cranes topple or lost loads because of neglect of one person. Best wishes to all who work on high iron!
some people give unions way too much credit. There are a lot of us non-union workers that can handle the jobs just fine. Complete safety and excellent knowledge. Abilities equal to any union worker
For any non-union working who works on high iron similar to the above. Respectfully; I only hope your paid the State Prevailing Wage That is your wage and benefits allotted for State and Government contracts. The contractor who wins the bid by law must pay the worker the wage defined to his/her trade that is all benefit pertaining to the union pay package. If one isn't receiving the same money that a union worker would be paid. The contractor is breaking the federal law. However: If one must work in some Sothern States like Fl. I feel empathy for them. My Best wishers. Lowdog
dave Drolett I am very picky about who I work for. I always make sure they have a good safety program and are taking care of the employees as they should be, not putting profit before safety. I am grateful to the unions for all they do for us and I do support them fully. My sons are both pipe fitters.
Does this video give you butterflies also or is it just me?
Thehoelogdog Logdog : To answer your question about butterflies, Not at all. From when I was a teen I've started my apprenticeship working on the 52 story Prudential Building in Boston.. Walking structural steel beams. while spacing out where I would place the Richmond hangers. Those day no one ever used safety belts, We never know they existed until the mid 1960's just before new safety laws was initiated by the Gov. Sadly I've seen many coworkers fall to their death. Worker blown off the steel by the wind while carrying a piece of plywood or laying down metal Q-Decking panels across the steel beams.
For me this work was a rush, just the same as sky-diver enjoys the challenge. Watching this video made me wish I was still younger and could take this challenge again. Let me tell you this, I've never believed in a million years that I would survive this kind of work ( bridge Build ) etc., of all of my 39 year working coria. Retired at the end of 1999 in one piece. However: Welding is another health problem I wasn't prepared for. As a pipe fitter you know what I'm talking about. Thank for your reply. .
Hat's off to you high steel guys