04-15-2019, 03:44 PM
(04-15-2019, 03:11 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:The average tower crane can lift 39 000 lbs near the centre of the jib An excavator like the ones being utilized weigh much more than that. The excavator just reaches down and pulls up the dirt and places in the truck, They slowly walk toe excavator out of the hole utilizing the tracks and the shovel. The shovel is much more powerful than the tracks..(04-15-2019, 01:21 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: I was by today and saw they were excavating. Taking the final earth away because they wont need access anymore for a mobile crane. As you can see the crane base well cemented, I am sure the tower crane will be going up shortly. Look for road closure.. I am impressed with their pace of work...
How do they do that? With no ramp, how does the dirt get into the dump trucks? Do the excavators have to load it into buckets and the crane lifts them out? For that matter, can the crane lift out the excavators or do they get them out some other w