What I have been doing lately
 

This last week I have been busy , I had a customer that uses the HELLLL out of their scales , the average truch that crosses the scale is about 250,000 lbs , about 200 trucks a shift x 2 shifts , so that makes about 400 trucks in a 24 hr period x 15 years , plus this scale is generly burryed in gumbo mud mixed with slag and rock dust ,

Here is some of the damage that I had to fix ,
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Notice how the bace plate has sunk away from the ancors in this pic ,
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Same bace plate from above ,
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After a Sizeadle shim , some grout , and new ancors
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Some pro spective , my Pickup is a F350 , the big truck is a 60 Ton cap bed ,
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Here is some of the guys I am used to working with , Matt , Gary and Chris ,
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Done , Handeld , and taken care of !!!!!!!
( Fuck all that " get-r- Done shit !!!!!!)

That was really interesting. I love it when I get an insight into the day-to-day lives of people living so far away from me. :)

The inchling LOVED the trucks, especially the two fer:
"A dump truck and a pick up truck!"

There is something about a huge truck that just makes a man look so .... rugged! You can post lots more pictures of the men you work with if you like (especially the one in the middle!)

Seriously tho - like Dana I love to know what people are up to. Very interesting.

Looks like the tare weight on that scale has been moving up,.......a lot. :lol:

BTW Zip, I noticed some #%$@^&* has screwed up your right front fender and got your truck all muddy.

Cool Zipster. Hey - is that the Mighty Mississippi in the background??

Yeppers thats the Mississippi river at Barfield landing ,
Yeah I know some dumb ass trashed my truck ( oh did I say dumb ass I ment ME , F@#king fire plug !!!!)
As to the guys , well they are just working guys , good folks .

If you guys want I have few more from a different job .

Hey, what kind of truck was that? It looks mighty familiar...

Komatsu , they get better fuel millage that the Uklids

the average truch that crosses the scale is about 250,000 lbs
Friggin ouch, I thought our local road wreckers were actually getting work done!

Friggin ouch, I thought our local road wreckers were actually getting work done!

Those have a load limit of 80,000 and axle weight restrictions ,
these big tonka trucks have structurial limits they can tote about 60 tons ,
rumor has it that these folks are going to be switching over to 100 ton trucks SOON ,
Oh and I may get to put in a scale to weigh these big boys ,
http://www.kresscarrier.com/
some where around 500,000 lbs of rolling stock

SG wants the guys, inch and I want the trucks.

What? They founded the company and delivered one of those monsters in two months? The carrier must have been mostly built before the lawyers made the company, a company. :smack:

Al right dude , comeing right up ,
But I think this should be in the quailty images thread .

Ok here is an NTEP ( National Type Eval Program ) test of a prototype heavy duty off road scale , average truck crossing this scale is around 350,000 lbs , 9-11,000 weighments per month ( or so I am told ) , this was a few years ago , there HAVE been some modifications since then .
This is a view of the scale from the side being loaded with test weights ,
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we had to consentrate the load in various places on the scale , ( each one of those silver blocks weigh 1,000 lbs ) ,
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Here is some prospective for you , these guys are about 6' tall ,
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Trucks for Foots ,
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Loading up the final test , unknown weight ( steel coils at about 50-60k a piece ) and known weight ,A+B should equal C (and yes the carts are certified as well ),
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And this ladies and gents is the final load ,
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425,060 lbs , the inspecter had us leave it on the scale for over 2 hours , then clear it all off , then do it ALL again on both ends of the scale .
The scale zeroed off and repeated the weight on BOTH ends Both time he had us do it !!!!!!!