How to build a crane

chrisinhouston · 03-21-2002, 08:13 AM

I read a good article on Crane operators in the Atlanta Constitution last summer. The really experienced guys make between $80,000 and $100,000 per year. They start each day taking an elevator about 3/4 of the way up and they have to climb a caged ladder the last 10o feet or so. They spend 8-10 hours up there, eat lunch there and pee in a bottle when they have to go (that's as far as the article cared to go) and come down at the end of the day.

The big projects usually have 2 cranes going and as the building grows one crane will be employed to add sections to the other and vise versa.

The crane operators interviewed said they were routinely struck by lightening and had been in storms with gusts up to 60 miles per hour which would sway the structures pretty hard.

Couldn't pay me enough to do it!

03-21-2002, 08:13 AM	#2
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I read a good article on Crane operators in the Atlanta Constitution last summer. The really experienced guys make between $80,000 and $100,000 per year. They start each day taking an elevator about 3/4 of the way up and they have to climb a caged ladder the last 10o feet or so. They spend 8-10 hours up there, eat lunch there and pee in a bottle when they have to go (that's as far as the article cared to go) and come down at the end of the day. The big projects usually have 2 cranes going and as the building grows one crane will be employed to add sections to the other and vise versa. The crane operators interviewed said they were routinely struck by lightening and had been in storms with gusts up to 60 miles per hour which would sway the structures pretty hard. Couldn't pay me enough to do it!

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