The Construction Thread

[rosco rathbone]

Then they just cut it loose

Wait, I'm still trying to make my end...

 

[Saint Peter]

Only a pussy would cut it loose.

 

[chillywilly2]

rules is rules

 

[chillywilly2]

screw it, this week is done...I'm going for a cold one...you guys have a fun weekend

 

[Saint Peter]

Tell her I said hello!

 

[thør]

screw it, this week is done...I'm going for a cold one...you guys have a fun weekend

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/q71/s720x720/998543_10151785967624742_288478146_n.jpg

 

[Saint Peter]

boom up


hold the load

 

[SkAoUt]

I wonder how much they get for one pick like that.

Passed this on the side of they alcan hwy a few kms north of Ft. Nelson in 08. Stopped and bullshitted with some roughnecks leaning against the gate to the field. 50,000 USD an hour for a lift. They snagged it on its way to do some work in the arctic. The oil patch's got deep pockets.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f313/flshlite31/IMG_0637.jpg

And not a great a pic but it dwarfs the fuel truck.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f313/flshlite31/Mil26.jpg

 

[thør]

Passed this on the side of they alcan hwy a few kms north of Ft. Nelson in 08. Stopped and bullshitted with some roughnecks leaning against the gate to the field. 50,000 USD an hour for a lift. They snagged it on its way to do some work in the arctic. The oil patch's got deep pockets.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f313/flshlite31/IMG_0637.jpg

And not a great a pic but it dwarfs the fuel truck.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f313/flshlite31/Mil26.jpg

A Russian MI-26T

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/4/4/8/1514844.jpg

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/6/6/9/2239966.jpg

 

[SkAoUt]

That be it. Apparently the crew was Russian and needed a translator as none of them spoke english. Not even the captain. Dunno if the roughnecks were messin' with me but it didn't feel like a "fuck with the tourist" moment.

Must have been a pretty awesome sight watching it lift some massive plumbing nightmare into place. Unfortunately I had miles to go and promises to keep at the time.

 

[thør]

That be it. Apparently the crew was Russian and needed a translator as none of them spoke english. Not even the captain. Dunno if the roughnecks were messin' with me but it didn't feel like a "fuck with the tourist" moment.

Must have been a pretty awesome sight watching it lift some massive plumbing nightmare into place. Unfortunately I had miles to go and promises to keep at the time.

I see those birds in Nome from time to time.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Passed this on the side of they alcan hwy a few kms north of Ft. Nelson in 08. Stopped and bullshitted with some roughnecks leaning against the gate to the field. 50,000 USD an hour for a lift. They snagged it on its way to do some work in the arctic. The oil patch's got deep pockets.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f313/flshlite31/IMG_0637.jpg

And not a great a pic but it dwarfs the fuel truck.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f313/flshlite31/Mil26.jpg

Damn you don't realize how big that whirlybird is until you see the truck next to it.

 

[rosco rathbone]

That be it. Apparently the crew was Russian and needed a translator as none of them spoke english. Not even the captain. Dunno if the roughnecks were messin' with me but it didn't feel like a "fuck with the tourist" moment.

Must have been a pretty awesome sight watching it lift some massive plumbing nightmare into place. Unfortunately I had miles to go and promises to keep at the time.

Russians not construction:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7q3j69-SHM

"They didn't account for the weight of the captain's balls"

 

[thør]

A friend had these guys sling in the materials for his remote cabin. The price was competitive with sno-go hauling and accomplished all in one day.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Anyone can land a load in the middle of a forest.

Here's how you separate the boys and the men:

http://www.francisalee.com/projects/pa_lift/Lg/03.jpg

 

[thør]

Anyone can land a load in the middle of a forest.

Here's how you separate the boys and the men:

http://www.francisalee.com/projects/pa_lift/Lg/03.jpg

Who said they landed?

If you want to separate the boys from the men, do the flying among the hard clouds.

 

[rosco rathbone]

do the flying among the hard clouds.

I disagree. Only the crew perishes if you hit a hard cloud.

Over the crowded streets of a metropolis,. that's another story.

 

[thør]

I disagree. Only the crew perishes if you hit a hard cloud.

Over the crowded streets of Metropolis,. that's another story.

Superman will save the day.

 

[thør]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/375609_10151495291476010_1874693978_n.jpg

At Atmautluak.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Tall guy carrying most of the weight as usual.

 

[thør]

Tall guy carrying most of the weight as usual.

Those short guys out in Atmautluak can out work most anyone who comes into the village.

 

[thør]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/fb49c530914b9a7f6fee3e6b7aa4a787/tumblr_mqjqqc00jl1s4agmuo1_500.jpg

ARR in 1915

 

[chillywilly2]

It needs tracks....thats just a really bumpy road right now

or is it gonna be corduroy

 

[trysail]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/fb49c530914b9a7f6fee3e6b7aa4a787/tumblr_mqjqqc00jl1s4agmuo1_500.jpg

ARR in 1915

Moderns who read (U.S.) Civil War histories (or other histories) are usually stumped when they first stumble across the phrase corduroy road as they have never encountered either such a thing or the term.


Corduroy roads featured prominently in the battles of Chancellorsville and the Wilderness.

 

[chillywilly2]

we have tons of them here...and still make them