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If that's the one I heard about on the news earlier, it's the largest crane of its type in the united States. I just saw some video taken from a helicopter flying overhead. When you see large boats going past the barge, you can really tell how massive that thing is.
It depends who is paying for it, if it's going to be paid for by the responsible party then there is no limit on how much they can charge but if it's Federal then there will be a set contract rate that has already been agreed upon.
Right - union scale. But there are probably less than a few dozen operators who can run this machine. There are extraordinary union rates for guys like these.
According to the feed it's 1000 ton. https://www.donjon.com/ches1000.htm
The federal government has already committed 60 mil to get the effort underway.
That's a whopper.
i believe it. feels like a crane this size is something that not many people around the world are qualified to do.
There's a heavy machinery training center near me in New Jersey. Well about an hour away from me it's been there forever. I have no idea what it takes to get entrance into that training but there is a facility
I'm wondering if that was the one I saw earlier and Big Boy is still on his way.
The 1000lb is there but in a "staging" area.
The guys working on this cleanup are going to cleanup, as they should.
That seems low
It's way more than $100k, depending on the market. Union operators in the NE are making north of $70/hour on straight time. You get into OT and the prizes can double or triple. That doesn't include per diems or perks.
There was a 1000 ton crane working on some bridge overpasses near me recently. It was absolutely massive. It was so big, I’m not even sure how they transport the treads, let alone the rest of it.
After the initial cover story as to why that deep sea thing was built, I have a harder time believing it “broke” before all the juicer parts of the sub were salvaged.
yeah, funny "coincidence" there.
Same/similar info was on CNN also. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/28/busi...gfor-the-baltimore-bridge-collapse/index.html
We aren't paying for this
That's good to know. You mean outside of the initial quick release of 60 million?
The US government is fronting out money that should be repaid when insurance settles. So depending on how you view facts we are paying for it and also not paying for it.
Guess I'm mistaken. I just assumed this wouldn't go as it should. I apologize for my negative Nancy stance. Should work out fine. Ha ha
You have 2 options.
you'd rather it not get paid for and done quickly?
What's the alternative?
Travel via land.
Isnt a bridge land?
Floating cars
Dang, house painters around here are pulling in $70 an hours and plumbers $150-$400 an hour depending on demand and relationship. When people were saying these crane operators were making huge scratch I was thinking $500 an hour.
I understand keeping an eye on spending and waste.
The numbers I mentioned were prevailing wages/union scale for "regular" operators and don't include fringes. That's for company operators. Comparing them to independent trade guys is apples to oranges. Those operators don't own the crane, don't have maintenance responsibilities, insurance requirements etc....
Sounds efficient.
You know we could probably solve a lot of problems if we just took down all the bridges in the country.
My parents had a place on Sunset Beach, NC for about 20 years. Up until about 7-8 years ago, the only way on and off the island was a one-lane pontoon swing bridge over the Intercoastal waterway. For smaller crafts there were a number of scheduled times of the day it would open and they could come through. For larger commercial crafts they would open it. It made getting on and off the island a pain. Some people actually loved that because it tended to keep the island from getting too crowded.
I wouldn't do that for less than a million a year for a forty hour week. 750k for twenty hours a week actually. Some things are just not worth the money imo.
