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(Message started by: maffumatt on May 13th, 2006, 9:40am)
Title: per hour
Post by maffumatt on May 13th, 2006, 9:40am
I have a crane coming today and the costs to get it out here is 600 an an hour with an 8 hour min. I am in the wrong line of work..........
I'll post pics later of alot of men standing around with their fingers up their ass I bet..........any takers ?
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by Jonny on May 13th, 2006, 9:51am
Ill put my finger up the guys ass for $30 an hour, Chewy will do it for free ;;D
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by Sean_C on May 13th, 2006, 9:53am
Sounds like a heavy pick Matt, what size crane?
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by Sean_C on May 13th, 2006, 9:54am

on 05/13/06 at 09:51:29, Jonny wrote:
Ill put my finger up the guys ass for $30 an hour, Chewy will do it for free ;;D


ROTFLMMFAO  [smiley=laugh.gif]

Don we doing the pots tomorrow??? I called you, you haven't called me back yet you fucker ;;D

I want lobsta ;;D
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by medic1852 on May 13th, 2006, 10:11am

on 05/13/06 at 09:40:43, maffumatt wrote:
I have a crane coming today and the costs to get it out here is 600 an an hour with an 8 hour min. I am in the wrong line of work..........
I'll post pics later of alot of men standing around with their fingers up their ass I bet..........any takers ?


I watched the History channel..On the show Modern Marvels they done a show about cranes. Those guys make some jack. So from what I remember that price is about right.
Rodger (aka wishing I was a crane operator)
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by Sean_C on May 13th, 2006, 10:16am

on 05/13/06 at 10:11:56, medic1852 wrote:
Rodger (aka wishing I was a crane operator)


The equipment operator rate in Boston is 49 dollars and some change, if your by chance in local 4, your guaranteed 40 hours per week, time and a half after 8, double time after 40. Crane/excavator/backhoe doesn't matter, your looking at 2K a week ;;D

Sean...........................
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by chewy on May 13th, 2006, 10:43am
I think my phone is at work. I think.

Check your PMs
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by Melissa on May 13th, 2006, 10:58am
Hubby owns 1/2 a frontloader with his dad.  BUT, he could use it for a business if he wanted to.  His dad is on the lookout to buy an excavator, but I think his brother will be using that one, not sure.  

What sort of jobs could my hubby do with that?  Anyone know?
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by karma on May 13th, 2006, 11:01am

Quote:
What sort of jobs could my hubby do with that?  Anyone know?

Dig really big holes, fast  ;;D
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by chewy on May 13th, 2006, 11:03am

Quote:
Dig really big holes, fast  


If I was hired out with an excavator at $600.00 an hour I'd dig them really slow.  8)
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by karma on May 13th, 2006, 11:53am
Biggest crane I've worked with was a 1200 ton crane at Hess Refinery in St. Croix.
Cost Hess a million bucks each way to move from Texas.
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by cootie on May 13th, 2006, 12:15pm
Friend of mine in Arizona started a crane business.....power plant he works at is goin to go offline soon enuff cuz of the immisions standards they can not afford to make. So he started a new business to get going to keep working. Anyhow......he has two trucks. Sent me pics of him changeing motors in some jet planes.....the crane had to hold em in place to take old out and new in. Very impressive. Rather dangerous too if ya ask me. He does some interesting jobs with it. High places Pam
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by floridian on May 13th, 2006, 2:55pm

on 05/13/06 at 09:40:43, maffumatt wrote:
I have a crane coming today and the costs to get it out here is 600 an an hour with an 8 hour min. I am in the wrong line of work..........


Yes, you are.  Go back to school and study to be a crane.

A friend was just talkin about renting a bucket-lift; that was only $250 for a day, but that was a self-operated thing that probably costs a lot less to start with.  They are selling a piece of land, and the price might go way up depending on what the view at 15 feet is like.  Whatcha lifting with the crane?
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by maffumatt on May 13th, 2006, 5:56pm
I left my usb cable at work so the pics will wait until Monday. The crane we used is the exact crane that was used in the Terminator 3 movie, pretty cool it actually has flames painted on it. We picked up the B end of a locomotive (170 ton) and pulled the trucks out from underneath it and replaced a wheelset and traction motor. Things didn't go as planned and it took a little longer than it should have. However I do have pics of men standing around with their fingers up their ass just as I knew  I would.
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by Tom K on May 13th, 2006, 5:59pm

on 05/13/06 at 17:56:09, maffumatt wrote:
I left my usb cable at work so the pics will wait until Monday. The crane we used is the exact crane that was used in the Terminator 3 movie, pretty cool it actually has flames painted on it. We picked up the B end of a locomotive (170 ton) and pulled the trucks out from underneath it and replaced a wheelset and traction motor. Things didn't go as planned and it took a little longer than it should have. However I do have pics of men standing around with their fingers up their ass just as I knew  I would.


That's why the cost was so much, you were working with a celebrity! ;)
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by BobG on May 13th, 2006, 8:04pm

on 05/13/06 at 10:58:55, Melissa wrote:
Hubby owns 1/2 a frontloader.  
What sort of jobs could my hubby do with that?  Anyone know?

Dig half a hole?
Load half a dump truck?
::)
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by chewy on May 13th, 2006, 8:14pm

Quote:
Dig half a hole?
Load half a dump truck?


Not if he owns the back half.
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by Melissa on May 13th, 2006, 8:30pm
aha ha ha  :P



;)
Title: Re: $600 per hour
Post by maffumatt on May 15th, 2006, 8:17am
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pb439cc7efa2fa0a9e0e3ec510e875de9/eefe8194.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p62241a5125fe65d1e5744a6ec6a86f1d/eefe8135.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p43c4c51f3dbc93a644306e681e9f056c/eefe80cb.jpg
guess who that guy is standing there with his finger up his ass....
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p1031ffd73ed7c1e372abb3ec0e1033b0/eefe805a.jpg
Title: Re: per hour
Post by LeLimey on May 15th, 2006, 11:20am
some guy with a finger up his arse?

hmmm... I know! I know! Its Kermit the frog!  ;)
Title: Re: per hour
Post by BobG on May 15th, 2006, 1:33pm
That crane looks to be about the sise used at my work to lift transformers and reactors. And the price is about the same. Part of the cost is the 2 man crew, and sometimes 3, it takes to operate it. 2 men's wages = at least $60 per hour. And with benefits the cost is probably about $110 per hour (that could be a very low guess). Add in the cost of fuel to deliver the crane and run it for an hour. Then add in the insurance, permit costs, daily maintenance and the monthly payments to the finance company. $600 per hour doesn't sound out of line to me.

How much does it cost per hour to operate the train engine? I'll bet it all ads up to close to $600 an hour.

In the long run it doesn't matter what it costs. It's all passed down to the customer at the bottom.


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