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Just some Philly Iron Workers Climbing High
March 17, 2018, 10:02 PM
flashguyJust some Philly Iron Workers Climbing High
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Yes!
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth March 17, 2018, 10:54 PM
PASigI watched these guys “swing steel” at the company I work at near Philly (KOP, PA) around 15 years ago when they were building an addition. It’s amazing to watch them clamber up those beams like they are monkeys going up a tree. Those guys weren’t up in a high rise but still high up enough that a fall would end them and I don’t recall them being harnessed or tied off.
These guys deserve every penny they make!
March 17, 2018, 11:08 PM
RAMIUSquote:
Originally posted by Woodman:
I've driven past this site on Arch Street lots of times. Never heard any reports of dropped tools or bolts. Or deaths.
Ever work with concrete? The basement floor I yanked out of my home averaged 2" thick, and I put back nearly 4" across compacted gravel.
The "basement floor" of the new Comcast building is TEN FEET thick. Fourteen million pounds of concrete. In addition, naturally, to columns down to bedrock.
a career highlight for Andrew Blasetti, 32, Angela Heinze, also 32, Lou Ross, 26, and Stephen Kane, 25 ... the four engineers Thornton Tomasetti, one of the world's leading structural firms ... assigned to the tower's construction.http://www.philly.com/philly/h...ers_on_the_rise.html
That was a great article. Thanks for posting that.
March 17, 2018, 11:17 PM
aparocheSeriously makes me sick just watching the video. How anyone can get used to heights like that is crazy to me.
March 17, 2018, 11:23 PM
sigmonkeyThey swing more brass than steel...
"the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! March 17, 2018, 11:31 PM
AljrPhilly iron workers are a very notorious breed. I’ve known quite a few of them. Not guys you’d want to mess with. Google Dougherty phila ironworkers his story is crazy
March 18, 2018, 12:09 AM
Scoutmasterquote:
Originally posted by Rey HRH:
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Originally posted by Scoutmaster:....That is something I would like to say I have done, like climbing the face of Half Dome or El Cap. But I would never really do it.
Okay, I have to tell you this story. When I was a young apprentice in the shipyard, I got tasked with stringin electrical cable across the inside of a large hangar building. It involved climbing up and down a ladder. I got partnered with a guy just coming off "medical leave" for about a year. I have that in quotes if you know what I mean and what kind of person we're talking about.
I was supposed to do the work and he was just there to spot me. way before the half way point, he said, "Dang, let me do it." I was going so slow up and down the rickety ladder for him.
I climbed Half Dome in Yosemite, was laying down, peering over the face, looking straight down about 5,000 feet, was quite cautious, almost queasy. A climber who had just come up the face chided me a bit, stood with the toes of his climbing shoes over the edge, commented "if you can't do this, you will never be a serious climber". I told him I was quite happy where I was as I crawled backwards.
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IronworkerI wonder how these guys feel about Unions?
March 18, 2018, 05:28 PM
RAMIUSquote:
Originally posted by Ironworker:
I wonder how these guys feel about Unions?
They’re Local 401...but What’s that have to do with anything?
March 18, 2018, 05:43 PM
darthfusterI can't even watch it. Much respect to them. I think this is what robots are for....
You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier March 18, 2018, 07:32 PM
Ironworkerquote:
Originally posted by RAMIUS:
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Originally posted by Ironworker:
I wonder how these guys feel about Unions?
They’re Local 401...but What’s that have to do with anything?
I am a retired Union ironworker. I used to do that kind of work, when I was much younger. The reason I asked about it is because almost any time Unions come up on this forum, I here about how worthless and lazy Union workers are. I thought since we had a positive portrayal of Union Workers, I would mention it.
March 18, 2018, 08:20 PM
RAMIUSquote:
Originally posted by Ironworker:
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Originally posted by RAMIUS:
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Originally posted by Ironworker:
I wonder how these guys feel about Unions?
They’re Local 401...but What’s that have to do with anything?
I am a retired Union ironworker. I used to do that kind of work, when I was much younger. The reason I asked about it is because almost any time Unions come up on this forum, I here about how worthless and lazy Union workers are. I thought since we had a positive portrayal of Union Workers, I would mention it.
I gotcha. Let’s just all enjoy their badassness.
Just for the record, I’ve never met a worthless or lazy union guy.
March 18, 2018, 08:44 PM
1s1kI would be more scared being the guy one story down standing under the beam that the crane is moving into place. It seems like there should be more than one line holding the beam.
March 18, 2018, 09:43 PM
EdmondI couldn't do it even if I had a parachute.
My grandfather worked on the exteriors of buildings in the 50's and 60's in Hong Kong when they still used bamboo. He said many fell to their deaths.
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March 18, 2018, 10:06 PM
HawgsterI am a retired Ironworker. Local 8, Milwaukee Wi. 37 years of service..
"Shoot lower, Sheriff, They're ridin' shetlands"
May I assume you're not here to inquire about the alcohol or the tobacco?
March 18, 2018, 11:26 PM
Rightwire... and to think it wasn't too awful long ago that those guys did that without harnesses and safety lines.
I've climbed a 100' aerial ladder, and spent quite a bit of time in my old department's 85' ladder tower. That's high enough.
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There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. March 19, 2018, 07:49 PM
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March 19, 2018, 08:13 PM
RAMIUSquote:
Originally posted by Hawgster:
I am a retired Ironworker. Local 8, Milwaukee Wi. 37 years of service..
That’s awesome.
To the two iron workers in this thread. How did you guys choose to pick this Trade over being a plumber/Carpenter/fitter/welder/glaser etc?
March 19, 2018, 10:11 PM
HawgsterMy Dad was an Ironworker and I followed in his footsteps. It is a tough way to make a living but it is rewarding to see what you accomplished. The money is/was good and the benefits were great. It is way different now than when I started in '73. There was no OSHA back then.. Nobody cared if you were tied off or not. Not that it's a bad thing, but some of their restrictions are over the top!
"Shoot lower, Sheriff, They're ridin' shetlands"
May I assume you're not here to inquire about the alcohol or the tobacco?
March 20, 2018, 06:24 PM
IronworkerI saw an ad the Union put in the newspaper. There were 50 people in my apprenticeship class. I think about 20 made it thru the program and became Journeyman.