I did some night work last night at Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, Here are some pics to drool over..... I know the iron i see day in and out isnt near the size of some of you guys but i still like it!
nice
a few more
Nice Pics. Keep em' coming! It's good to see you guys have work up that way.
Ni(ght)ce work.
Iron is iron...so thanks for all the pics! And welcome to the site...hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do! :drinkup Don't see much action on the night crews here.
Whew, nothing looks fun about that valve!
lotta wrenching
that cross you prefabbed, swinging into the hole...dumb question, why do you have the two short stubs of pipe sticking out of the cross? didn't you add a m.j. joint on each side for nothing? maybe i'm just not seeing the pic correctly?
that's what dewalt 18 v cordless impacts and deepwells are for!!!
No tench box?? :beatsme minimax
You're kidding, right?
No, no trench box, wasnt necessary, excavation was 5'6" deep geotech approved up to 6' without shoring, the ladder although out of the picture is there. Day, we had to tie into existing those nipples are for the solid sleeves. I am uncertain about what you mean by extra MJ joints? Do you have a better way to have done it? Not being a smart *** asking legitamely...:beatsme Here are some more pics...... Mostly of the completed valve and cross. Anyone see something odd with any of the pics?
man the pipe layers i work with would love that but it's all done by hand,the co. won't even buy them speed wrenches i have suggested more than once.
Guess the office doesnt figure spending a few dollars will make them a fist full of cash in production :beatsme
I don't see a thrust block on that elbow?
^ Could have locking rubbers? Or maybe they are waiting to pour cement behind it?
The guys were mixing the cement when I took that pic... Keep looking
Concrete:Banghead it's Concrete:Banghead
true true... Ill work on that :notworthy
how about the ladder laying on the ground?
I picked up on that and had them put it back in.... Is it normal to put valves in manholes in other parts of the country? Or am I the only one who thinks that is odd?
the dewalts only crank out approx 75 ft. lbs....at least that's all ours do....we always torque them with a torque wrench to 100 ft. lbs... pecordex....i'm getting blind in my old age. when i first looked at that pic, it appeared to me that you had cut several pieces of d.i. with the female end....and stuck them onto the stubs you have in your cross....NOW i see as i've circled in the pic....you just had the flange and gasket shoved on for the m.j. sleeve...first look, it looked like short piece of pipe.
It is around here. But we dont call them manholes. We start out on the bottom with a "cookie" Then there is a section of manhole, and on top there is a cone. Commonly called a "beehive" around here. As for concrete, it has cement in it so :avid Actually, ive seen guys break a bag of portland CEMENT behind a joint and called it good :beatsme
i think it has more to do with the tools being taken care of that's the answer i get about the speed wrenches they wont hold up in the mud and the water.not sure though it is what it is i guess.
In the past I have used my snap on cordless impact, plenty of torque, used a torque limiter stick on it at 100 ft. lbs for the megalugs. but that is when we do the work my fathers crew for watermain consists of 3 guys, myeslf, him and an extra laborer, so we are VERY careful with our expensive tools... One other thing alot of guys just use regular 1/2" ratchets... why the bigger the wrench the easier, I would always use a 3/4" drive, not as tired at the end of the day..:beatsme
We use the 28V Milwaukees - great torque and they really stand behind them. Highly recommend them. I also prefer a long-handled 1/2" wrench vs. the speed wrench. Down in these parts we only have MHs over large butterfly valves (usually).