Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

Interesting oldies in this guys yard. It took a while for him to warm up to the idea of someone taking photos of his old workhorses, but it turns out we knew a few of the same people..so off we went. There is a Skadill video at the bottom Here is a Skadill video on these two gems

From time to time, the usual attachments and ideas don't work anymore. Scaling loose rock at the max reach and height of an excavator boom/stick is dangerous and nerve racking work. The possibility of doing damage to the machine, and having a chunk of rock come through you window are fairly high. Here are a few pics of a successful design of a scaling bar attachment that was built for 345/450 sized machines. The thick wall round tube design is much stronger and rigid than any size of I-beam or H-beam designs. I have used I/H-beam scaling bars...and the first thing they do is flex like a wet spaghetti noodle. We had a 12 inch I-beam bar on a 200 Hitachi, and it bent easily with very little torque applied. The round  model in the photos has a replaceable tube that is held in by a pin. Here's a few things that I have learned about excavator scaling bars. 1. It's dangerous work. b. Put your best guy on the job c. Put you ugliest machine under him ( you will hit the ...

From the Sea to Sky highway project...working to improve the road to Whistler and the 2010 Winter Olympics. These aren't all of the pics, but it's a start. Some of the images were supplied by my friend Joe Tompai, photographer/filmmaker ( joetompai.com ) Here is one of Joe's videos that has some great crane footage. 1190 bridge by Joe T...EagleWest Hiab truck driving by the job  ( contractor for the project ) 1190 bridge by Joe T Segment 1, south interchange Britannia Air-track drill and operator lowered into position by an all-terrain crane Segment 1, South Interchange Bridge construction on south end of Squamish...likely an EagleWest truck...pipe-layer excavator installing something at the top of the picture Segment 1, Larsen Creek bridge area Concrete pump at Segment1, South Interchange Larsen Creek bridge, Segment 1 Larsen Creek, Segment 1 Britannia Beach...old bridge/new bridge Somewhere around the Li...