I was wondering dur...
 

[Closed] I was wondering during my ride in to work this morning..

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..how do they get the top of cranes up there? They also have those huge concrete counter balance blocks as well. It's now doing my head in. Any ideas how they do it?


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 10:19 am
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a crane


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 10:20 am
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Doesnt make much sense, they use one of those moveable cranes (the big truck mounted ones)


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 10:21 am
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A crane truck.


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 10:21 am
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http://science.howstuffworks.com/tower-crane4.htm

Have a look here.


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 10:23 am
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Some tower cranes build themselves, some use other cranes


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 10:27 am
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[url] http://www.towercranetraining.co.uk/towercranetypes.htm [/url]


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 10:27 am
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Assemble the main crane on the ground then crane it onto a section of the vertical bit. Hydraulic rams then raise the whole thing up inside the vertical sections & a new section of vertical is inserted. The whole thing then "steps" up to the top of the new vertical.


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 10:29 am
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Thank you. Sanity restored.


 
Posted : 23/06/2009 10:37 am