Pipe, Pipe, and More Pipe

My last blog entry was about my completely boring and unproductive day waiting for trucks and supplies to show up on my job site. I am pretty sure that I jinxed myself. Yesterday I made more picks in one day than I have ever made in the past. I lost count just before lunch, but I would guess that I made close to 100 lifts in one day! I was called to unload a giant trailer that was loaded down with custom fitted pipe for a new refinery in Western Utah. I was running a 50 ton crane and I was able to finish the load in just under 9 hours. Although very monotonous, the job was great practice for me and I am getting better and more confident as a crane operator. Below is a picture of all the pipe that I unloaded in the 9 hours that I was working for this crew. Each pipe was its own separate lift!