A story in PM-he BNSF News (08/22/2013), and an e-mail from a Poster on a website I monitor noted the move of this Modular crane from Port of Houston,Tx. to the Phillips-Conoco Refinery in Ponca City, Okla.
This BNSF article also has an artists representation of the crane , accompanying the article.
Description FTA: "….Designed by Mammoet, a leader in the heavy lifting and heavy transport industry, this is one of the world’s largest module cranes. It is so large that it takes two months to build and another two months to disassemble. The crane’s boom length alone is 587 feet - twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.
The 4,000-ton crane was transported in nearly 200 20- and 40-foot intermodal units, including flat racks, open top/side containers and closed containers. All of the containers were engineered to carry a specific component of the crane and can handle weights in excess of traditional intermodal containers. Some of the 40-
That video on Mammoet was worth watching. Perhaps it was my computer speaker, but it seemed a bit heavy on the music (sort of reminded me of early U2) which drowned out the commentary.
I appreciate the comment, Ed. I thought it was an appropriate post here because of what had to be a tremendous logistical effort all through that operation… The two hundred or so cars that were moved up to Ponca City from Port of Houston. The shear job of assembly of the crane.
Sort of figured that Houston Ed would have been involved down at PTRA in Houston. My plan is to get down in the Ponca City area and see if that thing is possibly visible from some vantage point off site. At almost 60 stories tall, It has got to be impressive.
Not to mention the Kilns that it is going to move. The articles never mention anything other than moving two existing kilns at the refinery… If they are going to be replaced, then those replacements will have to come in from some place…(My Guess [:-^] ) So if that happens closest river port is Tulsa area, or from overseas, it would be Houston, or maybe another Gulf Port. It would prpobably be a rail move , as well ( Schnable Car, and all. (?) Just speculation on my part. [:-,]
The picture is great! Sure matches the ones in the BNSF piece (except for the addition of the Storage Tank!).
The Coke Kins they are setting up to move. Do you know if they going to move them up off- site, or repair them; then place them back? Or are they bringing in new kilns to replace the old ones?
Sorry for the questions. It is kind of interesting to see this kind of activity in this area.
From what I understand, they are removing the 2 old units and installing 2 new units.
They just replaced one of these units that was very close to the roadway and they closed the road while they did it.
I wonder if the reason for such a large crane is for its reach. It looks like a more congested area where these units are which would make it more difficult to get the Coke Drum on the truck close to its destination.
That last paragraph is all just speculation, I really have no idea.
