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At 6/20/08 01:39 PM, EyeLovePoozy wrote:

At 6/20/08 01:06 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: ...i was on holiday.

Disney World?

One day Disney World, one day Universal Studios, one day Cape Canaveral, three or four days, Key Largo.

Ish.

Do you fap in the cab?

What sort of safety devices are you required to use. Do you need to wear a hard hat in the cab, you said you wear a full harness when you lube the shit at the far end.

Have you ever been to New Hampshire? Its a great place if you like boring. Reason y I'm moving to California when I'm out of high school.... In 2011. YAY cheap colleges and no winter....

Do you enjoy your job?

At 6/20/08 01:47 PM, patm1313 wrote:

At 6/19/08 02:26 PM, EyeLovePoozy wrote:

At 6/19/08 01:27 PM, Adio-Element wrote: At 6/19/08 01:49 PM, Luis wrote: Is there an emergency parachute, rail pole you can slide down if you need to gtfo quick?

No unfortunately not. The crane operator that died in the last accident in NY would have been spared if there was something of that nature available.

Would you ever consider buying a parachute for the sake of safety?

No because in all reality a parachute would not save me if the shit were to hit the fan. For it to be of any worth I'd have to be wearing it all the time that I am up there and it just isn't possible man. Even if it were, my window isn't exactly easy to jump out of without a huge back pack on my back. Actually I'm pretty sure that if I tried to slip out of the window with one on I'd get stuck.

At 6/20/08 07:28 PM, BananaBreadMuffin wrote: One day Disney World, one day Universal Studios, one day Cape Canaveral, three or four days, Key Largo.

Awesome, sounds like fun. Well if you and your family/friends decide to take another holiday of that kind again at least you are friends with a Florida resident which equals an almost 50% discount on admission I believe.

So, holla!!

At 6/20/08 07:34 PM, The-evil-bucket wrote: Do you fap in the cab?

Twice a day while looking at pics of your sister sucking a fucking dick....

Just kidding man. Even if I wanted to. Half of my cab is comprised of windows.
So it wouldn't exactly be as private as the bathroom you hide in where you jerk the fuck off.

At 6/20/08 07:42 PM, Malachy wrote: What sort of safety devices are you required to use. Do you need to wear a hard hat in the cab, you said you wear a full harness when you lube the shit at the far end.

None....

None, except the harness that you mentioned. The law says that anyone entering a job site must be wearing safety goggles, hard hat and steel toed boots.

I show up with my Ray Ban's, base ball cap and sneakers.

The only reason why I use my harness is because I don't live just for myself anymore. I live for my son. Before he was born I would walk out on my jib without any safety gear whatsoever. Hundreds and hundreds of feet above the ground because I just didn't give a fuck....

At 6/20/08 07:44 PM, packerman wrote: Have you ever been to New Hampshire?

Fuck New Hampshire.

At 6/20/08 08:05 PM, Randy74 wrote: Do you enjoy your job?

Immensely.

Why do you not us a harness when climbing up the crane?

At 6/20/08 09:34 PM, EyeLovePoozy wrote: None, except the harness that you mentioned. The law says that anyone entering a job site must be wearing safety goggles, hard hat and steel toed boots.

man, all the places I've worked have been practically cozy in your colon if you didn't follow every stated rule about safety to the letter. Granted being a ski instructor is a little higher risk for injury than sitting in a cab in a crane, but they were hard assed about safety devices, safety practices.

I show up with my Ray Ban's, base ball cap and sneakers.

the fuck is a ray ban? some sunglasses?
I wear steel toed boots, simply because I got sick of dropping canoes on my feet.

The only reason why I use my harness is because I don't live just for myself anymore. I live for my son. Before he was born I would walk out on my jib without any safety gear whatsoever. Hundreds and hundreds of feet above the ground because I just didn't give a fuck....

That's interesting. you said you work for different places all the time. Do you sometimes work at a site which is more of a stickler about shit than another one? Like say one will write you up or whatnot for not wearing your hardhat to work whereas the one you're at now doesn't give two shits?

At 6/20/08 09:39 PM, Adio-Element wrote: How do you internets on the crane?

With a magical plastic box that is chock full of silicone valley products and has a internet card plugged into it.

At 6/20/08 09:48 PM, patm1313 wrote: Why do you not us a harness when climbing up the crane?

Not necessary. There are cages around every ladder section that prevents me from seriously hurting or killing my self in the case that I should fall.

At 6/20/08 09:50 PM, Malachy wrote:

At 6/20/08 09:34 PM, EyeLovePoozy wrote: None, except the harness that you mentioned. The law says that anyone entering a job site must be wearing safety goggles, hard hat and steel toed boots.

man, all the places I've worked have been practically cozy in your colon if you didn't follow every stated rule about safety to the letter. Granted being a ski instructor is a little higher risk for injury than sitting in a cab in a crane, but they were hard assed about safety devices, safety practices.

OK. MaybeI should have been a little clearer. I can get away with ignoring the safety rules because I am the first one to arrive at the job and the last one to leave. So there isn't any REAL danger. No one else is working when I arrive or when I leave and all I'm doing is climbing up...

I show up with my Ray Ban's, base ball cap and sneakers.

the fuck is a ray ban? some sunglasses?
I wear steel toed boots, simply because I got sick of dropping canoes on my feet.

Ray Ban's are sunglasses but after checking I realized that mine are oakley's (also sunglasses).

When I was an apprentice and I was constantly erecting these cranes and in constant danger of dropping something heavy on my toes. I always used steel toed boots.

The only reason why I use my harness is because I don't live just for myself anymore. I live for my son. Before he was born I would walk out on my jib without any safety gear whatsoever. Hundreds and hundreds of feet above the ground because I just didn't give a fuck....

That's interesting. you said you work for different places all the time. Do you sometimes work at a site which is more of a stickler about shit than another one? Like say one will write you up or whatnot for not wearing your hardhat to work whereas the one you're at now doesn't give two shits?

I have found myself working on jobs where they didn't care what I or anybody else on the job did safety wise. But on the other hand I also have worked on jobs that insisted that I comply with each and every rule whether they were relevant to my scenario or not. I usually don't last long on those types of jobs...

Have you ever masturbated with the crane?

Fuck New Hampshire.

FUCK YOU! I love my state and Miami if full of Cubans, Mexicans and 20% Actual American Citizens. So Do you love working where murder thrives and ST D's run wild?

Do you have any code names for you and your fellow crane operators? Like goose and Maverick in Top Gun I would rather be the Ice Man like George Gervin. lol Oh yeah and I still didn't get my snow globe yet. You said it would be here on the second Tuesday of next week right?

I really enjoyed reading this whole thread. It's not very often you get to hear about such a cool job :3

Plz post pics of the cab area.

Do you ever get the intention of fapping when you're up really high, because you figure nobody's looking?

At 6/20/08 10:12 PM, camobch0 wrote: Have you ever masturbated with the crane?

Yes, but only on days that end with the letter y.

At 6/20/08 10:13 PM, packerman wrote: FUCK YOU! I love my state and Miami if full of Cubans, Mexicans and 20% Actual American Citizens. So Do you love working where murder thrives and ST D's run wild?

No seriously... Fuck new Hampshire.

At 6/20/08 10:27 PM, DELUCA2400 wrote: Do you have any code names for you and your fellow crane operators? Like goose and Maverick in Top Gun I would rather be the Ice Man like George Gervin. lol Oh yeah and I still didn't get my snow globe yet. You said it would be here on the second Tuesday of next week right?

That's funny that you reference Top Gun. I was just watching it this morning, haha.

Yeah we all have handles that we've given each other. Some of them are cool while others are hysterically demeaning.

For instance their is one guy that we talk to on the CB radio that is a real pain in the ass. I gave him the handle of "Stupid Pussy" and it stuck. Everyone refers to him as that. He'll say good morning to everyone and we'll all reply with "Hey stupid pussy! How are you doing today stupid pussy?" haha

We also have this thing where if one of us has to fly down an injured man AND the rescue is broadcasted on TV. Then that crane operator's handle becomes "RESCUE ONE" until someone else flys an injured man down to the ground while on television.

At the moment I am RESCUE ONE. =D

Also, your snow globe is in the mail.

At 6/20/08 11:04 PM, Ansel wrote: I really enjoyed reading this whole thread. It's not very often you get to hear about such a cool job :3

Plz post pics of the cab area.

I'm glad you like it.

I brought up my web cam this morning. So when and if I get the opportunity I will be taking pics of my cab and posting them here for you.

At 6/20/08 11:11 PM, mothballs wrote: Do you ever get the intention of fapping when you're up really high, because you figure nobody's looking?

No.

I'm a grown ass man bro. I have a wife that takes care of all that shit for me as soon as I get home.

As soon as I walk in through the front door I plop myself down on my lazy boy and watch my big screen TV that is already tuned to ESPN. After about ten minutes I clap my hands twice and my wife comes swooping in with a ice cold Heineken in one hand and a freshly made Boars Head ham, mozzarella and cheddar cheese sammich that's lightly toasted and served on a warm dish in the other hand and places it down next to me.

Next without saying a word while I eat my sammich and take my first swig of beer she rubs my shoulders for two and a half minutes then drops to the floor and removes my boots. She then wipes all the crud out from between my toes and rubs my feet for two minutes and forty-five seconds.

Then with out further ado while I'm chewing on the last bite and ESPN's highlight reel from the night before is wrapping up. She turns off the TV and pulls my pants and underwear off and proceeds to suck my fucking dick right the fuck off.

Afterward, she cleans up the mess and takes her bare foot ass into the kitchen and starts dinner while I take a nap.

tl:dr? Get a GF.

Have you ever masturbated while up in the crane?

To lazy to read through thread, I will after this post though.

If not, masturbate in said crane and then lower yourself down and try to find your semen.

do people ever freak out from being so high up?

Ok I've read the thread and I must say, this job may be what I want to do with my life.

What college/type of college should I go to to get this job.

What should I major in.

Where would you recommend working if I were to get this job?

Can you give us a picture of your little cab area.

Have you ever thought of having some of your friends use their cranes to lift you up to your crane?

Is there any extra information I should know about or anything else I should do to get the job?

At 6/21/08 08:27 AM, hausoft wrote: do people ever freak out from being so high up?

I've had apprentices that wanted to learn to run the crane freeze up on the ladder and one that actually started crying. I spent nearly half an hour calming that poor chicken shit, lily liver'd, poor frightened thing down. Needless to say that he didn't continue the climb and went back down to the ground in shame....

At 6/21/08 08:57 AM, Ss2-teen-gohan-Ss2 wrote: Ok I've read the thread and I must say, this job may be what I want to do with my life.

If that's the case then good luck with achieving that goal man. :)

What college/type of college should I go to to get this job.

No special school really. Look into finding a local hall belonging to The International Union of Operating Engineers. They should have a apprenticeship program that you could join and learn not only how to run these types of cranes but all types of heavy equipment. That way you can be as employable as possible .

What should I major in.

Not applicable.

Where would you recommend working if I were to get this job?

Large cities would be your best bet.

Can you give us a picture of your little cab area.

Working on that. I actually brought a web cam up here today (I'm broadcasting CRANE CAM in the paltalk room right now) to take some cab pics for you guys but turns out it sucks for that. Ill have to bring up my digital cam on Monday.

Have you ever thought of having some of your friends use their cranes to lift you up to your crane?

Yeah I have, haha. Especially when I just don't feel like climbing up. But that's a huge no-no. lol

Is there any extra information I should know about or anything else I should do to get the job?

Be diligent and remain tenacious. Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. Many people said the same to me and that just fueled my desire to do it even more!

At 6/21/08 12:49 PM, TomsPulp wrote: You should make a dummy out of old cloths and newspaper and throw him off the crane, theyll think its you lol.

stfu stupid

At 6/21/08 12:49 PM, TomsPulp wrote: You should make a dummy out of old cloths and newspaper and throw him off the crane, theyll think its you lol.

Screw paper, get that homeless guy. I bet he won't bother you anymore, unless you step in him. jk I have another question what was the biggest building you've ever built.

At 6/21/08 02:20 PM, DELUCA2400 wrote: I have another question what was the biggest building you've ever built.

The tallest building that I have started and completed was 55 stories tall but I have finished buildings already started that topped out at 80 stories.

If you had the opportunity would you live in a moving 5 room apartment that is combined with your crane? Live in your job!

how does one get an aprenticeship..sorry if the question has already been asked

Has a bird ever shit anywhere on your crane?

Considering you get up at 5am every morning, that obviously kills your personal life with your family and such. That must put quite a hassle into your family and maybe even putting alot of stress on your wife. Does your job and its hours complicate things with your wife? And once your son gets old enough to participate in sports such as Little League, will you take time off of work to spend more time with your son and witnessing him grown older right before your very eyes?

What's the kind of shenanigans and hilarious talk the operators get into while talking on the radio?
Does it involve any actual movement from the crane, like, somebody swinging their crane and shit?

How did you become so awesome?

Have you ever nearly killed yourself on the job because you slipped on the ladder, leaned too far out of the cabin, ect?

At 6/24/08 10:08 PM, McZero wrote: If you had the opportunity would you live in a moving 5 room apartment that is combined with your crane? Live in your job!

HAHA

Well I definitely would cut down on fuel costs if I did that! But seriously, fuck no. I hate these motherfuckers. They are constantly pestering me for my hook. If I lived up here you'd probably end up reading about me in the newspapers....

"CRANE OPERATOR GOES BERSERK AND KILLS 150 MEXICANS"

"OPERATOR GOES BAT SHIT AND TOPPLES CRANE BY PACKING THERMITE ON BOLTS ON BASE OF CRANE"

"IN AN APPARENT BLIND RAGE. CRANE OPERATOR SNIPES 75 PEOPLE BEFORE JUMPING OFF HIS CRANE"

At 6/24/08 10:39 PM, SymbolCymbal wrote: how does one get an aprenticeship.

You just go and apply for membership with the union. Most unions have an apprenticeship program.

At 6/24/08 11:39 PM, Grub-Xer0 wrote: Ever worked on a crane in NYC?

Not officially as I'm not licensed to work in that state. But I have done a favor for an operator friend of mine and covered his crane for him for a day once while I was up there visiting.

At 6/24/08 11:50 PM, RapidStrike wrote: Has a bird ever shit anywhere on your crane?

Constantly.

In fact, so much so. That a better question would be:

"Is there a single square inch on your crane that hasn't known the shame of bird shit?"

The answer would be no.

At 6/25/08 12:01 AM, WeaselsAndHeroin wrote: Considering you get up at 5am every morning, that obviously kills your personal life with your family and such. That must put quite a hassle into your family and maybe even putting alot of stress on your wife. Does your job and its hours complicate things with your wife? And once your son gets old enough to participate in sports such as Little League, will you take time off of work to spend more time with your son and witnessing him grown older right before your very eyes?

My hours really doesn't complicate my life anymore. It is now a routine.

When I take a day off of work. I can't sleep late even if I wanted to and I find I don't know what to do with myself most of the day. Also, my wife is a pretty busy women herself. Full time work and school. She also loves it when I work long hours as that gives her plenty of money to spend on her name brand pussy products and Prada bags.

I have to say that the worst part of my job is the relatively small amount of time I get to spend with my son. I don't plan on doing this for the rest of my life. I hope to one day be independently wealthy. That way I could spend all of my time with my kid.

At 6/25/08 12:44 AM, Khayn wrote: What's the kind of shenanigans and hilarious talk the operators get into while talking on the radio?
Does it involve any actual movement from the crane, like, somebody swinging their crane and shit?

When we are talking on the CB radio. It all bullshit. Like calling each other faggots and talking about each others wife.

For instance there is one operator that I caught admitting that he'd be willing to blow a horse for a million dollars. I recorded him saying that over 2 years ago and I still fuck with him to this day about it.

A good example would be me keying up my radio and saying "Hey so and so." and then singing: "What would you do oo oo for a klondike bar?" After that, I'd play the snippet of his voice saying. "Blow a fucking horse". Or I'll ask him out of the blue, "Hey so and so, what are you doing right now?" and then play that snippet again. lol

I'll continue in that fashion for hours at a time at the amusement of all listening and trust me much pants pissing hilarity ensues.

At 6/25/08 12:44 AM, Rig wrote: How did you become so awesome?

My mommy asked for a shoulder rub and then my daddy agreed and then later finagled her into sucking him off and before you knew it, he stuck his wee-wee in her hoo-hoo and didn't pull out in time.

squirt-squirt

At 6/25/08 01:23 AM, FalconPunch wrote: Have you ever nearly killed yourself on the job because you slipped on the ladder, leaned too far out of the cabin, ect?

Yeah, several times.

A couple of years back I was leaning out of the window to get my lunch box off of my block and didn't realize I was supporting my weight on the window. The widow cracked and fell to the ground and I almost went with it. After rocking in the corner of my cab while muttering omgomgomgomg in the fetal position for almost 20 minutes. I stood up wiped all the shit out of my ass and got the fuck back to work.

Here's a pic of me at the top off party of my last job. Notice all the beaners that I'm surrounded by.

That was a good day.
I received a FAT envelope and a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue Label as a bonus for that job.