Re: Worst Job

Posted by RBoots on November 24, 2015 at 16:25:15 from (173.241.113.102):

In Reply to: Worst Job posted by Married2Allis on November 24, 2015 at 06:29:03:

Worked 10 hours in the shop at work. Had a
job at limestone mine in Rogers City, MI,
that could be only worked on on the weekends.
So, that Friday night, after working 10
hours, left in a service truck at 5:00 PM
headed to Rogers City. 4 hour drive in the
service truck. Rained the whole way up there
with temp dropping. By the time we got there
and set up it was 11:00. First list on the
job was get up to third story roof of crusher
building house and start shoveling 18" of
limestone off the roof in the rain and dark.
Turned to snow soon, then was down to 22 F
and I was still shoveling, now chipping and
shoveling at 2 AM on a third story roof, on
the shore of Lake Huron with 30-40 mph winds,
in 2 pairs of wet Carhatts, covered in ice,
and limestone. Got done about 3 AM, the crane
was setting up and got the lifting points all
set up and attached to the crane and all
unhooked, ready to lift. Lifted roof off, and
started tearing crusher apart. Carhartts
still wet, wind was almost worse now, the
crusher building was, I believe 14 stories,
and the Huron wind would hit that and force
it down through the third story outcropping
roof we had removed, a wind tunnel of sorts.
We continued to work on the crusher all that
day, and finally got back to our room to
sleep at 9 PM after dinner and cleaning up.
The next morning, we had to be back at the
mine at 5 AM for more crusher tear down and
craning parts out. This was a 7' cone
crusher, the parts are HUGE! Some pieces were
30-40,000 pounds. Worked all weekend in those
wet Carhartts, 15-20 hour days, in that wind.
Got home Sunday night at around 9 PM, back
to regular shop work Monday. Did that
schedule for about 2 months, with only 1
weekend up north off. Seeing the inner parts
of the world's largest limestone mine was
VERY interesting, I got to see some very
interesting things. Watched the freighters
come in and load up. There is only about 6'
space along the side of the ship and the side
of the dock where they load, and that close,
they are HUGE! And the draft they have is
tremendous, especially when loaded. No wonder
I hate cold though, I could never get warm in
those wet Carhartts.

Ross

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