LIFTING
SITE REPORT
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from the ground up for reliable operation,
convenient maintenance and easy
transport.
The SL6000 features a mast- mounted
boom hoist winch and boom-mounted
hoist winches to minimize the labor
associated with assembly and disassembly,
Chellino said.
The Kobelco SL6000 also features
advanced safety devices, a wide cab for
enhanced visibility and high structural
strength with reduced weight for
outstanding lifting capabilities.
For the AZZ Galvanizing job, the crane
was equipped with 396,000 pounds of
counterweight, 110,200 pound car-body
counterweight and 217-feet of main boom
at an 83-foot radius.
“We assembled the crane in our own
yard, took down the fence between our
properties, and put down mats to build
a big dance floor for our crane,” said
Chellino. “We waited for a calm day with
no wind or rain before walking the crane
into their yard and setting the tank into
place.”
AZZ Galvanizing Sales Manager
Scott Matalone praised the job after its
completion.
“Chellino Crane should be commended
for being so cooperative and completing
the project smoothly and successfully
without complications,” he said. “We had
used them before on several occasions
for smaller jobs, and we’ve always been
impressed with their friendly, fast
service.”
Because the crane never traveled over
public roadways, no transport permits
were required. Nor was travel time
required for Chellino and his staff.
Chellino Crane completed the project
setting the large kettle tanks in late July
2013.
Rewarding project
The job was rewarding in several ways,
Chellino said. It was completed profitably
at a firm-fixed price while helping a good
neighbor save time and money.
“You don’t get many of those kind of
jobs in your own backyard,” he noted.
Indeed, shortly after Chellino Crane
completed the job for AZZ Galvanizing,
the company disassembled the SL6000
and loaded it up for a transport of more
than 500 miles to the John E. Amos
Power Plant in Winfield, WV.
The three-unit coal-fired power plant
has a nameplate rating of 2,933 MW, and
is the largest utility owned and operated
by Appalachian Power, a subsidiary of
American Electric Power.
After two months of work helping to
bring one of the units back online after an
extended power outage, Chellino and his
colleagues again disassembled the crane
and transported it back to its home in
Joliet in November.
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The largest, most significant piece
of work involved the settling and
placement of a new kettle tank
used for galvanizing steel. The
150,000 pound tank measured
50 feet long by 12 feet wide
by 12 feet high.
Using the crawler crane instead of gantries
saved the customer a couple of weeks.
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