Author Topic: Photobomb. Post a photo/any photo and I will Hi5 you! (Read 62574 times)

JLO · « **Reply #226 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:03:26 PM »

Only in Nordern Minnesnowta! ......This guy raised an abandoned moose calf with his Horses, and believe it or not, he has trained it for lumber removal and other hauling tasks. Given the 2,000 pounds of robust muscle, and the splayed, grippy hooves, he claims it is the best work animal he has. He says the secret to keeping the moose around is a sweet salt lick, although, during the rut he disappears for a couple of weeks, but always comes home....Impressive !!

franksolich · « **Reply #227 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:05:16 PM »

Whoa.

We're up to 344 comments for the day thus far--the day ends at 3:00 a.m. central time.

We just may make the daily average of 553, and if not, at least come close.

Keep up the good work, folks!

thundley4 · « **Reply #228 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:06:22 PM »

This is what my job is.

JLO · « **Reply #229 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:14:19 PM »

RIP, Sneakers.

franksolich · « **Reply #230 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:15:42 PM »

You build those things, thundley4?

What the Hell are they?

thundley4 · « **Reply #231 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:19:04 PM »

Quote from: franksolich on December 23, 2012, 07:15:42 PM

You build those things, thundley4?

What the Hell are they?

That is an electric motor in the process of having the wire windings replaced. IIRC, that was either a 250 or 300 hP 3 phase motor.

JLO · « **Reply #232 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:20:52 PM »

ATV ride in northern MN - that's pure mud on the trail up past the knees.

franksolich · « **Reply #233 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:21:30 PM »

Quote from: thundley4 on December 23, 2012, 07:19:04 PM

That is an electric motor in the process of having the wire windings replaced. IIRC, that was either a 250 or 300 hP 3 phase motor.

A motor to run what? An aircraft carrier or the Queen Mary II?

NHSparky · « **Reply #234 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:26:27 PM »

Quote from: thundley4 on December 23, 2012, 07:06:22 PM

This is what my job is.

Gee, that looks awfully familiar!

And me and the mutt taken a while back. The deck is about 3-4 feet off the ground.

JLO · « **Reply #235 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:26:48 PM »

Solitaire in the House.

NHSparky · « **Reply #236 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:28:07 PM »

Quote from: franksolich on December 23, 2012, 07:21:30 PM

A motor to run what? An aircraft carrier or the Queen Mary II?

300 hp ain't all that much, coach. And that looks like a 4160-volt motor, unless my eyes are deceiving me.

No, at the plant, we've got 13,800 volt motors rated at 7000 horsepower. Impressive beasts, those are.

JLO · « **Reply #237 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:30:16 PM »

Pick a caption...

J P Sousa · « **Reply #238 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:31:34 PM »

JLO · « **Reply #239 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:33:01 PM »

Upsy-daisy.

thundley4 · « **Reply #240 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:33:16 PM »

Quote from: franksolich on December 23, 2012, 07:21:30 PM

A motor to run what? An aircraft carrier or the Queen Mary II?

I rarely worry what the motor drives. We work on just about any motors from ones the size of a coke can up to ones that you can stand in. We have customers spread out throughout Illinois, some in Missouri , Indiana, and Iowa.

We do work for a wide range of customers: ADM, Caterpillar, Bridgestone, Kraft Foods and lots of other smaller companies.

J P Sousa · « **Reply #241 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:35:39 PM »

thundley4 · « **Reply #242 on:** December 23, 2012, 07:37:45 PM »

Quote from: NHSparky on December 23, 2012, 07:28:07 PM

300 hp ain't all that much, coach. And that looks like a 4160-volt motor, unless my eyes are deceiving me.

No, at the plant, we've got 13,800 volt motors rated at 7000 horsepower. Impressive beasts, those are.

That was a 460v motor, 4160v wouldn't be "mush" wound.

We do a lot of 2300v and 4160v jobs, some as small as that one, but wound differently. We've done very few of the very high voltage motors because there many around here, and they take a lot more man hours. We're also limited by space, unfortunately.