I am retired now, but I used to work in Nuclear Plants. Working at heights never used to bother me. We had small Auxiliary Boilers, around 30 feet tall, for backup heating and other things for Radwaste. The thing I hated, was crawling inside the mud drums and steam drums. Back when I was young and skinny,.....I had the dubious honor of doing that. I watched the videos of the boiler tube(s) removal and new install. Brought back memories of working with welders who had to get in tight spaces. Looked like you guys used a lot of Harrington Cum-A-Longs on that job.
St. Louis Boiler did all of our "gotta know what your doing" work but we did all refractory refurbish and general maintenance our selves. Being inside a boiler is something one has to get used to. 8*) 2 500hp New York shipyards water tube on natural gas. But my favorite was an old, old Kiwannee firetube that had been converted from coal to natural gas. Smooth as silk and quiet as a mouse. It's induced draft was way up in the top of the stack.
Great video. I've designed boiler and furnace repairs but don't often get a chance to get inside one. Video is so much better than a flat picture and provides a relatable scale.
Aaron nice to see your channel going. I just noticed DP crying at we was on his own. Poor guy had to do so work on his own. You may need a run over a Pepsi for him.
Aaron your video brought back a lot of memories for me. Back in the early 80s I was an NDT inspector and we would x-ray and mag inspect a lot of boiler welds as well as riding what we called sky climbers (basically the same thing as what your riding) and would also do wall thickness readings with ultrasonic inspection. We spent a LOT of time in the penthouse also. Thanks again.
Better you than me Aaron. I don't do heights. I once had to use a scissor lift to change out industrial lights in our warehouses and I was a basket case, LOL. My buddy I was working with thought it was funny to shake the lift. Grrrrrr
I know I wish I could have made it longer so I wouldn’t have had to speed the video up and I could have explained more but shorts your limited on time 🤙🏻
It’s nice to see your videos. I don’t have many photos of any Boiler jobs do to not being allowed to film. It’s neat that you are able to film. I did a smoke stack job years ago and wish I had films 🎥 of it. 710 feet in the air is a different view and after 10 weeks of repairs it would have been a great video. Most plants I’ve worked never allowed any cameras.
Nice ride, We called them sky climbers, nice pad weld. Did you have to de-clinker before the work started. That was a very clean boiler must be good coal not lignite(dirt). Like your nick name. We knew everyone by nick names back in the days.
I have a fear of heights. At Hoover dam I can not walk on the side that is next to the drop. Crazy thing is I am a pilot and fly aerobatics, that never bothers me.
Wait! Wait! Wait! I got to get me one of those things. It’s getting mighty hard to get into my grandkids treehouse. Will they be available from the MBTS Store soon?
Cool video. But I have a question. Do they not require you to put an insulater on your ride cable? I work at IPL Petersburg and we have to insulate ride cable. Makes pulling cable twice as fun. Also we have to rig a second safety chair. Lots of cables to pull sometimes for simple leaks
Hey Jeff oh yeah I’ve done several leaks at IPL at Petersburg but at this plant we had to go through the membrane so we used hose and the end had a thimble and the safety choke was around a header and was wrapped in hose thanks for watching 🤙🏻
Are you presently boilermakin or still working on Lt. Dan? Cool to see the inside of those boilers! I was living in KC when the Hawthorn plant blew up. Boy what a mess that was!
@@aaronbummmanbehindthescene4931 Ever hear of the Kleen Energy plant explosion here in Connecticut, happened about ten years ago. 6 were killed, tho I did not personally know any of them they were pipe fitters and boiler makers, I am an ex fitter. The blast was so big we felt it ten miles away. I never worked in power production, most of my career was in chemical and pharmaceutical plants.
@@aaronbummmanbehindthescene4931 Mr MBTS sir, was just having fun. Know you work hard and do great work! I too have been a man of many skills! Started working as a kid. With help rebuilt my first VW engine at 12. Start full time working on Oil rigs and moved out of home on my own at 15. Married and bought home and 1st child at 20. Still married, Retired now at 62. Know what is like to work and work hard. Most hrs.worked in 7 days 101.5 most consecutive hrs. Work 35. Most days work consecutive 48. Years worked 47 also worked my summers as a kid from 4th grade till 15. To be able to buy school clothes.
Pretty cool MBTS, as I'm getting older I'm finding I'm not as crazy about heights as i used to be. Does it sway alot? Been on a scissor lift at my old job and 50' up in an FD tower ladder and both sway way more than I ever thought either one of would. Especially the tower ladder, I don't like the swaying feeling.
@@aaronbummmanbehindthescene4931 I’m sure it is very aggravating when you are trying to weld. My youngest son bought a mig welder off of Amazon a couple of years back to weld on his go carts. He needs a little more practice but he isn’t too bad
He was inside the boiler, you know that little space under your home gas heater where you see the flames? Well magnify that to what he was just inside of.
Fun fair carousel - what's going on? "Now we're going up - now we're going down!" xD xD xD It's good that nothing can burn there xD xD xD Far too short Aaron far too short vidged ^. ^ Thanks to you anyway for being seen ^^. ^^ As always, greetings from Germany ;-)
@@aaronbummmanbehindthescene4931 I did roofing in highschool and just after but I was super man then but for some reason 10 years later up on a roof completely different for me.
