Rigging outside the square

[sean freeman]

Here are some shots from an interestig and challenging rigging job I helped set up over the Brisbane River a few months back.

 

Storms had undermined a large Euc which then failed onto one of the main water supply pipes to the Capital.

 

 

We were not permitted to use the bridge to set up a crane, MainRoads Dept would not sign off on the rating nor play ball over the road closure.....we could have set up on the approach but would have needed a huge crane $$$'s

 

Lovely site to set up A frames....

 

Hmmm how do we get these things up again???

 

 

Plenty more pics...to come

[sean freeman]

Can't remember what I was supposed to be doing here sort of looks like I'm asking for a burger?

 

Put your back into it

 

The client wondering if any of this is actually going to work....

 

Finally lines across the river

[Mozza]

Looks like a very interesting job that mate, Good pictures

[sean freeman]

The pics seem to double up so I wont try to narrate them...I was not able (time wise or physically!) to actually work on the tyrolean bit I did get to try it out before having to fly north.

 

Boyd was the skilled climber doing all the work in the following shots.

[sean freeman]

Shots of Boyd working like a dog, I wish I still had that energy and strength, guess tapping keys is pretty much my workload these days...

[sean freeman]

Last few shots, towards the end of the job (as always) things got progressively heavier...it all went really well and completed without any problems despite the extreme nervousness of the client..as I say I was really only there at the start to help with the rigging set up.

[Stephen Blair]

wow, at first i was thinking thats a lot of work for a gum tree, just cut it up. then the true scale of what you were really doing becomes clear. well done everyone involved.

[Steve Bullman]

wow, at first i was thinking thats a lot of work for a gum tree, just cut it up. then the true scale of what you were really doing becomes clear. well done everyone involved.

 

i was thinking the same, till the pics with the climber. fantastic job sean!

[Andy Collins]

Nice to see a totally different approach to the job. How long did the job take to do start to finish? Was there a lot of head-scratching when it was decided the crane couldnt be used, or was this all part of a pre-conceived plan? Good to see some old fashioned ideas still have their place to this day.

[Stephen Blair]

still a tricky job with all that weight below you, especially with climbing lines involved, i have never done anything of this scale mate, but it is bad enough taking windblown trees off houses or structures, all it takes is the stem to move, did you guys have it braced lower down at all?