1st Delivery of Large Stones

Tuesday, May 5, saw the arrival of the first truck loads of huge multi-ton granite blocks for the jetty. The granite blocks arrived on flatbed trailers, two rocks per trailer. The weight of each stone was spray painted onto the side of it. The largest rocks ranged from 13 to 19 tons. The lift capacity of the big CAT 390F excavator is 19 tons. The stones were removed from the flatbeds and stored on a section of beach near the river. The photo sequences shows the delivery and handling of a multi-ton block. It is hard not to be impressed with the ease that the tractor moved the stone around it.