All in a Day's Work (Part 4) - Loading an excavator onto the barge

In previous posts, I shown the excavators work on top of the outer jetty. How did they get out there? I finally got an answer to that question. The excavators are brought out by barge. Of the three cranes working on the Salisbury jetty, one is larger than the others. The CAT 349E excavators are 58 tons, so you need a big crane to move one.

The crew has a special lift harness used to pickup the excavators. The harness is stored on the barge. The following video shows the whole process of putting an excavator on the barge. It is a rather impressive thing to watch.

 

The harness rig is positioned over the excavator.

The crew moves into attached the harness to the tractor.

Excavator is lowered to the deck of the barge.