Posted by RBoots on November 24, 2015 at 16:25:15 from (173.241.113.102):
In Reply to: Worst Job posted by Married2Allis on November 24, 2015 at 06:29:03:
Worked 10 hours in the shop at work. Had a job at limestone mine in Rogers City, MI, that could be only worked on on the weekends. So, that Friday night, after working 10 hours, left in a service truck at 5:00 PM headed to Rogers City. 4 hour drive in the service truck. Rained the whole way up there with temp dropping. By the time we got there and set up it was 11:00. First list on the job was get up to third story roof of crusher building house and start shoveling 18" of limestone off the roof in the rain and dark. Turned to snow soon, then was down to 22 F and I was still shoveling, now chipping and shoveling at 2 AM on a third story roof, on the shore of Lake Huron with 30-40 mph winds, in 2 pairs of wet Carhatts, covered in ice, and limestone. Got done about 3 AM, the crane was setting up and got the lifting points all set up and attached to the crane and all unhooked, ready to lift. Lifted roof off, and started tearing crusher apart. Carhartts still wet, wind was almost worse now, the crusher building was, I believe 14 stories, and the Huron wind would hit that and force it down through the third story outcropping roof we had removed, a wind tunnel of sorts. We continued to work on the crusher all that day, and finally got back to our room to sleep at 9 PM after dinner and cleaning up. The next morning, we had to be back at the mine at 5 AM for more crusher tear down and craning parts out. This was a 7' cone crusher, the parts are HUGE! Some pieces were 30-40,000 pounds. Worked all weekend in those wet Carhartts, 15-20 hour days, in that wind. Got home Sunday night at around 9 PM, back to regular shop work Monday. Did that schedule for about 2 months, with only 1 weekend up north off. Seeing the inner parts of the world's largest limestone mine was VERY interesting, I got to see some very interesting things. Watched the freighters come in and load up. There is only about 6' space along the side of the ship and the side of the dock where they load, and that close, they are HUGE! And the draft they have is tremendous, especially when loaded. No wonder I hate cold though, I could never get warm in those wet Carhartts.
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