In late March our Sterett Crane & Rigging team from Louisville, KY trekked up to North Vernon, IN to place an intake water pipe truss. We used our Terex AC500 All Terrain Crane with a 48′ main boom and 137′ luffing jib that was set at full chart. The pipes were 125′ long x 10′… Read more »
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Lifting a Water Tank in Seymour, Indiana
We recently completed a simple project in Seymour, Indiana, which is just about an hour or so up I65 from our Louisville, Kentucky branch. We headed up to Seymour with our Terex Explorer 5800 All Terrain Crane to lift a massive water tank. The project was well planned and perfectly executed by our team, which… Read more »
5800 Explorer Working in Southern Illinois
Our team at Sterett Crane & Rigging spent time this month in Southern Illinois setting transfer conveyors for Ripco. We had a great time using our Explorer 5800 All Terrain crane on this project. If you have a heavy lifting need at your plant or construction project, give us a call today.
Chemical Plant Column Change-out in Western Kentucky
Column Dimensions: 6′ diameter x 100′ tall (100,000 lbs) Sterett Crane & Rigging tackled a project this summer using our new Terex AC-500 ( 600 Ton Mobile Crane w/ 308,000 lbs counterweights, 98′ main boom & 113′ luffer ) to change-out and replace a column at a Chemical Plant in Western Kentucky. Our Owensboro, KY… Read more »
Kentucky Dam Project; Grand Rivers, KY
If you look around most cities across the United States you will see at least one giant tower crane constructing a building, but most people never pay attention to the constructing and deconstructing of these giant machines. In Grand Rivers, Kentucky a tower crane was constructed to assist on dam construction and the Calvert City,… Read more »
Setting Tilt Wall Panels in Franklin, Tennessee
Just a few miles south of Nashville lies Franklin, Tennessee. Our Nashville, TN branch of Sterett Crane & Rigging has been there for a few days and plans to continue working on this project for about two more weeks. Our team is assisting in setting tilt wall panels on a new Lifetime Fitness center. This… Read more »
Construction on WKU Parking Garage in Bowling Green, KY
We recently had the pleasure of working with Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky on their recent parking garage project. We brought and completed our part of the project with our Liebherr LR-1250 Crawler crane with 125′ luffer. Bowling Green is only a short drive from both our Louisville, KY and Nashville, TN branches… Read more »
New LR1300 outside of Chattanooga, TN
A few weeks back we departed from our Nashville, TN Sterett Cane & Rigging branch to the McKee Foods plant outside of Chattanooga, TN. We were called in to assist in the expansion of the plant and lend our new LR1300 Crawler Crane to Buckner Cranes for their use. As you can see in the… Read more »
Tank Bridge Project in Brazil, Indiana
From November 4th – 7th our Louisville branch of Sterett Crane & Rigging worked for Cumberland Mine at Chinook Mine in Brazil, IN (30 MILES FROM INDIANAPOLIS) to take down an existing bridge over tank. Projects that aim to keep existing structures while separating dysfunctional pieces can be tricky, but with proper planning and execution… Read more »
Multiple Phase Project in Downtown Owensboro, KY
Sterett Crane & Rigging recently joined a project in downtown Owensboro, Kentucky. We are assisting in a stripping / renovation project. A new business will be going in the existing structure after it is completely demolished. We are doing several different phases of work here, including demolition, stripping, reconstruction, and planning. The current phase we… Read more »