http://flyingmelons.com From Sea to Shining Sea Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:33:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery=7] http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/76 Click Play Video 1 Video 2 http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/74 Railroads started coming to Colorado around the 1870's, mainly for the mining industry. Most were built through rugged terrain and during nearly impossible conditions. The Canon City and Royal Gorge Railroad (CC&RG) was no exception and shows it's tribute to human ingenuity and determination as well. We arrived at the depot ... http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/65       http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/62   http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/59 In an earlier post, I showed the construction of a portable lifting frame for my chain hoist. Today's job: Lift the 13' dump bed back onto the truck. I don't know the weight on this bed, but even with it's dual 10 ton hydraulic rams and 6" channel frame it must ... http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/58 [gallery=1] http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/73 Who would ever have believed it?! It's been eight years already. Whew! What a wonderful day. Celebrated by a day at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo cake, pizza and presents! Life does not get any better than this. http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/55 Mr. Potato Head: How did I get stuck with you as a moving buddy? Rex: Everyone else was picked. - Toy Story 1995 It probably doesn't look too different from a lot of the previous posts other than paint on the front end, but there's a lot of things getting done that nobody ... http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/56 I needed a way to lift the 13' dump flatbed back onto Rex the '58 Chevrolet Viking. Since I already had a 3Ton chainfall, I knew I'd have future use for a sturdy frame. After all, the garage rafters were only going to withstand so much abuse ;)   The design of ... http://flyingmelons.com/index.php/archives/57