Mackey came to B.O.N.E.S. from a bad situation in central Massachusetts. He was underweight and limped painfully. X-rays revealed a displaced femur fracture in his right hind leg – it was amazing that Mackey could use the leg at all. The options didn't look hopeful, but with help from the B.O.N.E.S. Medical Director, a carefully-structured exercise program, and a lot of TLC, he can now lead a normal life.
As Mackey recovered from his injuries, long-time B.O.N.E.S. adopter John was mourning the loss of his long-time beagle companion, Hudson, whose "Chronicles" were documented here for many years. John was settling into a new job with lots of driving, and Mackey loved to ride... a great match. John and Mackey will both share their viewpoints with us on this page.
Good morning from Clemmons, North Carolina. We are taking our mandatory rest period here, ready to deliver some equipment in Terrell, North Carolina tomorrow morning.
I thought I would check in and write about one of the more interesting parts of the job.
We were brought back to Maine two weeks ago to help out on a crane move. This is our largest crane, and we had to move it from a wind tower job in Moscow, Maine to our Brewer, Maine location. It is a massive crane that consisted of 41 loads to move it, taking five days!
We had our own five trucks, along with an ex-Cianbro driver who has his own truck, and three outside carrier trucks. It has one million pounds of counterweights alone and has a total weight of 1.87 million pounds! This particular job setup didn't utilize all the parts, but it still weighed in over 1.5 million pounds.
One of the features of this crane is the boom reach. It had 400 feet of boom for the tower heights. This is one of the fun parts of the job, watching these cranes go together, or in this case, come apart. There are times where I am able to pitch in and help.
It's a fun way to learn and hang out with the crew. The crew is dedicated. to assembling or disassembling any of our cranes, wherever they are located. They travel quite a bit when things are busy at the beginning of job, or when the job is winding down.
Until next time. . .
Just got back in the truck from a long walk around the rest area where we are staying until tomorrow morning. I like this place because it is huge and has plenty of space to explore.
It seems that the dogs down here in North Carolina are unusually tall, making it very difficult for me to mark all the trees when the scents are over my head! This is one of the few times where I wonder if it would be simpler to be a human.
We were brought back home a few weeks ago because they needed "all hands on deck." I love that term. Anyway, there was this big crane that needed to be moved, but I think that they brought John back because everybody missed me and wanted to see me.
Anyway, we did move the crane, and it was several trips a day, back and forth, and the road up the mountain was so rough, I had all I could do to stay in the seat. I wonder if Amazon has seat belts for beagles.
We got the crane moved to its new location and enjoyed a quiet weekend at home. And now, back down to our second home in Baltimore. I think I'll get John to get some poop bags and follow me around the rest area while I check for new locations to mark as mine.
Until next time. . .
