So, you work 6 days a week? Or is it 7?Today was quite an experience and turned into a 14 hour day, I knew it was going to be a long one too, I was estimating it would be 10 pm before I left the Plant but at 8 pm I was heading to the car...By the end of the day parts of me were either saturated with hydraulic fluid or grease or a mixture, but my overalls and the rag wrapped around my head were quite clean when I first went up on the scissor lift at 10 after 6 am...Carl, the engineer from Arkansas, was going up the lift with me, talking to me about the coronavirus lol...We got up on the framework of this machinery my first time up on top of it since I started working in this building, its a massive press indeed over 30 feet up to be able to climb 10 feet back down into it to reach the massive hydraulic cylinders...We can only get to 2 of them at a time, each pair divided by a 3 inch thick solid steel wall, we have to climb down between these walls with all our tools and stand on top of the hydraulic cylinders in order to replace the seals we were tasked to do, after completing 2 of them we climb back up to the top with all our tools and go over a dividing wall and climb back down to reach the next pair of cylinders...
Well, the engineer estimated a time of about 2 hours per cylinder for us to complete the job, the first 2 cylinders took us 8 hours...Unforeseen problems arose early on, damaged supports were discovered we had to fix, and the lifting mechanism he brought with him for lifting some of the piping did not fit correctly on the machine we have, so we spent an hour in our fabrication shop cutting up so steel and welding together a different lifting frame to fit and help lift the piping of the cylinders...The second pair of cylinders took us 5 hours to finish and we called it a day after that, I was very tired and my head is sore, lifting my head too fast and busted it on a hydraulic valve above me, kept bleeding slightly for a couple hours and have a big knot on the top of my head now...The fellow working with me was just as dirty and oily as me, we worked together great today, I followed his lead, he's quite a smart guy and was not shy to work and get dirty...We had 3 guys down at the base of the machinery waiting our instructions, getting us tools we needed and worked the hydraulic pumps draining down the cylinders...We must have pumped over a 900 gallons of hydraulic fluid out of the machine and into clean steel drums to reuse and re-pump back into it when our work is done...I'm glad I have tomorrow off work to sleep in, and I am need of some rest...The owner of the company didn't want to pay our helpers double time on Sunday to continue doing this repair work and we only finished 4 out of 14 today, so we will be resuming this task on Monday early in the morning about 4 or 5 am...I'm salary pay not hourly so I don't get paid for overtime...
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Would wearing rain gear and a hardhat help?
So, you work 6 days a week? Or is it 7?
Today was quite an experience and turned into a 14 hour day, I knew it was going to be a long one too, I was estimating it would be 10 pm before I left the Plant but at 8 pm I was heading to the car...By the end of the day parts of me were either saturated with hydraulic fluid or grease or a mixture, but my overalls and the rag wrapped around my head were quite clean when I first went up on the scissor lift at 10 after 6 am...Carl, the engineer from Arkansas, was going up the lift with me, talking to me about the coronavirus lol...We got up on the framework of this machinery my first time up on top of it since I started working in this building, its a massive press indeed over 30 feet up to be able to climb 10 feet back down into it to reach the massive hydraulic cylinders...We can only get to 2 of them at a time, each pair divided by a 3 inch thick solid steel wall, we have to climb down between these walls with all our tools and stand on top of the hydraulic cylinders in order to replace the seals we were tasked to do, after completing 2 of them we climb back up to the top with all our tools and go over a dividing wall and climb back down to reach the next pair of cylinders...
Well, the engineer estimated a time of about 2 hours per cylinder for us to complete the job, the first 2 cylinders took us 8 hours...Unforeseen problems arose early on, damaged supports were discovered we had to fix, and the lifting mechanism he brought with him for lifting some of the piping did not fit correctly on the machine we have, so we spent an hour in our fabrication shop cutting up so steel and welding together a different lifting frame to fit and help lift the piping of the cylinders...The second pair of cylinders took us 5 hours to finish and we called it a day after that, I was very tired and my head is sore, lifting my head too fast and busted it on a hydraulic valve above me, kept bleeding slightly for a couple hours and have a big knot on the top of my head now...The fellow working with me was just as dirty and oily as me, we worked together great today, I followed his lead, he's quite a smart guy and was not shy to work and get dirty...We had 3 guys down at the base of the machinery waiting our instructions, getting us tools we needed and worked the hydraulic pumps draining down the cylinders...We must have pumped over a 900 gallons of hydraulic fluid out of the machine and into clean steel drums to reuse and re-pump back into it when our work is done...I'm glad I have tomorrow off work to sleep in, and I am need of some rest...The owner of the company didn't want to pay our helpers double time on Sunday to continue doing this repair work and we only finished 4 out of 14 today, so we will be resuming this task on Monday early in the morning about 4 or 5 am...I'm salary pay not hourly so I don't get paid for overtime...
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Monday turned into a 18 hours day, no lunch or dinner, I was deep inside that machine for most of the time replacing the rest of the hydraulic seals, but the work is done now...I got home about 30 minutes ago, not going in to work tomorrow until about noon or so, eating some dinner now at 11:40 pm...Kobi waiting patiently at home, he is also eating his dinner now...
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Wish me well today. I am going in for surgery to remove an implant that hasn’t been working for me since they placed it last July 2019. This implant was supposed to reduce my spine pain. Instead I got an infection that has never cleared up.
I hate operations (and I have had quite a few). When you are in your late 60s everyone of these is a crap shoot. The surgeon seems to think that this will go smoothly. I hate when they tell you that! Hopefully I will be home in a few days when they are sure the incision is healing properly.
Wish me well today. I am going in for surgery to remove an implant that hasn’t been working for me since they placed it last July 2019. This implant was supposed to reduce my spine pain. Instead I got an infection that has never cleared up.
I hate operations (and I have had quite a few). When you are in your late 60s everyone of these is a crap shoot. The surgeon seems to think that this will go smoothly. I hate when they tell you that! Hopefully I will be home in a few days when they are sure the incision is healing properly.
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I finally had to download Firefox browser because YouTube was just a blank screen. They had a warning message up for over a month stating they would no longer support IE. I really like it because it's modern, quick and easy to use. You have to agree to them using cookies in order to use it.
I've had problems copying links from Edge.Firefox is a better browser, you'll like it more after using it regular...Funny thing is I use Firefox on my laptop but on my tablet I use Microsoft Edge lol...
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Wish me well today. I am going in for surgery to remove an implant that hasn’t been working for me since they placed it last July 2019. This implant was supposed to reduce my spine pain. Instead I got an infection that has never cleared up.
I hate operations (and I have had quite a few). When you are in your late 60s everyone of these is a crap shoot. The surgeon seems to think that this will go smoothly. I hate when they tell you that! Hopefully I will be home in a few days when they are sure the incision is healing properly.