Inverted Thermal Pipe fusion process (Welding upside down)

So Mckenzie has been on me to post on here for a while, and I had a little bit of time this evening- so I figured it was a good time to put up my first post. I don't have much that has gone on in the last few months besides work, so here goes-

This is what happens when the crew doesn't dig you a big enough bell hole to weld all the way around the pipe. It isn't too bad, but it isn't comfortable by any means. (yes those are my feet). Oh and we are laying up a 40% slope, which is about a 45 degree slope. To give you perspective the wire feed (LN-25) is sitting level.

So, part of what I enjoy about my job is the fact that we basically have free reign to be as inventive as we need to be to make things productive and efficient.
The Predicament in this job was that we had many different areas that required us to haul in 24" ameron pipe that was 40 ft. in length. We couldn't carry it sideways with a loader, and there was NO way we could have pulled it in with a tractor trailer so how would we transport an 11,000lb. piece of pipe? What to do in this situation? I introduce to you, the pipe buggy. (Not sold in stores). I am thinking of starting a company- "Custom Hauling and Transport". ha.



And what job would be complete without a goat? This is Buttercup- named so because this goat is indeed a head-butter. She will whack you in the shins, and drop you in the back of the knees if you aren't paying attention. Really pretty sweet if you pet her though. Liked to beat on the pipe a bit and eat the plastic covers off the end of it. Oh well...

That is all from Newport tonight. Out.