There was a foundry outside Fowler that the last remnant was a huge overhead crane kinda like that. They tried for a long time to sell it and was unsuccessful. This eccentric old guy we knew ended up with it for free because he was the only one with a crane truck big enough and crazy enough to take it down. He cut it down and installed it in the old barn he had. He could pick up anything with it. Not everybody has that kind of equipment to take something like that down or transport it.
The problem with used cranes is getting them certified for re use, where I apprenticed they had cranes in the fab. shop that said 30 tons, I personally saw 98 tons on one of them; they cut a gap in the crane rails and support beams and pulled them into the gap onto the floor, likely a 50 ft fall; scrap iron. The thing being, they had no value other than scrap.
This massive steel building was erected as an indoor lumber yard. It is approximately 230’x275’ with 24’ eave height. It has a steel roof and no exterior wall skin. Must be disassembled and removed by March 31, 2020.
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