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 Louie
      
 |  |  | parking garage fun - construction sites
< on 5/30/2004 4:23 AM >
|  | | | so me and Vir(u)al were catching a burrito downtown when we noticed a local parking garage was being torn down to be rebuilt. camera in hand, we went exploring.
the garage
an open invitation for UE'rs. 24 months is temporary??
propane welding torches! and open for all to use!
generators!
a toyota forklift. but with a keyed ighnition (hrrmph)
a Bobcat with a jackhammer attatchment!! and it was a pushbutton ignition, not keyed. hehehe
liquid oxygen, the valve was leaking. (why would they need this?)
a present left by a public drinker!
More to come, i will post pics of the elevator machine room and the security room.
louie
with the hlep of Vir(u)al
[last edit 5/30/2004 4:32 AM by Louie - edited 2 times]
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RyanCage
Location: Burnaby, BC
Gender: Male
| | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 1 on 5/30/2004 5:51 AM >
|  | | | When I was working in heavy equipment operation, most of the crew would just tuck their key up under a little ledge or something somewhere near the door of a machine. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people do this, so whenever you see heavy equipment, it might be fun to see if you can find the key. I would never start anything up, in fear of getting in a whole lot of shit, but it'd be cool to take some shots of yourself sitting in one 
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nostra-YOUPPI!
 
Umpire
Location: Shahre:'on Kaybec
Bonsoir et cest partie
| | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 2 on 5/30/2004 6:07 AM >
| | | | when i was 12 they were building a freeway near my place, one of our games was starting the machines up friday night and letting em idle till empty, the bigger tracktors with no keys were often left in gear to stop em from starting, but a smart 12 year old would get em started
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LongHorn
Location: Alabama
Gender: Male
"Clever got me this far, and tricky got me in."
| |  | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 3 on 5/30/2004 7:15 AM >
| | | | Posted by fatLouie
a present left by a public drinker!
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it would kinda scare me that theres an empty alcohol bottle near all that machinery.
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scourge
Location: United States
Gender: Male
strive
| | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 4 on 5/30/2004 5:25 PM >
| | | | I would imagine they have the oxygen for use in combination with acetylene, for a high temperature cutting/welding torch.
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PAWolf
Not from Pennsylvania
Location: KCMO
Gender: Male
We haven't located us yet.
| |  | | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 5 on 5/30/2004 5:28 PM >
| | | | Posted by scourge
I would imagine they have the oxygen for use in combination with acetylene, for a high temperature cutting/welding torch.
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and I would agree
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Arrow
Noble Donor
Location: Minneapolis
Gender: Male
| | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 6 on 5/30/2004 5:34 PM >
| | | | Posted by fatLouie
liquid oxygen, the valve was leaking. (why would they need this?)
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I would theorize that it was "leaking" from a pressure release valve. When not actively refrigerated, the liquid oxygen would boil to gas, and it would seem reasonable to have a release valve that releases just enough gas to keep the pressures inside reasonable, yet not leak out all of the oxygen stored up.
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Louie
| | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 7 on 5/30/2004 6:43 PM >
| | | | ok heres an update. we found the elevator machine room, there was a bunch ofelevator and hydraulic tech manuals, some valves, a hydraulic tank, and an emergency power supply.
the room. the blue thing is the hydraulic tank i think.
a power box in the machine rom. lmao.
then we found what appeared to be a small office for a parking violations officer. there is a bottle of lotion on the desk, perhaps for "lonlier nights"
inside the office, there was a modem for uploading parking violation info. and a phone.
in a nearby building we found these kegs in a delivery hallway behind a bar. hehehe
louie
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Heartless
Location: Dakota Territory
Gender: Male
nowhere is a state of mind
| | | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 8 on 5/30/2004 8:05 PM >
| | | | Posted by fatLouie
a Bobcat with a jackhammer attatchment!! and it was a pushbutton ignition, not keyed. hehehe
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The pushbutton ones are actually harder to start, they have a keypad coded lock that cuts all electrical power and any chance of fuel flow until the correct password is entered. The *old* ones are universally keyed, they get stolen all the time. Never used a jackhammer attachment, but that machine is a turbo diesel! I used to work at a place with S300's, now we have Case 95XT's and a Cat 962G.
[last edit 6/2/2004 2:55 AM by Heartless - edited 1 times]
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Asylunt
Location: MPLS
Gender: Male
The Friendly Beer!
| | | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 9 on 5/30/2004 11:28 PM >
| | | | Posted by fatLouie
propane welding torches! and open for all to use!
generators!
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Not being critical here, just informative.
The first pic looks like a Oxy/Acetalyn torch not propane.
The second look more like Mig/tig wielders than generators.
Asylunt
[last edit 5/30/2004 11:30 PM by Asylunt - edited 1 times]
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain |
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Louie
| | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 10 on 5/31/2004 2:09 AM >
| | | | so you would think
also, the propane torch said "propane" on the tank, but nearby we found an acetylene tank.
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Asylunt
Location: MPLS
Gender: Male
The Friendly Beer!
| | | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 11 on 5/31/2004 2:55 AM >
| | | | I stand corrected.
Asylunt
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain |
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MacGyver
Location: St Paul, Minnesota
Gender: Male
"Someone go find me a paperclip, a D-cell battery, and a cheese grater"
| | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 12 on 5/31/2004 11:33 AM >
| | | | Posted by fatLouie
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I think it's a combo job. Why would there be a brass ground clamp on a generator? The word under the wire between "AC/DC" and "generator set" is the correct length and lettering to be "welder", once the obscured letters were imagined in place.
Welders suck a lot of power, so it would make sense to have a generator built in. I do wonder about the safety of using what is essentially portable lightning in close proximity to a gasolene-powered engine
[last edit 6/1/2004 10:48 PM by MacGyver - edited 1 times]
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Louie
| | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 13 on 5/31/2004 5:08 PM >
| | | | ill go back and check. it would be handy to have a welder i could use for the next 24 months ;)
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Plytheman
Location: Lawrence, Massachusetts
Obey The Deer
| | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 14 on 6/1/2004 6:46 PM >
| | | | OFF IS ON
ON IS OFF
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
I'm achin, I'm shakin, I'm breakin, Like Humans Do!!
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Virual
Location: Bethesda, MD
Gender: Male
| | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 15 on 6/2/2004 1:24 AM >
| | | | Well as my partner said before that the bobcats were keyless, he was incorect at another glance the keyholes were above the chair which doesn't make much sence but who am i to say i dont have to drive one. But we went back looking for the mystery keypad and came up with nothing but an old fashoned keyed starter. never the less it was quite cool to see a fleet of equpment like that in an area where we are alot.
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hax0r
| | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 16 on 6/3/2004 10:30 PM >
| | | | Posted by MacGyver
I think it's a combo job. Why would there be a brass ground clamp on a generator? The word under the wire between "AC/DC" and "generator set" is the correct length and lettering to be "welder", once the obscured letters were imagined in place.
Welders suck a lot of power, so it would make sense to have a generator built in. I do wonder about the safety of using what is essentially portable lightning in close proximity to a gasolene-powered engine
I've seen these machines used to weld stuff really close to gasoline-powered engines and nothing blew up...but in this case I'd think the engine/gas tank are probably far enough away from the welder not to cause problems.
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Louie
| | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 17 on 6/5/2004 5:42 PM >
| | | | the generator label says AC/DC WELDER POWER GENERATOR SET. the actual welding equipment is in large lock boxes. Im going to put this in the database and keep ut up to date over the destructuion/construction
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Kbasa
Location: Gunnison/Crested Butte, co
Gender: Male
High Hopes
| | | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 18 on 6/8/2004 5:20 AM >
| | | | Posted by RyanCage
When I was working in heavy equipment operation, most of the crew would just tuck their key up under a little ledge or something somewhere near the door of a machine. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people do this, so whenever you see heavy equipment, it might be fun to see if you can find the key. I would never start anything up, in fear of getting in a whole lot of shit, but it'd be cool to take some shots of yourself sitting in one
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Yeah i know some kids that got drunk and drove around in a fucking water truck. They pretty much grinded the gears so much and fuck it up so much that it wouldnt work anymore. The keys were under the seat.
Shut the fuck up and ride that fucking Couchmobile!
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SnArF
| | Re: parking garage fun - construction sites
<Reply # 19 on 6/8/2004 6:18 AM >
| | | | Post by Kbasa
Yeah i know some kids that got drunk and drove around in a fucking water truck. They pretty much grinded the gears so much and fuck it up so much that it wouldnt work anymore. The keys were under the seat.
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With all due respect to UE, that is the funniest damn thing I ever heard. Ah, drinking and driving.
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