I would like to share an opportunity to share a couple Pics.

Brundage Bone did a job at the Wanapum Dam in the past months. Excuse the spelling of the dam.

The job was to fill voids in the dam with a concrete filler that was extremely high wear.

The voids were areas that were designed to accommodate turbines that were not used.

I was impressed with the dexterity of the 47M 5 arm Putz.

After finding the exact spot the pump needed to sit the operator was able to thread the entire boom down into the heart of the dam. The material pumped was extremely harsh on the hopper components in the course of the project they destroyed and rebuilt the hopper and components several times. As usual right toward the end of the job they finally got the mix adjusted to the point that it pumped ok, but I have to give credit to the operational staff at the Bone for getting this one done, hats of to the operator the amount of times in and out of this space with slight surface damage to the boom was a practice in patience and professionalism.

Thank you Brundage and the contractor for letting me visit and see for myself this job.

i wanna shake that guy's hand!

Very nice pictures! Those are the kind of jobs I love. I don't get challenges like that at the mox project. I miss pumping in the real world. You leave SC yet?

great pic's,they do have some very tallented people working for them

funnyboom yep heading to the Great Cool NW. I am waiting to see Pics of your new toy soon.

Wow thats amazing. Good job Mark. And 30 some thousand yards went in there.

slurry the hole to get the boom down there.nice pic's travelteck.Markie Mark and his funky pump..sorry Mark...LOL.. GOOD JOB!

Was it REALLY a boom job? looks to me like a crane and steel system with a trailer pump would have been more practical. I wasn't there, so I don't know.

I will work on getting them on here soon!

No way a trailer pump on it's best day would have ever even been able to pump that mix.  Believe me pump jockey that stuff was flat out nasty! 

If you can get the boom in its defenately a boom job. Why use a crane and lot of trouble when this hero can just pinch his arm down there!!!

Excellent boom maneauvering, that's for sure. Kudos.

After finding the exact spot the pump needed to sit the operator was able to thread the entire boom down into the heart of the dam. The material pumped was extremely harsh on the hopper components in the course of the project they destroyed and rebuilt the hopper and components several times

this is what made my neart crinnnng

BPP- Whats the difference between a compatible trailer pump and a truck pump????? Definately a trailer job, would have saved a fortune in running costs, pumping would have been easier since you wouldnt have a multitude of bends for the stuff to go round.

Nice job on the operators part tho.

1 trailer pump + 1 crane cheaper than 1 Boom pump? Not so sure...

Obviously, once the boom was threaded in there, there was no maneauvering for concrete placement, so it was a line job or mini-placer beyond the tip. In that case, the slickline (6" even) would have been placed once and remained there for the duration, think of it as an inverse high-rise job. I would imagine in this economic slowdown that a stationary high-rise pump was easily available, and could have stayed on-site. But then you don't get the illusion/benefit of others seeing your boom pump on the road. What exactly was so harsh about the mix that it 'destroyed' the hopper? If it was that unpumpable, then a hopper on top, with a tremmie pipe down the opening and a valve system to fill concrete buggies would have done the job too. Seems to me that this job was another tremendous waste of taxpayers dollars, just to fill unused space in the dam? What do you want to wager that some time in the future they will want to open that area up again to install turbines??? Seems more likely than not.

Ahhh,the visions of a packed off straightleg,the nightmares begin.

I see your point. But was it possible there to have a fixed pipe? Maybe your right but don't tell everybody because you'll spoil the funn and we earn money with this remember!!! 

I'd be curious to know what the pricing was. Brundage hasn't been the poster company for profitability lately have they?

PJ the rates were better than the competitions because of the good relationship that was established during previous jobs. The hole was tighter than the pics show as far as the operator great guy as well as a hard worker. As far as the hopper and material cylinders i have never seen concrete absolutely destroy material like this mix did. I Just want to add the mechanics put in endless days and nights making sure this 47m was on the job ready to go every day needed. Thank you Traveltech for posting these pics a truly unique job.

I really cant see what the problem is using a boom pump!

Looks like it worked and worked well , static pumps are there takining up space and so is the static line , a mobile on the other hand comes in for the job and leaves !! no conjestion on site the jobs done no pipe to mount on walls or anything else like that , I think its the perfect solution for the job!!

We bid on that job and i believe that a huge amount of  yardage is to be placed in the holes. Killer job on getting it in the hole.

wow! awesome pictures, kudos to the operator/pump company for a job well done. Thanks for sharing these photos, it would be cool to see video footage of the operator threading that baby in there :)

i dont have pics but we pumped a 1200 sq ft crawl space and the poor finishers had to kneel and at times lay in the concrete get it done.... Their newest guy quits half way cuz its his first day and he cant handle it. The rest of the crew stayed and finished and all ended up with burns from swimming in concrete.... didnt look fun.

16C I wish they had turned out better, I tried to take a little video but with the bright work lights and dark areas they turned out bad, I had taken a lot of pics to get the ones you saw. I will never be accused of being a Professional Photographer.