July 17, 2006: Sparky and the Jay Cashman - aka 995
Clean-up after Mickey is taking on a new meaning.
The 995 is a mega scooper-upper, or I suppose in technical terms, a mega
grapple. We first met the 995
on June 20.
Then when C-2 was dropped,
Mike Grice asked how one cleans up after Mickey.
Here is more of the 995 story from Sparky.
You would not believe the Excavator! They put a new engine in and it cost
$ 1,000,000.00. It makes a lot of noise and is very powerful! They are
rebuilding the old engine at the tune of $ 600,000.00. They just finished
installing the grappler and all the lines and by the weekend or next week
it will be in full operation. They will have someone that was running
before come down and take control of it.
Body Parts
Meet the 995's mouth
and neck
and neck extension
and body
from below
The engine
Is this the fuel injection system?
Exhaust and fuel lines?
Control position
Sparky at the controls
Mufflers and exhaust
This is the array of tubes that pass the hydraulic fluid from somewhere to
the grapple and neck. Thus spake Sparky !
