phecksel Posted November 28, 2013 Report Posted November 28, 2013 Mfg types will appreciate this one. I somehow fanagled a behind the scenes tour one year during homecoming. We came upon the vacuum press in the middle of the plant and my tour guide says, "this press is deeper in the concrete than it is taller above us (barely clearing the roof rafters), how did we get it installed?" Knowing that the press could be split from the base, I'm looking up at the roof and he says no, that's the original roof. My next choice was mutiple highlo, nope. How about using rollers across the floor, bingo, but how did we get the base into the hole? no ideas at this point, there wasn't any nearby substantial structure, and he already told me the plant was in place before they bought the press... I was stumped. He said they were too, looked at it for a few weeks coming up with and dismissing multiple ideas... until one of the good ole boys in the plant said, give he the keys to the company truck and $200. He came back with a truck filled with block ice, which they put into the deep hole in the ground, slid the base on top of the ice and mopped up the mess for weeks. 1
mooneygirl Posted November 28, 2013 Report Posted November 28, 2013 If you come to Kerrville for MAPA Homecoming April 10-12 you will see the premiere of Boots on the Ground our documentary on the Mooney factory. You will hear Stanley Feller tell his story about the ice. Great ingenuity! 1
phecksel Posted November 29, 2013 Author Report Posted November 29, 2013 when and why did it move away from the fall? I used to LOVE antagonizing Jacque at convention every year. It was like shooting at fish in a barrel sometimes.
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