Slower Than a Speeding Bullet

Making Room for Four New Butane Bullets Moving a 150,000-pound tank through an active refinery takes more than a big crane. It takes careful planning, specialized equipment and a crew that knows exactly what needs to happen at every step. At the PAR Montana refinery in Billings, Montana, Mountain’s team recently completed the removal and […]

Mountain Puts Down Roots in Montana Mountain officially cut the ribbon on its new Billings, Montana facility, marking another milestone as Mountain continues to expand its footprint across the region. What started as an empty field is now a fully operational home base built specifically around the needs of Mountain’s Montana team. The new facility […]

19 Towers Across the California Hills When you're building a wind farm, wind is kind of the point, until you're trying to fly a blade hundreds of feet in the air. At the MulQueeney wind project in California, Mountain recently reached a major milestone with the completion of the final turbine in a 19-tower Vestas […]

Precision Picks Bring a New Fire Station’s Living Quarters Together Building the living quarters of a new fire station came together one piece, and one carefully planned lift, at a time. For this project, Mountain was tasked with setting 12 pre-assembled modular units that would make up the station’s new living quarters. These weren’t empty […]

Heavy Lifting Behind Everyday Essentials The next time you reach for a roll of toilet paper, chances are you won't think about the massive equipment behind making it. At the heart of the process is a Yankee dryer—a giant steam-heated cylinder that transforms wet paper into the soft, textured tissue we use every day. Often […]

Supporting the Ocotillo Express Wind Farm Mountain recently partnered with Pattern Energy to complete a major blade replacement project at the Ocotillo Express Wind Farm in Southern California. The multi-phase project included full blade replacements across 105 towers, along with generator upgrades on select turbines to help extend the life and performance of the facility. […]

Mountain Crane Supports Yellowstone Bridge Replacement A major infrastructure milestone has been reached in Yellowstone National Park as the new Yellowstone River bridge now carries traffic across one of the park’s most critical corridors. With the new crossing officially open, crews have shifted focus to the final phase of the project: demolition of the original […]

Lei of the Land: How We Get Cranes to Hawaii's Wind Farms Few places test a heavy-lift team like Hawaii. Wind farms perched on volcanic ridgelines, narrow island roads that were never designed for 200-foot blades, and a Pacific Ocean sitting between your project and nearly every piece of equipment that could support it. It's […]

The Nuclear Microreactor Mission A historic nuclear microreactor mission reached Hill Air Force Base—marking the first time one has ever been transported by military aircraft. The reactor, built by Valar Atomics, was flown from March Air Reserve Base to Hill Air Force Base aboard three Boeing C‑17 Globemaster III cargo planes. The mission—part of a […]

Mountain recently mobilized for a major crane-assisted maintenance and upgrade project at Talen Energy’s power plant in Colstrip, Montana As part of the ongoing 2024 phase of this project, our crews are working alongside Talen Energy through mid-July to remove and replace essential cooling tower components. The scope of work includes: Beam removal and replacement […]