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 refinery in Billings, Montana, Mountain’s team recently completed the removal and replacement […]
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 […]
Granite is nearing completion of a major asphalt plant relocation, with the facility now approximately 95% reassembled at its new site in Magna, Utah. Originally constructed at the Cottonwood site between 1994 and 1995, the plant includes six asphalt silos, each weighing 70,000 pounds. Dismantling operations began on December 1 and required extensive coordination, detailed […]
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 […]
Out at a new substation connected to a nearby solar farm, we were brought in to install power pole sets ranging up to 170 feet tall. These poles play a critical role in directing power from the solar site to the grid. While the smaller poles were handled by the customer, the larger and more […]
Replacing a 36" to 42" carbon monoxide gas pipe is challenging enough. Doing it with limited overhead clearance and obstructions below is a whole new level of complexity. The project required removing the pipe quickly and safely. With overhead clearance too tight for crane lifts and obstructions below ruling out jack and slide operations, we […]
Our crawler cranes—Liebherr LR1300 and LTR1220—recently took on the challenge of unloading and placing battery packs at a solar farm. Partnering with Solv Energy, we streamlined the process, completing the project in 10 days instead of the expected 20. With one crane dedicated to unloading and the other handling precise placements, our team’s efficiency and […]
At a radioactive facility, we handled the transport of two massive decommissioned steam generators from a nuclear power plant. Each one weighing as much as 457,000 pounds! Using two 300-ton crawlers, we lifted the units off railcars and moved them 75 feet away from the tracks. From there, we used a 10-line Goldhofer trailer to […]
We provided crane support for the delivery of 13 large pieces of equipment for an expansion project at a gas plant 20 miles northwest of Evanston, Wyoming. The project involved the transport and installation of four sulfur vessels, each as heavy as 40 pickup trucks. We carefully lifted each vessel, placed them on specialized Goldhofer […]
GOT A TRICKY LIFT? Our lifting capabilities go a lot further than cranes alone. Often times a project has equipment to be moved in a place that a crane can’t go. Our experienced special project’s team is the solution for these situations. This project required our crew flawlessly maneuvered a 20,000 lb blower motor inside […]
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