A selection of lifts and hauls from around Greater Victoria and southern Vancouver Island.
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Lifts in motion
Short clips from real jobs: a steel elevator-shaft frame flown onto an oceanfront office build, a sailboat mast raised at Canoe Cove Marina, and a tall tree taken down one section at a time.
Flying a steel elevator-shaft frame into place on an oceanfront office build. Video: Vincent AndrewsRaising a sailboat mast into place in the boatyard at Canoe Cove Marina, North Saanich. Video: Vincent AndrewsTree removal: lowering cut sections of a tall tree one piece at a time. Video: Vincent Andrews
Russel's Crane & Cartage Peterbilt crane truck hauling a large orca topiaryCrane lifting a small twin-engine plane, shown from two anglesRussel's crane truck lifting a boat on a grassy siteCrane lifting a rooftop HVAC unit onto Sawyer Sewing CentreCrane boom extended at a condo building with large tanks on the groundPeterbilt crane truck set up at a sunny job siteCrane truck with a flatbed of red steel in the snowy yardCrane truck on outriggers with cribbing in a residential drivewayRussel's Crane & Cartage crane truck parked by the oceanThree Russel's Crane & Cartage boom trucks lined up in the yardRussel's boom truck on a job site with crane extendedCrane truck carrying an oversized wrapped load downtownFlatbed truck loaded with lumber for deliveryCrane boom reaching over a waterfront jobCrane lifting materials beside a new multi-storey buildingBoom truck hauling equipment on a flat deckRussel's crane truck on a roadside deliveryCrane truck set up for a lift at a commercial siteCrane lifting next to a high-rise under constructionCrane placing materials at a multi-storey building siteCrane placing a large teal public art sculptureCrane truck loading at an industrial buildingCrane lifting a small aircraftCrane lifting a boat from the water's edgeCrane truck hauling large logsBoom truck carrying a tarped loadCrane truck working on a residential streetCrane setting a small timber building onto a siteBoom truck with a full load of building materialsCrane boom over a heritage brick buildingCrane truck in front of a historic apartment buildingCrane beside a red wooden boat in dry dockCrane placing a painted cow sculptureTwo cranes lifting a red load between buildingsCrane truck working at night in the snowTruck loaded with lumber marked Russel's Crane & CartageCrane lifting a blue house section into place
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