Archive for January, 2013

Pipeline Shutdown & Replacement
Pipeline Shutdown & Replacement

We had a couple of our 45 T straight boom picker trucks on this shutdown project. Leon, Joe, TC & Grant were on site for several days replacing miscellaneous pipes and valves with weights up to about 1,000 lbs each. With 100 ft radius, including tandem lifts, this job had a bit of everything. Encore […]

Canem Jack & Roll
Canem Jack & Roll

We used one of our 30 T knuckle boom pickers recently to move a 6,000 lbs genset through a doorway at a Edmonton LRT station. Using a liftbar and our reverse knuckle setup, Fred pushed this genset and a 2,000 lbs fuel tank through the doorway. Once inside, it was lowered onto waiting skates where […]

Packing up Christmas
Packing up Christmas

You know the holidays are over when Gary shows up in one of our biggest knuckle boom picker truck to take down the Christmas tree stand. A stand which is 8 pieces with varying weights up to 17,000 lbs. This job entailed pulling the pieces apart and transporting them to storage, including the steel beams […]

U of A LRT
U of A LRT

It’s been quite awhile since our last update but things have been rolling along here at Encore Trucking. We were very busy leading up to Christmas and nothing has changed in 2013. Below is a photo of Pat in one of our knuckle boom picker trucks installing window panes at a University of Alberta LRT […]