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Reconfigured for a Higher Load
Posted: 11/05/2024
During a planned outage, a petrochemical facility in Texas needed to replace a large tower head—measuring 54' L x 30' W x 30' H and weighing 280,000 pounds. Deep South Crane & Rigging selected a strategic setup location for its 2,500-ton VersaCrane TC-36000 to accommodate both the head lift and additional turnaround work. The lift was initially planned at 350,000 pounds, accounting for tray installation.
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Deep South to Serve Warm Meals for Hurricane Harvey Relief
Posted: 09/06/2017
Deep South Crane will have teams in Mont Belvieu and Beaumont, Texas on Friday, September 8th and Saturday, September 9th for Deep South families, union employees, and first responders.
Safety Source: Above Average Hurricane Season Predicted
Posted: 08/24/2017
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has already produced five tropical cyclones by the middle of July, a quick start for what is historically a slower time of the hurricane season. Now is the time to prepare should a storm head your way. Here are a few tips that can help you, your home, and your family stay safe.
Safety Starts With Planning - A Glimpse Into Our Roadmap to Safety
Posted: 07/26/2017
Looking through the lens of a 315,969-pound critical lift using the 1,000-ton VersaCrane CC-12000, Deep South highlights the importance of proper planning, good communication, and forming a partnership with clients to ensure safety on a jobsite.
Extreme Circumstances Call for Extreme Measures: A Narrow Canal Requires a Side Roll-Off
Posted: 07/13/2017
Deep South was contracted to deliver a 750,000-pound reactor to a refinery in northern Illinois. The navigable waterway, a highly-trafficked 125-foot wide canal, required a side roll-off.
15-Month Turnkey Transport and Erection Project at a Western Iowa Plant
Posted: 07/13/2017
Deep South was contracted to provide turnkey transportation and field erection services as part of a grassroots fertilizer project at a plant in Western Iowa. Over this 15-month period more than 150 pieces of plant equipment were successfully transported and erected.
Slow Ride: 330-Ton Reactor Makes Trek Through Riverbend to Refinery
Posted: 06/29/2017
The 90 foot-long, 24 foot-wide apparatus was secured to the platform of a self-propelled modular trailer and operated by Deep South Industrial Services to make the roughly five-hour trip from the Phoenix Terminal in Hartford to the refinery in Roxana.
Refinery Turnaround Requires All Hands On Deck
Posted: 06/09/2017
Refinery units undergoing a turnaround are taken apart – and components are inspected, repaired or replaced – before being put back together. Turnaround activity can either be confined to individual units or parts of a refinery at a time, or in the case of the recent Texas City turnaround, involve the entire plant.
