Leaving the pipeline

We have called the company and asked to be relieved this coming Friday morning.
The arthritis in my spine is, I believe, closing off the nerve opening and causing pain and other problems. It is becoming difficult to walk properly and going up steps is very difficult. I have made an appointment for April 1st to see an Orthopedic and spine doctor in San Antonio.

Thought I would post pictures of some of the equipment used in putting in a pipeline.
TRENCHING MACHINES

This guy cleans up the ends of the pipe for welding.

and this is how they manuever the pipe into position

These are some of the welders. They have their own trucks and hire out for the welding. All the trucks are dualies to carry the weight of the welder and have been customizer by their owners. Some have awnings for shade

It is always interesting when they move the tracked equipment over the highway to continue working on the pipeline. The worker scurry around laying down the plywood and than the old tires in two lanes so that the steel tracks do not chew up the pavement.

The road is very busy and they send out a flagger in each direction to stop the traffic so the equipment can get across. Than they scurry around again to get the tires and plywood off of the road.

Remember you can click on the pictures to make them bigger.
Hope you have a gread day
love to all of ya
Jim and Linda