200-Ton Clyde Whirley Crane Repair—Portland, OR

Gunderson, Inc.

Dix recently completed emergency repairs to keep this yard crane working safely in this busy shipyard on the Willamette River. The Dix crew started on site Friday afternoon and worked continuously through the weekend. The crane house was jacked up; the rail ring was removed, rotated 90 degrees and re-installed, to move a break in the ring out of the revolver crane's normal travel zone. The crane was returned to service Monday morning. Supply and installation of a new rail ring was completed by Dix several months later, and now "Clyde" is back to working hard building barges.