BAR-S Services’ ATC-3275 On The Clock For 96 Hours

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Link-Belt’s 275-ton (250-metric ton) ATC-3275 all-terrain crane travels near Cheyenne, Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of Link-Belt.)

This post is courtesy of Link-Belt.

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Sub-assemblies are lifted at a jobsite in Casper, Wyoming, with the ATC-3275. (Photo courtesy of Link-Belt.)

Lexington, Kentucky—Cheyenne, Wyoming,-based BAR-S Services (BAR-S) took ownership of a new 275-ton (250-metric ton) ATC-3275 all-terrain crane from Link-Belt distributor Strong’s Crane Service. In their nearly third decade of operation (founded in 1990), BAR-S specializes in erecting and dismantling oil rigs, supporting the oil and gas industry in northeastern Colorado and Wyoming. When not supporting the oil and gas industry, the company operates its new ATC-3275 as a taxi crane covering a 300-mile (483-kilometer) working radius.

“Our primary work is moving drilling rigs, but we also work with other transportation and production facilities moving large equipment,” said co-founder of BAR-S Services, Patty Smith.

BAR-S uses the Link-Belt all-terrain crane to perform tandem lifts up to 240,000 pounds (108,862 kilograms) and solo lifts up to 100,000 pounds (45,359 kilograms) on rig moves. A drilling rig can have up to 50 lifts to disassemble and once BAR-S has the rig loaded on semi-trailer and moved, the process is reversed for assembly at another location.

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A rigger takes a moment to place an American flag on the boom of an ATC-3275 near Casper, Wyoming. (Photo courtesy of Link-Belt.)

In late 2017, BAR-S used its ATC-3275 to complete a rig move in Greeley, Colorado. The following day, the ATC-3275 travels 175 miles to Casper, Wyoming, to lift a 145,000-pound (65,770-kilogram) transformer. The ATC-3275 lifts and places the transformer on a long-haul truck using 8-part line while keeping the load inside a 25-foot (7.62-meter) radius.

On day three, the ATC-3275 is dispatched with minimal counterweight to Laramie, Wyoming, to lift multiple 20,000- to 30,000-gallon (75,700- to 113,562-liter) fuel tanks for a new Love’s Travel Center. Remote controlled directional boom floodlights on the crane ease the process of attaching rigging in the dark, as well as for placing the large 37- to 57-foot (12.3- to 19-meter)-long cylindrical tanks.

Over the course of 96 hours, the ATC-3275 has made over 50 lifts, in three towns, traveling more than 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers), to handle the taxi work required of northeastern Colorado and Wyoming.

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BAR-S Services of Cheyenne, Wyoming lifts a 65,000-pound (29,483-kilogram) “sub” on a box-on-box triple drill rig with their Link-Belt ATC-3275 all-terrain crane near Ault, Colorado. (Photo courtesy of Link-Belt.)

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Following the rig move, the next day the ATC-3275 travels 175 miles (282 kilometers) to Casper, Wyoming, to lift a 145,000-pound (65,770-kilogram) transformer. (Photo courtesy of Link-Belt.)

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The ATC-3275 is dispatched with minimal counterweight to Laramie, Wyoming, to lift multiple 20,000- to 30,000-gallon (75,700- to 113,562-liter) fuel tanks for a new Love’s Travel Center. (Photo courtesy of Link-Belt.)

Source: Link-Belt

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