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Meteorites hoisted out of museum in Argentina

Around 4,000 years ago, rocks weighing several tonnes fell to earth and landed in “Campo del Cielo”.

Construction company, GRÚAS BOVIER SRL completed a job whereby meteorites were hoisted in the Argentinian province of Entre Rios.

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North of Buenos Aires – Entre Rios, was the location of job, as the Liebherr LTM 1060/2 was deployed to hoist two rocks  from outer space in two hours from the Natural History Museum to a place where they were originally discovered.

“After we had completed the job with our crane, they were taken to the place where they were originally discovered in the northern Argentinian province of Chaco, 1,000 kilometres from our city,” explained Justo Bovier, from GRÚAS BOVIER SRL.

Justo said the job took him by surprise and was far from the normal request.

“To be honest, it would never have occurred to us that we would one day be asked to hoist two rocks from outer space,” Justo said.

The two space rocks weighed over 2-tonne in total – with one weighing 1,600 kilograms and the other 600 kilograms.

The 4-axle LTM 1060/2  mobile crane was set up with 12-tonnes of counterweight and a boom extension length of 29m.

Despite the job being listed as a routine hoist life, it required extensive planning well in advance.

The building included floors and an inner courtyard that could not be moved throughout the entire process.

“So our LTM 1060/2 hoisted the fragments from the inner courtyard over the roofs without them having to pass through the various rooms of the museum,” Justo added. “The work, including safety measures and road closures, took more than two hours.”

 

 

 

 

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