Stop in for a cup of coffee

Contractor I was workin' for had a portable genset mounted in a 40' trailer that was used for portable rock plants, concrete plants, whatever electric. V 16 Detroit it was. Always a good time getting it started in the morning. One morning I push the starter button, it makes about half a revolution and comes to a crashing halt and water pukes all over the floor. "this isn't good" They didn't want to disassemble it in the trailer so I got to work disconnecting it so we could remove it. Had to use 2 large skip loaders and a 45 ton crane to get it out of that trailer. Crane gets a hold of it and starts to swing it over the other equipment towards the low bed trailer to take it to the shop. Half way there the Detroit motor on the crane ***** the bed :eek: . It was a hydro crane, so no power no move. There that genset hung 30' in the air :lol:. "Alex! They need your help over at the ready mix plant. Get over there!". When I get back the generator is gone and the broken crane is moved away from the plant area. The ready mix plant didn't really need me. I thought at the time it was just a ploy to get me out of the way :lol:. They didn't want to tell me, but after a few Silver Bullets after work I got it out of them. They had to fly a guy up to that genset on the headache ball of another crane to rig the generator and disconnect it from the dead crane. Then the rigger rode the generator to the ground :wtf::realcrazy:. All that grief from a cracked cylinder liner and a quart of coolant :lol: Not a good day for Detroit Diesel :lol: