Wednesday, December 9, 2015

The American Lion sculpture is loaded and takes a trip on the Alaskan Highway.

The rigger with Padgett Crane service readies the straps to move the Lion.

The lion will be lying down for the trip, yes I know I could have used a pun about "lion down", but I won't...

The crane operator checks how the sculpture is rigged to be sure it can be turned on it's side safely...

After lots of adjusting, over it goes...I can't watch....

This little guy has lived under the stone for months... now he's trying to figure out - what happened?  I of course caught him and put him under another rock so nothing would happen to him.

Mercer Transportation was selected to move the Lion - they moved my work to Orlando Florida as well so they have delivered works for me to the northern and southern extremes of the country, pretty cool.

Up goes the Lion...

Over to the truck..

A sky gazing cat...

The vibrant yellow straps set off the sculpture - wish it could ride this way but as it is going thousands of miles and the last are fairly rough....

The lion gets a protective tarp.

8 days later, just north of Anchorage Alaska we go to see the sculpture.  Is it all right?  Did it make the trip safely? 

Yes! The sculpture made the trip safely - the strap slipped but was checked by the driver and retightened to the new position.

And the tarp is put away, tomorrow the Lion will be set in it's new home.

The truck arrives at the UAA campus....

The Crane sets up at the site, ready to go......

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