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Started out we knew that we had to put in five 16,000 pound arches on the porch for the top floor. We also knew that due to the size and weight of the crane we needed that we wouldn't be able to position the crane in the ideal location which would be the southern side of the house. If we located it there, it , no doubt, would have gotten stuck in the wetlands because the crane needed to move the 16,000 lb.  arches was a 90 ton crane with a 110 ft boom. Therefore we positioned the crane on the eastern side of the house where we had already poured sand with a crushed limestone 4" surface. We knew we would have to reach over the entire porch which is 26 ft long and 45' high in order to drop the arch on the western side of the porch. This monstrous size crane was a bargain at $2,800 a day. We actually shopped around and one crane co wanted $3,600 a day. Ours came from Mobile. The reason the arch weighed so much is because they were solid DAC-ART concrete reinforced with extra thick rebar.