What are skids?

[idtellyoubut]

I heard my friend talking about an upcoming job at a harbour working on skids? Anyone have any idea what they are? He says it will involve compex work ie. explosive atmospheres?

 

[Animal]

only skids i know of are in my underpants.

 

[malcolmsanford]

The only skids/spiders that I worked with were small platforms that had ball bearing spheres on them. You would put one of them under each corner of a large and heavy piece of equipment such as a Transformer of generator and the skids/spiders would allow you to move the equipment into awkward places where a pallet pump truck or a forklift could not get access to

 

[dim_bulb]

if you dont sit properly on the toilet while dropping the kids off it can lead to a skid

 

[Penance]

if you dont sit properly on the toilet while dropping the kids off it can lead to a skid

Or a Franz Klammer.

 

[white armour]

Thought they were a band of 70/80s, lead singer Stuart Adamson pre Big Country, only song of note "Working hard for the Yankee dollar".

Regards wa

 

[johnboy6083]

ive worked on skids before, but these were for a power station. water treatment or chemical dosing equipment was all mounted on one frame, and lifetd into position, and we would install cables and contaiment to it, and the fitters would pipe it. theseself contained bits of equipment, and the frame were known as skids.

 

[dim_bulb]

ive worked on skids before

hope you washed your hand

 

[johnboy6083]

i did, but how do you wash your tongue without drowning?

 

[paturback]

stand on your head?

 

[Penance]

i did, but how do you wash your tongue without drowning?

You ain't meant to eat them, just sniff.

 

[idtellyoubut]

I couldve easily predicted some of those sarcastics answers guys... must do better!

My research has found that they are som sort of base with a steel frame that is used to mount any sort of equipment or plant so it can be easily moved around and manouvered in awkward places, usually for offshore installations? Am I close?

 

[malcolmsanford]

Seems like the jobby as in post #3

 

[idtellyoubut]

Yeh thanks for that malcomsanford. What you doing out in Saudi? Is the job situation any better than here in the Uk?

 

[Goody]

I heard my friend talking about an upcoming job at a harbour working on skids? Anyone have any idea what they are? He says it will involve compex work ie. explosive atmospheres?

skid - one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects (courtesy skid - definition of skid by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.)