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    Finally joined the crane gang..

    It's been a while since I've posted, but I had to chime in after seeing your post. That is one fine looking outfit! I now have a counterweight also, though the rig was properly set up when I bought it (certified with LMI calibtrated) working at 2 to 4 o clock or 8 to 10 (noon being front) much...
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    Lubing wear pads

    My National 1300 has "no lube" sliders. I used to use Lube-a-boom on my earlier boom trucks, but don't use anything now. Something similar to this came up on an electric bike forum I'm on, guys wanting or thinking they needed to lube the (plastic) gears. Turns out it seemed to cause more...
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    Crane Operator Certification

    Here in Idaho, I'm still working away with no cert other then a piece of paper from an OSHA safety training instructor. It acclaims me as one who has taken the basic safety training course to operate a boom truck. Even that is more then I will ever need (in the past anyway) for some nickel and...
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    tree MOVING?!

    http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/state/idaho/article109371492.html
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    Anyone need a concrete bucket?

    Brand new, never used. Bought about a year ago and then later I realized I have had a gut full of anything to do with concrete. I have never gotten around to hustling up the local concrete contractors, no one even knows I have it. I've been busy enough doing regular crane work, and it has...
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    Crane boom fail.

    When I stow the crane I always make sure the A2B weight has a bit of slack, I get that slack by winching up (once in the boom rest) and then hitting the defeat switch. This prevents the going down the road wear and tear of the weight yanking on the switch while traveling. It also means every...
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    Knuckleboom hand signals

    As a straight boom crane operator, the title of this thread made me almost blow coffee out my nose.
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    Cranes cracking driveways

    I always point out any existing cracks etc. in the slab first to the homeowner, and stay away from the edges for sure. I get on the lawn at the local university fairly often, and the maintenance crew will leapfrog ahead or behind me with overlapped 5/8" CDX plywood. A single sheet is pretty...
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    Close call

    I've seen some crane operators locally (actually just one in particular) that habitually only runs out the very minimum of stick to make the pick, regardless of the fact that their load chart would be better if they ran out more stick and had a steeper boom angle, not to mention avoiding any...
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    Crane boom fail.

    Yup, rampant over inflated rebuilding costs are common when you know the insurance company is picking up the tab. Some of my most profitable jobs back when I was a building contractor were insurance related. They told me I was the low bidder and I thought I was screwing them big time, so a...
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    National 13110a, new to me

    I like the back up lights and the easy to get at tow hooks.
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    National 13110a, new to me

    Since that above post about the most recent use of the e bike I now carry, made this AM, I have another. I was on a HVAC job today that required the guys I was working with to run back to the shop and get their wheeled cart (150' radius to the unit, I was told earlier maybe 70')! While they...
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    National 13110a, new to me

    I have a removable step made out of bar grating, that drops into a couple holes in the top of the bumper. Depending on how I'm set up, I can use it on the right or left. I only use it if it's the kind of job that will require me to get down out of the cab a lot, and towards the rear. If I forget...
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    National 13110a, new to me

    Looks good. Mine is working great, as in not hanging up on things and after going through the port of entry a bunch of times, still legal.
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    Crane boom fail.

    Well hell, I see now from that picture that they didn't have the long known needed upgrade for the turret base. This problem has been known for decades, and I'd have thought by now all 101S's were updated, guess not. When I bought mine, the added extra big gusset (going clear around the base)...
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