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    Anyone need a concrete bucket?

    I am finding that I can sub just me, my crane, and my climber out to other companies for a hourly rate and have a good profit margin. Let them handle the ground work and we just do our thing. I get to work with my climber who we are in sync as we have been working together for a.few years...
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    CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

    Whats your minimum angle with the jib on?
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    CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

    I often pick all the tops and remove the jib on my 22 ton before picking the buts. Lot better chart. That 50' radius deal is the curse of the boom truck where the difference between a real crane and a boom truck show up. I almost bought a altec 38-127 but the chart around 80' was...
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    CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

    Your putting alot of faith in your lmi . That's a operator aid and you should learn your load chart. You gonna go get your cco soon?
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    CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

    Are you deducting the weight of your ball in your figuring? Net weight vs gross weight . your load chart is in 2 parts. Above a bold line or below. Or shaded or non. This separates structural failure vs tipping over. I will snap a picture of the pads I made 3x3 that consists of 2 layers of...
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    CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

    No gaps, especially if your useing pt pine and not oak or a good hardwood. Pretty sure the book wants 1 percent of being level on the floats. The pic where you dug out the ground and it looks perfect is fine. The other one looks half on half off the driveway crooked, spanblocked and sketchy...
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    CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

    Royce, take a little time and get your dunnage level, and dont spanblock like that. Boom trucks use that extra wide spread instead of counter weight and puts a lot more leverage on your cribbing, you will spit it out from under the float like that
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    CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

    What's that good for at 60'? Radius
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    Noise on my twin disc clutch

    Mine got noisey and it turned out all the teeth were gone off 1 of the fibre disks. What engine you have? The pilot bearings are known for wobbing out the flywheels on the deers causing alignment issues. Foley engines in worster mass has everything you need in stock way cheaper than...
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    Close call

    Comma will be mandatory in crane/tree operations in the near future
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    Maple mayhem

    9'500 on single line pull?
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    matting in....

    Gmk2035 weighs about 52'000 carrying 6 ton of counterweight but just like pc trees at its on 2 axles
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    matting in....

    You use pine,oak, hemlock? US that a at400 or 635? I just bought a gmk 2035 and I am having concerns already about driveways
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    CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

    Royce, you see the national 1200 cl nh? Right up your ally
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    CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

    If that had a enclosed swing cab I'd be on my way there now, lol. Want a good deal on a little grove? Get in the crane buis for 25k
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