Sorry for the delay. I've been traveling a lot over the past several weeks. Attached are some of the latest picture of the Gallo Build. The tag axle installed and aired up. It's at the paint shop now should have it back later this week I hope. The new crane is due here today.
This is not the traditional rubber block suspension this is called a T ride suspension this type of suspension has a lot of articulation Volvo introduced back in the early 80's it does not beat up the equipment as bad as the solid rubber block suspension. Having and air ride tag axle being...
I'm adding some new photos of the installation process. These are what we call shear plates they are what secure the torsion box sub-frame to the truck frame. Once all the holes have been located we use our slugger drill for the 5/8" holes and for the larger holes we use one of our Iron Workers...
kellytrimming,
The reason I decided to put this post out there was to showcase our workman ship and to let you know you guys know that you have other choices to go to or with. If someone decides to try and build their own truck you can call me and I'll do my best to guide through it. Also...
Madbeaver,
My replay is going to be somewhat biased. I'm a Palfinger dealer. I've been building boom truck for 30 plus years I've been a dealer for a couple other crane manufactures in the past. I'm not the type of person that jumps around selling anything and everything when I find something...
Our first round of drawings the light weight was as followed. Steering 11,606, rears 31,960 when payload was added steering went to 12,870, rears 34,000 the payload was only 3,304 lbs. The second round of drawings we added a tag axle wanting to keep the wheelbase short. Steering 14,161, rears...
A number of things are discussed, Crane size, reach and capacity, placement of the crane, behind the cab or rear mount, bed length, payload. A lot of guys want a one truck fits all. Unless you have deep pockets this is pretty had to do. Once we have compiled all this information we provide...
I'm sure for a lot of you this is old news but for some this maybe of interest. I'm going to post comments and pictures of the process from start to finish. Comments welcomed. PK50002-EH D PJ125E JV1 rear mounted.
Hello Rick Yoos has mentioned this training class to me and ask if we would be interested in being a sponsor. Can you let me know what's required to become a sponsor?