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?
- Thread starter ROYCE
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Well yeah, thats my point. I know my load chart to a T. But when I look at my load chart, and then compare it to my lmi it is off. I worked at a 40 foot radius today and my lmi shut me off every time I got close to 2200. If you look at my load chart I was good for 5,000. Thats with 105 feet of boom out. Just seams strange that it shuts off so soon.
Yes, I have been trying to schedule something with cranes 101 in Massachusetts. Its takes 3 days, am I am booked up its hard to remove myself from the crew for three days.
classictruckman
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- Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada
Sounds like the settings are wrong, like it's in manbasket mode or something.
I checked the setting and they are correct. Whats strange to me, and I am new at operating with an LMI is that the number that I see is not the actual number that I am allowed to pick. That is confusing. What I mean is if you look at this picture, it says I can pick 2000. I have 1200 pounds of pressure on this pick. Yet, the computer shuts me off at 1400. Why wouldn't the lmi say that I can only pick 1400?
The thing is, I want to know what I can take before the computer shuts me off. If the computer will shut me off at 2000 then I would aim to take a piece that weights half that.
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dmd
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- Pensacola, FL
Is the difference always 600 pounds?
Lumberjack
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Communication system (Scena, etc).
Senna's
classictruckman
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- Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada
Check your chart notes, could be caused by the stowed jib, or the LMI could be programed for the reel.
Yeah, Ill check
Yeah, when I bought it the tech asked if I wanted it removed. I said I didn't care, because I didn't think it's weight would amount too much. He mentioned that every bit of weight you can get off the crane the better. He even said I should take the jib off and store it at my yard and only attach it when I thought it would be used.
BigWood
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- Toronto, Canada
Check the serial #that flashes up on the screen when you first turn it on. It says something like "this unit programmed for serial #--------" make sure it matches The one on your plaque
Great, I will do that!!
BigWood
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- Toronto, Canada
It shouldn't be because of the hose reel etc. it would be programmed to show as load on the hook that changes depending on boom length and angle
BigWood
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- Toronto, Canada
Lastly try erasing any perimeters set in the W.ork A.rea D.efinition S.ystem
Jeff
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- Location
- Marlborough, MA
I found the one I was thinking of: It is from Jeremy Brown and is one of Lyon's cranes. But it wouldn't surprise me if Marquis had one also. Great minds think alike!
