CRANE!! AM I DREAMING?

pctree said:
I like my AC in the summer and heat in the winter, sitting on your ass all day gets cold.....
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Well thats just it. I want the operator to jump off and help with some of the ground work, if needed of course. Keeping warm will give him some incentive.
 
AC, man you're spoiled.

Definitely you would prefer to have heat in the winter. I know first hand that your guys could be comfortable enough to work in a tshirt, and you'll be suffering from hypothermia (ok well very close to it anyway) with all of your winter gear on. The standup controls might be better, but when you're sitting still you get cold very quickly.
 
classictruckman said:
AC, man you're spoiled.

Definitely you would prefer to have heat in the winter. I know first hand that your guys could be comfortable enough to work in a tshirt, and you'll be suffering from hypothermia (ok well very close to it anyway) with all of your winter gear on. The standup controls might be better, but when you're sitting still you get cold very quickly.
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True, Windy days would. But maybe I wouldnt be running the crane in the wind. Well, I will look into something else. I like the idea of the stand up controls because it would be nice to just jump off and help on the ground if needed. Not the most efficient, but could be helpful for when you get that text at 5:30 in the mooring that one of your ground guys is not showing up for the day....
 
classictruckman said:
You could get the swing seat and build a cab like courierguy did with his manitex, he has a thread somewhere in the crane section.
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Sweet,
I am going to look that up. You know anything about that brand of crane? I have never heard of them. The hours are low on the crane, fairly good boom length, and the price is right. Plus it is close by me so I could go check it out thoroughly before purchasing it.
 
It was bought out a few years ago by Manitowoc and merged into their truck crane biz, along with Pioneer and Manitex. That's all I got.
 
Another question for you crane guys. So I am still searching for a crane. I have narrowed it down to one, and have negotiated with the owner. All seams good. However this is a big decision and I do not want to take it lightly. Now, this will be my first crane and not my forever crane. It is a good crane for me to get started in the crane business with. It is a BT4792 with a jib. This crane does not have a front outrigger. It also does not come with an LMI system. I have spent the last two days, in between looking at jobs and running six truck loads to the mill, calling around about LMI systems.
Crane smart makes a wireless system that has it all. Length of boom out, degree of boom angle, what your capacities are, what you have on the hook for weight after the pick, etc. The cost is 12K and that does not include installation. Because its wireless the company says it should only take about 6 hours to install. I image it will be more.
My question is crane smart also makes a load cell. Now all this will do is tell me the weight after the pick has been made. The cost of this is 5500.00 not including installation. So going to be about 6800 after installation. Can I get by with just this for a few years? I can read a load chart well enough to know what I am good for.
I tend to set the crane up and then boom out to tree and then check my degrees. This lets me know what my capacities are. I then boom over to where the drop zone is and then check my degrees again. Before even picking or cutting anything. Comparing that the larger weight capacity is not what I am picking but where I am laying it down. Dosnt do any good if you can't lay it down where you want because your booming out too far with a load.
Really, no matter what computer and scale you buy it's not going to tell you what the piece weighs before you cut it. So, it's really up to the operator to "GUESS" what the weight will be. Having a scale will give me an idea to if my calculations are off. Then I can make adjustments as I go.
Typically I make the first pick the smallest. This gives me time to see how the outriggers feel, how the landing zone is etc. This also gives me my weight calculation for the remainder of the day. If I'm good for 4000 and my first pick is 1200, then I typically increase the picks slightly until I get into the 3K range. Better to do it this way than in reverse where I start big and then try to scale back.
I hope this all makes sense!!
 
Operators ran cranes before lmi's were invented, however since 1993 manufacturers of cranes larger than 3 ton cap. Have been required to install them. Are they legally required? You'll have to check up on your local regs for that one.

However you do need a functional A2b system if you plan on hoisting a climber, I'm sure I've seen American regs requiring that.
 
deevo said:
Here's a nice one Royce swing cab and all!
https://cranenetwork.com/details?id=210637
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Deevo, thanks of that. That looks to be in real good shape. I am going to look into that. You have any experience with a swing cab with the controls mounted like that? Wondering if it would be hard to use that way?
I have been renting a crane and the controls are mounted the same way but it's a stand up model. Cab is really nice in the cold weather.
The chart looks real good to. Looks like some good capacity at a 50 foot radius. Not too bad at 70 feet either. We typically are in the 50 food radius with a few trees outside that in the 70 foot range.
Thanks again for the heads up!!!
 
No problem yeah I was wondering the same about the controls being like a stand up one. I've run an older grove with old school controls. The newer controls are nice but for that price I'd adapt to them!


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