Lyon & Son 27, 50 and 65 ton cranes
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classictruckman
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- Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada
Not that I haven't been in the same situation(smaller crane) but aren't you worried about the foundations of those houses caving in?
Bixler
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- Nevada City, CA
Yep, watch out for sinkholes too, heard they been on the rise lately... Great job fellas, appreciate all the pics.
classictruckman
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- Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada
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Not that I haven't been in the same situation(smaller crane) but aren't you worried about the foundations of those houses caving in?
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Always, that's why I set up in mid there. I could have set up in full, but I'm sure that would have been disastrous.
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guess it was the angle of the picture, or my phone, but it looked like they were pretty close to the walls, but thinking about that again you wouldn't have room for the tailswing if they were that tight.
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Not that I haven't been in the same situation(smaller crane) but aren't you worried about the foundations of those houses caving in?
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Always, that's why I set up in mid there. I could have set up in full, but I'm sure that would have been disastrous.
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guess it was the angle of the picture, or my phone, but it looked like they were pretty close to the walls, but thinking about that again you wouldn't have room for the tailswing if they were that tight.
Nice!
dbl612
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- torrington, ct.
pic is off plumb by 3.5 degrees! LOL nice job!
AxeTree
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- central ohio
why do you always get the little trees in the middle of no where? keep up the good work! tell your father I said hello!
Gotta question for yu Cameron.
I see lots crane guys using opposing chokers to insure their picks stay perfectly vertical.
All the COs I know hate this technique unless there's an over-riding need for it? They all say it's frustrating because getting the log to lay down without using a bumper/kicker piece of cribbing takes too long and is impractical for production work.
What's your opinion for production trunk wood picks?
Thanks,
jomoco
I see lots crane guys using opposing chokers to insure their picks stay perfectly vertical.
All the COs I know hate this technique unless there's an over-riding need for it? They all say it's frustrating because getting the log to lay down without using a bumper/kicker piece of cribbing takes too long and is impractical for production work.
What's your opinion for production trunk wood picks?
Thanks,
jomoco
I do like the picks to come off nice and clean, however I may set the slings on the wood just slighly off center to aid in laying the piece over. We also stack a couple pieces of cribbing up also to use as a tipping point. Only takes a few extra seconds. On really big base wood I cut an angle at the flare to give a nice flat surface to help lay it over as well.
If any of you guys are interested in seeing more photos. Like our company facebook page. It is a lot easier for me to load an entire album of pictures on there.
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I gather you prefer nylon/polyester chokers over steel chokers?
jomoco
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