Re: My \"New\" Crane
Manitex?? For some reason I thought Altec, good for you. The 2 weeks I ran my buddies 26 ton rear mount Altec (overweight on the rearmost axle, he has to pay extra per mile to travel the interstates) I hated it. The A-frame rear outriggers kept me from several tight setup areas I could have easily done with my 4 down and outs. Worse, once I was in a clear area to setup in, it didn't have the reach/capacity my 22 ton did,(a 900 lb hottub job 80' away was out of its chart, my Manitex 22 101S could have easily done it, better yet by short setting one side of the stabilizers my reach would have only been 25'). The Peterbuilt chassis looks great, but the turning radius is much more then my plain jane Sterling. The idiot lights on the stabilizers (ALL must be down a certain amount or no go)were a pain also. Not to mention no rider seat, I forgot what a pain in the neck it is to operate a stand up rig.
The one thing I really liked I don't have was the full cross locking rear end, I can engage the front axle but not both sides, thats a must for my next rig.
