Re: New Crane, paint&logo
I made the drive to Salt Lake over the weekend to test drive a used Manitex 22101S. The Kenworth had close to 800,000 miles on it, and after idling for 10 minutes still had not built up enough air for the brakes. I got greasy just looking at it, the cab smelled tired and worn out, all the knobs and switchs were worn smooth, this looked like a HARD 800,00 miles.
The crane had a bumpety bump as it rotated, kinda like a truck wheel with loose/missing lug nuts. The seat was wore out, and like the truck it all had an air of neglect and/or abuse. The claimed 1800 hours of crane time was hard to swallow, maybe he meant to say 18,000 hours. Other then that it was cherry.
I had pictures, but deleted them as I was afraid just having them stored in the digital card that hydraulic fluid would leak into my camera. Man, my sold 2 year old crane has spoiled me, its clean as a whistle still. The search continues.
Wade: does it look doable to fab a trailer hitch on the south end of your rig? It would appear it would have to secured to or around the rear stabilzer.? My 3470 had the standard DOT crashbar, and the hitch install was a snap, I gotta tow my Soob behind me on most jobs I go to. Also: any concern or problems yet with rear overhang, pulling into unimproved sites? That rear stab looks like a good hanger upper.The Manitex configeration would appear to be the winner here, it has a very short overhang behind the rear axle, kinda like a Mini-Cooper, only bigger. I'm either flying to Florida or Arizona (to see Peter)this weekend to look at a few more. Stay tuned.
Tom
