New to Kbooms. Tips?

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ok, yes. i see the setup up. that is the reg setup, correct?

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That is it. Same everyday. It works for us.
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Jesse,

I have always liked you a lot on the internet.

There is SO much to learn, K-booms verses stick cranes.

Many dangers and advantages, so many things that are different.

Too much for me to attempt to write about at the moment.

If your employers would let you take one or two days to come here, you can climb with me and I'll take the time to explain what I have learned since 2007 with my k-boom.

I have no interest in "stealing you" as an employee, as we have new people coming and no positions to fill.

I have always viewed you as a buzz friend.

If you are not the opperator and climber together, I think you THEN even MORE, especially have to be very aware of things and I don't want to see you hurt.

Let me know,
 
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By getting your oldirty on, you refer to doing it right Correct?

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Right?

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So much more civil lately. I do enjoy the newer oldirty.

Doesn't x-mans crane have a cable to it? I'm not sure i would have wanted a kboom without a cable. I've ran a much smaller kboom and not having a cable is a pain in the butt.

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The cable on the kboom would reduce the capacity on the same size crane without one. You wouldnt miss it with trees. There are many ways to overcome not haveing the winch and many advantages without it.
 
Jesse,
With a kboom you can still infuence the pick in a certain direction. It is just a matter of where the hook is with relationship to where you want the piece to move to.
 
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By getting your oldirty on, you refer to doing it right Correct?

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Right?

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So much more civil lately. I do enjoy the newer oldirty.

Doesn't x-mans crane have a cable to it? I'm not sure i would have wanted a kboom without a cable. I've ran a much smaller kboom and not having a cable is a pain in the butt.

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The cable on the kboom would reduce the capacity on the same size crane without one. You wouldnt miss it with trees. There are many ways to overcome not haveing the winch and many advantages without it.

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No, our crane does not have a cable and never has.

I didn't want one and still think I would not want one.

But it does have hose reels, which could look like a cable to people in pictures.
 
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There are many ways to overcome not haveing the winch and many advantages without it.

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Can you go over some of the advantages that a kboom has over a stick crane , please and thanks.
 
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There is SO much to learn, K-booms verses stick cranes.

Many dangers and advantages, so many things that are different.

Too much for me to attempt to write about at the moment.

When you get a second ,x, can you explain some of the inherent dangers and what you see as advantages. Please and thanks.
 
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By getting your oldirty on, you refer to doing it right Correct?

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Right?

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So much more civil lately. I do enjoy the newer oldirty.

Doesn't x-mans crane have a cable to it? I'm not sure i would have wanted a kboom without a cable. I've ran a much smaller kboom and not having a cable is a pain in the butt.

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The cable on the kboom would reduce the capacity on the same size crane without one. You wouldnt miss it with trees. There are many ways to overcome not haveing the winch and many advantages without it.

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No, our crane does not have a cable and never has.

I didn't want one and still think I would not want one.

But it does have hose reels, which could look like a cable to people in pictures.

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Yup that's what i was getting confused with then. I would think I would miss the cable but it looks like no one runs a kboom with one so I'm just talking out my @ss . Please continue and pay me no attention.

OH NO, did someone write to oldirty's employers and besmudge his name?
 
Kbooms are able to pick at 0deg boomm angle. Even negative angles.they open up in tighter areas. They can reach under obstacles as the jib goes past center. If a dump box is installed on the truck the boom doesn't need to be moved in order to offload..
 
With the ability to knuckle less boom is needed to achieve longer radius when reaching over objects such as houses. Until 2014 many areas do not require an operators liscence for a kboom
 
Yeah what Allmark said!

When:

People see a stick crane working, they're like, "Oh hey there's a crane ...cool"

People see a kboom crane working, they're like "Ho my god that is the most amazing thing I have ever seen!!"

Clearly knuckle booms are the best.
 
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Clearly knuckle booms are the best.

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I do not agree with that. They both have their places.

But for my opperation, having only one large expensive truck that can do many things, is the right choice for us.

Being able to haul, 30,000 lbs of logs, chips, rocks, other equipment on the bed of my crane is a sure plus. The boom is nicely packaged behind the cab and out of the way.

I sure like not having to get the truck fully level for it to perform is nice too. Put down some blocks and pads and get that crane working. Not all the incrediable amount of time needed to stack blocks in order to get the crane perfectly level like other cranes.

I like being able to reach under things. heck, I've loaded logs into a boxed container with it. Or put things through missing windows into a building.

I like the speed of our boom, faster then you could want it if you went full speed.

Disadvantages: 1.Don't really have the height for the amount of ton the crane is in most cases.

2. Climber often works near the boom. Boom could smash or pin the climber if something done wrong. Once, a white pine limb was holding the boom back and there was tension on the boom that I did not know, when i was setting slings. Limb broke all of a sudden releasing the flexed boom and boom came at me. Could have been a problem.

3. If not using a long winch cable, to pick a peice straight up, you can't just boom up, you need to boom up and telescope out at the same time if you want the pick to go on a complete vertical path. Which, stick cranes have to be careful of other things too, like flex in stick when pretensioning will pull tip down and therefor out farther, etc.
 
Thanks David. We had a great day yesterday. Every pick was balanced and the job was done very fast. One peice dropped a bit and scared me . We will post vid later. Off to do some more today. I even got to use the crane a little yesterday to load the bags of stump grinindings. These bags rule. The bottom is held with a quick release system. Ill bet we had at least 1500 pounds in each load. Effortless!
 
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Clearly knuckle booms are the best.

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I do not agree with that. They both have their places.



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Sorry, I felt I was clearly joking.
I see I forgot a jk or graemlin at the end.

Thanks for your input though. One truck that does a lot seems to be the ticket.
 
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