The Hoeflon C10

[stheis004]

I'm no authority on the subject, but I haven't seen it as an offered option from Hoeflon. If you're looking for a spider crane with grapple capability, I'd suggest checking into the Effer crawler models.

I’ve seen some of the other crawler ones like the one Canary Tree did but theirs is so heavy I feel like it’s purpose is somewhat defeated…

again, I haven’t done my research on these but maybe it’s time to do so…I just think this sized unit with even just the t220 mecanil tilt grapple (~300lbs I think) would be pretty functional

 

[oceans]

Dang it oceans, why you gotta go posting things I want/need?

Uhhhhhhh…sorry? I think I kinda lucked out with this crane. It’s my favorite piece of equipment to work with.

 

[Helmstein]

It’s possible to set up a very small grapple using radio controlled diver tees to alter the last main remote levers from jib up/down telescope/retract to grapple rotateL/R and grapple open/close.

You couldn’t run a grapplesaw unless you removed the jib and figured out how to trick the crane into thinking it was still connected. A hydraulics wizard could probably work this out. Otherwise, you could buy one of these:

Boy that is the weirdest looking device ever. Put some spikes on the end and pick up wood. That would probably torque the crane in very weired ways. Looks very expensive!

 

[oceans]

Boy that is the weirdest looking device ever. Put some spikes on the end and pick up wood. That would probably torque the crane in very weired ways. Looks very expensive!

I think the idea would be to grab as close to the perfect balance point as possible to prevent any abnormal forces the boom wasn’t designed to handle.

 

[TUBES]

Can you get a bigger one ? How’s the easy lift holding up ?

 

[oceans]

Can you get a bigger one ? How’s the easy lift holding up ?

The lift is great, still, after 4 years.

There are larger spider cranes than the C10, but they all weigh significantly more, and will require a Class A CDL to legally move around. The C10 is unmatched in its weoght class.

 

[oceans]

Today I subbed with another company to knock out a couple things out of reach for his crane. This was the second property of the day, a huge limb that failed and snagged in some smaller trees along the sidewalk. The LMI read about 1,800lbs. Nice to have this little articulating jib to bring it in underneath the remainder of the crown. The safety line he set in it became a tag line to steer the brush out of the other tops as it came in.

 

[oceans]

Me and @DBH messing around today. A couple days late with his @Mark Chisholm costume. We got a good laugh out of this one.

 

[DBH]

A couple days late with his @Mark Chisholm costume.

It should be a Kask helmet - maybe next year when I'm #sponsored? Just gotta get some shots of me with the banjo up there...

 

[oceans]

Just gotta get some shots of me with the banjo up there...

True pickin’!

 

[Helmstein]

Keep up the content. Great to see the crane in action!

 

[oceans]

Keep up the content. Great to see the crane in action!

Will do, Will! I’ll have to put DBH on photo duty here and there. We have some cool jobs in the pipeline so we should get some more pretty soon.

 

[oceans]

Morning job was to remove this Cherry tree from a private utility span. It sat on the ground and the catv/com. Nice little footprint for setups within a driveway. 1,200 pounds of top pulled clear, in and out in 20 minutes. Thankfullyni didn’t have to crawl around in the multiflora rose hedge it sat in.

 

[DBH]

“That’s 1100!”
This set up is about as sweet as it gets. When I first came back to work with @oceans two years ago (pre-crane) he said “Dylan I have a plan: we’re all going to work like gentlemen.” The man calls his shots! Cardo systems help.

 

[DBH]

“I’m really glad I’m not on rope in that” - Eric Whipple, 2021

 

[oceans]

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“I’m really glad I’m not on rope in that” - Eric Whipple, 2021

Two words:
Pine
vine

 

[treeajnin]

Must see video of it moving and setting up ! lol

amazing!

 

[oceans]

I had the pleasure of working at a local arboretum today. There was a large hanger in a Toon Tree, cleaned up an adjacent Pecan, climbed a good sized Norway and pieced out three large snagged tops, dismantled a dying Sequoia, and pruned out a Manchurian Walnut. Got some shots of the Sequoia coming apart. As the caretaker said today, “not too many people east of the Mississippi get to say they cut down one of these.”

 

[oceans]

 

[oceans]