Tonka Tuff does it again!

[CHOPPER]

Arborlifts crane gets into some tight locations.here is the tree
(this pic is a bit dark)

 

[CHOPPER]

we had to grease edges of building to get crane in

 

[CHOPPER]

right to set up

 

[CHOPPER]

clean-up is gunna be a mongrel

 

[CHOPPER]

tough men need tough tucker

 

[CHOPPER]

good action shot

 

[RemovalWizzard]

very nice guys! what are the specs of that crane?

 

[Jamin_Mayer]

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we had to grease edges of building to get crane in

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Measure twice, drive through once, eh?

Well, drive through twice to get it out... but, you get my point.

That crane has a big advantage getting through smaller places.

Nice!

 

[TLHamel]

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tough men need tough tucker

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Ha ha ha! That's a great photo! Nice job on the removal, as usual.

 

[BostonBull]

Thats a sweet crane! Is that a "City Crane"? I love thse little things. Whats the outrigger spread? Capacity? Tip height? Any links to the load charts?

Good job!

 

[custom8726]

What are you guys using for slings? Nice job!!

 

[CHOPPER]

not a spec man so arbor lift will have to fill you in with the crane specs.
no slings bro,chains

 

[arborlift]

yes that's my crane again...thanks chopper. it's a Tadano TR-80-M and yes it's a city class crane. the outrigger footprint is 5.2m x 6m. max jib height: 21m. max lift 8T. max lift at 20m= 300kg. the machine weighs 13T. it has four steering settings and is 4WD which helps getting into these tight access jobs. i use grade 8 chains unless working near powerlines when 3T endless nylon slings are prefered.
chopper could you email me some of/ all the photo's from that day.

 

[RemovalWizzard]

what, what, what.......... Americans have no clue what you just said. The most confusing time in the US was when our government tried to go metric(it's a great theroy, just could not get the "dumb masses" to change)

 

[Kman]

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what, what, what.......... Americans have no clue what you just said. The most confusing time in the US was when our government tried to go metric(it's a great theroy, just could not get the "dumb masses" to change)

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Yeah remember all those cars in the late seventies and eighties that had some SAE bolts and some metric

Neat crane! Any pic's of the picks?

 

[custom8726]

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not a spec man so arbor lift will have to fill you in with the crane specs.
no slings bro,chains

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I thought that is what I was seeing in the pics. Never seen any one use chains for crane pics. I have seen a variety of slings and steel cables but never chains.

 

[arborlift]

chains are by far the easiest and quickest way for climbers to rig limbs/logs. they can be adjusted for lenght quite easily and they bight onto the timber well enough to 'almost' never slip.

i think there are 3.1 feet in 1 metre.

 

[Mangoes]

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they can be adjusted for lenght quite easily and

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How?

 

[arborlift]

lifting chains have 'shorteners' on the ring, it's as simple as slipping the chain over the link or lifting it off. you can shorten the chain to any link, this can be done with one hand. i'll get some close up pics up asap!

 

[Rupe]

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what, what, what.......... Americans have no clue what you just said. The most confusing time in the US was when our government tried to go metric(it's a great theroy, just could not get the "dumb masses" to change)

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When I buy new tools, wrenches sockets etc, the imperial sizes go in the tool box that goes with the Vermeer chipper and all the metric sizes go with the toolbox for my UK built chipper.

It works well for me!