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Recent content by BLASZER

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    De-rate / re-rating a crane

    Our local requires an oiler an any lattice rig or any hydraulic over 60 ton..( 61 and up)
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    pc300 -8

    We have a pc300-8 that developed a problem recently. It seems that when the machine is cold(first moves of the day) After you travel with it, sometimes the tracks continue to move even after the pedals are back to center.....Sometimes after the pedals are centered, it stops until you swing, once...
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    CAT getting nasty with workers in Canada

    Apparently you know more than I........Please enlighten!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    CAT getting nasty with workers in Canada

    ..Now Milton only pays 1 mechanic the higher scale , the rest get the lower, regardless where the repair is being done..So this does solve the union issue in regards to the pay....I do know someone high enough to know what happenned and why it did....
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    CAT getting nasty with workers in Canada

    Here in Buffalo, Milton Cat moved 30 miles away to get into a differant union local......where the new Site is ....The south side of the road is a higher paying local, and the north side is a lower paying local.........They were sure to be on the north side......I'm not turning this into a union...
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    Two Cranes Lifts ... Your thoughts

    I ran a 518 Link Belt Crawler in a ta tandem pic with a Grove 250 ton hyd....We were setting bridge beams and I was in the creek at the center pier..The large hyd crane was up on the abutment...(road elevation)... I carried the beam 70 feet in the air at a 75 degree boom angle..(30 foot...
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    Two Cranes Lifts ... Your thoughts

    Ask to see their crane license is a start....
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    Concrete Recycling Plants Needs

    We run a pioneer jaw crusher, which feeds a pioneer impactor.....which feeds a 75 foot stacking conveyor......Have a D5 hitrack on hand for pushing up piles and 2 Komatsu 300's....1 for feeding and 1 for misc. help on pile.....No charge for dumping
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    what would you do?

    I would at least get the actual cost of doing the job up front... If hr has lots of money, it wont be a problem....Maybe he has lots of money because he doesnt like to part with it!?!?
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    Control pattern

    Every crane I've ever run,,, the left is always....swing..Thats a hyd, friction,neck breaker,,,,.....The hoist and boom levers dont have a rhym or reason...but the swing is uniform.
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    Driving Cawler Crane Down A Hill

    Boom first, counterweight uphill.....And leave your hoist brake on and engage your hoist in "up" to help slow down your "clutch works" like a jake brake or retarder
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    this summers work

    65000 each arch..I will post some pics of rotatin g the piece from its side to right side up..Sorry about just having links rather than the pics, but photobucket is fighting me....lol
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    this summers work

    Rebuilding the main highway on the Buffalo NY waterfront.....Thats me in the 518 Link Belt..
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    pat vrs greer

    OILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! any lattice conventional rig or any hydraulic over 60 tons gets one........A second set of eyes is priceless!!!!!!
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    I wonder How the CCO tests operators For

    In NY , Theres a license for boom truck, Just hydraulic crane , Or unlimited....Which allows you to run anything.
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